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Putin Could Stop Selling Gas to Ukraine. Here’s Why He Won’t
April 14th, 2014
For a time this week, Vladimir Putin looked ready to turn off the gas. In an April 10 letter to 18 European heads of state, he warned that Russia could “completely or partially cease gas deliveries” to Ukraine, in ...
Exclusive: SEC eyes test that may lead to shift away from ‘dark pools’
April 11th, 2014
U.S. securities regulators are considering testing a proposed reform that could drive business to major stock exchanges and away from alternative trading venues such as “dark pools” that critics say may be hurting investors by reducing the quality of ...
Greek 10-year yields rise day after five-year sale
April 11th, 2014
Greek 10-year government bond yields rose on Friday, underperforming other euro zone debt, a day after Greece returned to the market with a well received five-year bond sale. Ten-year yields stood 4 basis points higher at 6.018 percent. Greece ...
The billion-dollar bash – how post-crisis investigation work is changing the way law firms advise banks
April 11th, 2014
With banks setting aside eye-watering sums of money to meet liabilities generated by the fallout from the financial crash, in-house legal departments and law firms are having to rethink their business models. Alex Newman reports By any standards, $23bn ...
EUR/USD closes in on 1.39
April 11th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook EUR/USD continues to advance. It has just breached the weekly R2 and is about to hit the down-trend resistance line that connects peaks of the past six years. In addition to that there is an up-trend resistance ...
Code red: Stocks tank on Wall Street
April 11th, 2014
Investors might have used Wednesday’s rally as a chance to rest up so they could get back to what they’ve been doing best lately: selling. The Nasdaq lead the carnage today with a 3.1% loss. It’s fairly uncommon for ...
Cyprus: A Mediterranean island slowly rebuilding after crisis
April 11th, 2014
Cyprus, the tiny Mediterranean island bailed out a year ago, remains “in difficulty…but not as bad as one would have expected,” its finance minister Harris Georgiades told CNN during an interview in the capital city Nicosia. The country, which ...
Christine Lagarde: huge government and bank debts risk new financial crash
April 10th, 2014
IMF head argues for global co-operation on financial stability, warning against risky investments and low eurozone inflation Head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde issued a warning to world leaders on Thursday that they need to do more ...
Deutsche Bank Said to Find Improper Communication in FX Case
April 10th, 2014
Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) put a London-based currency saleswoman on leave last month for inappropriate communication with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, a person familiar with the matter said. No other details on Kai Lew’s communications with MAS were ...
Greek bond order book soars to €17.5bn
April 10th, 2014
Greece has attracted a staggering €17.5bn order book for its eagerly anticipated return to the bond market – and banks are still taking bids. The final size of the five year deal is yet to be confirmed but banks ...