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Greeks fly in for debt showdown
February 2nd, 2015
The anti-austerity Greek finance minister is to meet with chancellor George Osborne today as part of a Europe-wide charm offensive to win over creditors and fellow politicians. Investment bank Lazard has been hired by the Greek government to advise ...
EU-US legal services break-through
January 30th, 2015
Conference of chief justices offers a way out of the old plot-line. A very significant step was taken a few days ago in the ongoing negotiations between the US and EU legal professions on opening markets in legal services ...
Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis to visit London
January 30th, 2015
Yanis Varoufakis to meet George Osborne and City bankers on whistlestop tour of Europe to drum up support for Athens’ Syriza government The new Greek finance minister is to call on George Osborne and City bankers next week as part of ...
Google’s ad revenue continues to struggle
January 30th, 2015
Google remains obsessed with doing everything — from developing phones to making self-driving cars to building high-speed Internet cables — but it’s still struggling with one of the most basic ways it makes money: online advertising. The company’s earnings ...
Council conclusions on Ukraine
January 30th, 2015
Foreign Affairs Council meeting Brussels, 29 January 2015 The Council adopted the following conclusions: “1. The Council strongly condemns the indiscriminate shelling of the residential areas, especially in Mariupol and the recent escalation of fighting in the Donetsk and ...
Markets mixed after Fed statement
January 29th, 2015
US stocks fell sharply on Wednesday after Federal Reserve reiterated its plans to hike interest rates sometime in 2015. The Federal Reserve boosted its assessment of US economy as it described the expansion as “solid”, an improvement over the ...
AMF has issued a public warning against the activities of individuals
January 29th, 2015
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has issued a public warning against the activities of individuals impersonating the delegate of the AMF Ombudsman by making false referrals to FIN-NET, the European Commission body in charge of financial disputes Investors ...
Hellenic Bank in Cyprus announced share capital increase
January 29th, 2015
With an announcement, Hellenic Bank informs that: The Bank has successfully completed the share capital increase that commenced in November 2014, raising Euro 204 million and covering 92% of the target set in an adverse and challenging economic environment. ...
What Would Exclusion From Payment System SWIFT Mean For Russia?
January 29th, 2015
Discussions among European leaders about new sanctions on Moscow have again raised fears that the SWIFT international payments system might be cut off, a move that experts warn would wreak financial havoc on Russia. The Society for Worldwide Interbank ...
Standard Chartered CEO Is Under Pressure From Shareholders, Regulators, Staff
January 29th, 2015
Bank’s Top Shareholders Privately Push for New Leadership Amid Investor, Regulatory Anxiety Hundreds of Standard Chartered PLC’s most senior executives gathered earlier this month on Singapore’s Sentosa island to address the global bank’s dimming fortunes. From a lectern at ...
