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Four More Years Of Pain For Petrobras
October 29th, 2014
Brazil’s incumbent President Dilma Rousseff pulled off a victory on Oct. 26 in a runoff election, and the markets are not too happy about it. As recently as September, President Rousseff was not seen as the preferred candidate. In ...
Billionaire Banned From Markets Increases DLF Risk
October 27th, 2014
The risk of India’s biggest property developer reneging on its debt in the year has surged to a 2009 high after it was barred from capital markets by the regulator. The median probability of nonpayment by DLF Ltd. (DLFU) ...
Biggest tax inverters ‘have $21bn offshore’
September 8th, 2014
Three US companies seeking to use controversial takeovers to cut their US tax bills hold at least $21bn in “trapped” offshore cash that the deals could unlock. According to data compiled by Moody’s for the Financial Times, the biggest ...
Solid U.S. employment growth eyed in August
September 5th, 2014
U.S. job growth likely accelerated a bit in August and the unemployment rate probably fell to 6.1 percent, offering fresh evidence of sustained momentum in the economy. The government reported last month that the economy added 209,000 jobs in ...
Rosneft gains relief from sanctions
August 28th, 2014
Rosneft, Russia’s largest oil company, has received a new loan from Promsvyazbank to help it weather U.S. and European Union sanctions, and may yet get financial help from the Kremlin. Yet, the assistance doesn’t add up to the amount ...
G20 towards deal on ‘bail-in’ bond cushion for banks
August 21st, 2014
Government leaders are expected to agree in November that the world’s top banks must issue special bonds to increase the amount of capital which can be tapped in a crisis instead of calling on taxpayers to come to the ...
Banco Espírito Santo reports a loss of €3.6 Billion
July 31st, 2014
Banco Espírito Santo on Wednesday reported a first-half loss of €3.58 billion (or $4.8 billion), the largest ever for a Portuguese institution, wiping out the bank’s €2.1 billion capital cushion and forcing it to raise new funding. The loss ...
High & Low Finance: Citigroup’s Settlement, Pro and Con
July 18th, 2014
The punishment did not fit the crime, or at least it did not fit the crime that was charged. Citigroup’s $7 billion settlement of charges that it sold bad mortgage securitizations is a classic example of prosecutors striking a ...
Dollar Falls Most in a Week Versus Yen after Fed Rate report
July 8th, 2014
The dollar fell the most in more than a week against the yen as investors gauge the timing of Federal Reserve interest-rate increases after reports showing a strengthening jobs market. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose earlier after Goldman ...
Emerging Stocks Advance as Oil Declines While Europe Stoc
June 30th, 2014
Emerging-market stocks rose, extending the biggest quarterly advance since September 2012. Shares in Europe fell, while oil declined as continuing violence in Iraq failed to disrupt supply. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index (BUSY) climbed 0.4 percent at 7:25 a.m. ...