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Detroit, hold-out creditors must go to bankruptcy mediation: judge
August 27th, 2014
Detroit and its major hold-out creditors were ordered on Tuesday into mediation, just a week before a key federal court hearing is to start in the city’s historic bankruptcy case. The move followed a Monday hearing before U.S. Bankruptcy ...
U.S. loses bid to dismiss ex-AIG CEO’s $25 billion lawsuit over bailout
August 27th, 2014
A federal judge has rejected the United States’ bid to dismiss a more than $25 billion lawsuit filed by Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the former chief executive of American International Group Inc, over the insurer’s government bailout, clearing the way ...
Asian shares firm, euro struggles on ECB easing hopes
August 26th, 2014
The euro hit its lowest level in nearly a year against the dollar and euro zone government bond yields fell on Tuesday on growing expectations the European Central Bank could ease monetary policy as soon as next week. The ...
Gold at $1275 on Stronger U.S. Dollar
August 26th, 2014
Gold settled near its lowest in two months on Monday, pressured by a stronger U.S. dollar and a rally in global financial markets. U.S. gold futures ended $1.30 lower at $1,278.90 an ounce. Spot gold was down 0.2 percent ...
S&P 500 index over 2,000 for first time
August 26th, 2014
US shares hit a record high yesterday, with the S&P 500 index breaking the 2,000-point mark during trading for the first time in its history. Global investors have piled into American stocks, pumped up by cheap money from central ...
Euro falls, stocks rise on ECB stimulus bet
August 25th, 2014
The euro fell to a near one-year low against the dollar and euro zone stocks and bonds rallied on Monday as investors positioned for rising chances of further policy easing by the European Central Bank. ECB President Mario Draghi ...
BofA Tax Set-Aside and Wylys Penalty
August 25th, 2014
Bank of America Corp. must set aside $490 million of its Aug. 21 $16.7 billion settlement to cover taxes that borrowers face on forgiven mortgage debt — a step taken by the Justice Department to give homeowners relief that ...
US Study Compares Worldwide Corporate Tax Rates
August 25th, 2014
The Tax Foundation (TF) has issued a paper which shows how the United States corporate income tax rate, now the highest among the 34 industrialized nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), ranks against all of ...
Burger King in Talks to Buy Tim Hortons
August 25th, 2014
Burger King may be the home of the Whopper, but Canada may be the new home of Burger King. The restaurant operator said on Sunday that it was in talks to buy Tim Hortons, the Canadian doughnut-and-coffee chain, in ...
Gold – Support at $1275 Standing Firm
August 25th, 2014
Gold for Monday, August 25, 2014 Over the last week now Gold has been falling lower back towards the medium term support level at $1290 however to finish out last week it fell sharply down to the previous key ...
