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Wall Street banks take heart from leveraged loan exams
August 5th, 2014
Wall Street banks have found a U.S. review of their junk-rated loans to have yielded similar results to last year, easing some concern among bankers about a crackdown on one of their most lucrative businesses. Making junk-rated loans to ...
Citibank offers five times leverage in FX for bank depositors
August 5th, 2014
Citigroup Hong Kong offers five times leverage to bank depositors to trade in FX. Citibank Foreign Currency Leveraged Investment can help investors increase their investment power by up to 5 times, enabling them to capture any upside potential on foreign ...
Samsung Electronics China supplier to resume business after child labor allegations
August 5th, 2014
A Chinese subsidiary of Shinyang Engineering Co Ltd (086830.KQ) will resume supplying parts to Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Tuesday, a Shinyang official said, less than a month after business ties were suspended over child labor allegations. In July, ...
Asia stocks steady after Wall Street rally, dollar off peaks
August 5th, 2014
Asian stocks slipped on Tuesday after a survey showed China’s services sector growth fell to a record low, souring the positive mood from upbeat U.S. earnings and relief over Portugal’s rescue of its largest bank. Spreadbetters saw Europe faring ...
LinkedIn, U.S. Labor Dept settle overtime case for $6 million
August 5th, 2014
LinkedIn Corp (LNKD.N) agreed to pay about $6 million in back overtime and damages to 359 current and former employees after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the online career networking company violated the country’s wage law. In ...
Summer Gas Prices Down Despite Geopolitical Turmoil, Higher Demand
August 5th, 2014
The American Automobile Association (AAA) has reported that the average pump price of a gallon of gasoline was $3.52 at the end of July, the lowest since March. In fact, July prices dropped more than they have in six ...
Walgreens CFO exits ahead of tax inversion news
August 5th, 2014
Walgreens announced Monday that the company is replacing Chief Financial Officer Wade Miquelon, a move that comes just as the Deerfield, Ill., drugstore chain plans to announce a decision on whether they will nominally move its headquarters overseas to ...
HSBC bank’s half-year profits fall by 12%
August 4th, 2014
HSBC’s pre-tax profits fell by 12% in the first half of 2014 compared with the same period a year before. Profits were $12.34bn (£7.33bn), from $14.071bn twelve months earlier. During the half-year, the bank also put aside some $234m ...
Kenyatta Sees Kenya Windfall Tax in Resource Laws in Months
August 4th, 2014
Kenya will impose capital-gains and windfall taxes on oil, gas and mining companies within months to ensure the East African nation maximizes benefits from its mineral resources, President Uhuru Kenyatta said. “This is something that we are very clear ...
Investors Cheer Portuguese Bank Rescue
August 4th, 2014
Investors breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after Portugal prevented the collapse of one of its biggest banks, putting some life back into European stocks following last week’s slide and pushing bond yields lower across the board. Lisbon ...
