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Global airline CEOs upbeat on revenue growth prospects: survey
July 17th, 2014
Airlines are confident that their industry will boost revenue over the next year and consider joint ventures a more viable growth driver than mergers, a PricewaterhouseCoopers survey of nearly 40 chief executive officers at carriers worldwide finds. The report ...
Handful of non-EU banks to make European stress tests debut
July 16th, 2014
A handful of global banks are bracing themselves for their first results from Europe’s bank stress-testing regime, which will tell them in October whether they have enough capital to withstand future crises. Banks outside the European Union have traditionally ...
Dark pool scrutiny no slam dunk for traditional exchanges
July 14th, 2014
The regulatory noose is tightening around dark pools, private share-trading venues that promise anonymity for specialist investors, offering a chance for rival exchanges in the United States and Europe to take back market share. But traditional stock-exchange operators such ...
Bank of England says may be case for extra leverage ratio for banks
July 11th, 2014
Lenders may have to comply with a requirement to set aside funds on top of a proposed minimum of 3pc of their capital, says the Bank The Bank of England said on Friday that big British banks and lenders ...
Alibaba’s Behemoth IPO Making Few Ripples in Washington
July 11th, 2014
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (BABA)’s proposal for what could be the largest initial stock offering in U.S. history is sailing through Washington with few bumps. While a federal commission has warned that the offering by the world’s biggest Internet ...
China Said to Probe Alleged Bank of China Money Laundering
July 10th, 2014
China’s central bank and currency regulator are investigating a state media report that alleged Bank of China Ltd. broke rules on transferring money overseas, two government officials familiar with the matter said. The probe focuses on whether Bank of ...
U.A.E. Bank Rules, EU Bank Legal Fees, Tibor: Compliance
July 8th, 2014
The United Arab Emirates may amend rules governing bank lending against shares after reviewing June’s stock price swings in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the market regulator said yesterday. Representatives of the Securities and Commodities Authority, the central bank and ...
U.K. Stocks, Power-Tax Rebates, Bonus Remarks: Compliance
July 7th, 2014
Britain’s markets regulator should investigate whether the closing prices of stocks are being manipulated, according to lawmakers. Conservative Mark Garnier pressed for the investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority at a July 3 hearing of the Treasury Committee in ...
Bond Anxiety in $1.6 Trillion Repo Market as Failures Soar
July 7th, 2014
In the relative calm that is the market for U.S. Treasuries, a sense of unease over a vital cog in the financial system’s plumbing is beginning to rise. The Federal Reserve’s bond purchases combined with demand from banks to ...
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper wins bitcoin auction
July 3rd, 2014
Venture capitalist and entrepreneur Tim Draper is rolling in bitcoins after winning a U.S. government auction Monday. He bought 29,656 bitcoins — a new form of digital currency — from a trove that the government seized in a raid ...
