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France, Italy, Belgium may break budget rules, EU to revisit in March
November 27th, 2014
The European Commission will tell France, Italy and Belgium on Friday their 2015 budgets risk breaking EU rules, but it will defer decisions on any action until early March. At that point, France could face a multi-billion euro fine ...
What Greek accounting woes can teach Asia
November 26th, 2014
Asia should care about Greece, because it offers two important lessons. One, that “Greek accounting” triggered the European crisis and weakened an important trading partner to Asia. Two, that weak Greek government financial management and reporting impaired trust and ...
EU will give France and Italy more time to implement tough reforms
November 25th, 2014
The EU will give France and Italy until next spring to implement tough reforms, delaying a verdict on national overspending originally set for this week, a European source told AFP. The decision, to be approved by the European Commission ...
SpectroCoin Launches Bitcoin-to-Cash Service in 25 Countries
November 20th, 2014
SpectroCoin is now allowing its customers to convert bitcoin into cash in 25 countries across Europe and Central Asia. The announcement is the latest from the UK and Lithuania-based bitcoin services provider, which added merchant processing to its existing brokerage and ...
3 Of The 10 Largest Economies In The World Have Already Fallen Into Recession – Is The U.S. Next?
November 19th, 2014
Are you waiting for the next major wave of the global economic collapse to strike? Well, you might want to start paying attention again. Three of the ten largest economies on the planet have already fallen into recession, and ...
The Economy Of The Largest Superpower On The Planet Is Collapsing Right Now
November 6th, 2014
How do you fix a superpower with exploding levels of debt, that has a rapidly aging population, that consumes far more wealth than it produces, and that has scores of zombie banks that could collapse at any moment. You ...
Banker in Middle of Fight Between Goldman Sachs and Libya
October 30th, 2014
The emergence of Jaber George Jabbour in a battle between Libya’s sovereign wealth fund and Goldman Sachs reveals the complex relationship between banks and public sector entities. As an analyst at Goldman Sachs, Jaber George Jabbour learned the intricacies ...
EU leaders agree to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030
October 24th, 2014
European leaders have struck a broad climate change pact obliging the EU as a whole to cut greenhouse gases by at least 40% by 2030. But key aspects of the deal that will form a bargaining position for global ...
Merkel urges EU to keep up reforms as crisis not over
October 16th, 2014
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told parliament on Thursday that Europe must push ahead with efforts to cut public deficits and improve competitiveness because the euro zone debt crisis has not yet been overcome and its causes have not been ...
Espírito Santo Financial Files for Bankruptcy
October 10th, 2014
Espírito Santo Financial, which was a large shareholder of the bailed-out Portuguese lender Banco Espírito Santo, lost a bid last week for creditor protection in Luxembourg. The Espírito Santo Financial Group, which at one point held about 25 percent ...
