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Promise From European Central Bank Is Also a Gamble
September 5th, 2014
By promising to rev up the printing presses, the European Central Bank has created hope in the markets that Europe may finally start to overcome its economic challenges. Yet the central bank is taking a big gamble in directing ...
At Trial, Arab Bank’s Lawyer Spars With Witness
September 5th, 2014
For three days, the former chief of the Israeli military’s Palestinian Affairs Department delivered important, if a bit dry, testimony in the terrorism financing trial of Arab Bank in Federal District Court in Brooklyn. The witness, Arieh Spitzen, had ...
Fed’s Powell says alternative to Libor needed
September 5th, 2014
The U.S. Federal Reserve will accelerate its search for a substitute to the Libor benchmark interest rate to stave off what would be “a horrible mess” if the current system collapses with no alternative, Fed Governor Jerome Powell said ...
China’s State Media Join Brokerages Saying Buy Equities
September 4th, 2014
China’s state-run media are trying to do something the securities industry has failed to accomplish for much of the past three years: get the world’s biggest population to buy more stocks. The official Xinhua News Agency published at least ...
Goldman Sachs wins role stabilizing early trade in Alibaba IPO
September 4th, 2014
Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) will be the bank in charge of overseeing early share trading in China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s (IPO-BABA.N) initial public offering, according to a source. Other banks working on the e-commerce company’s IPO were ...
Regulators set rules meant to ward off bank crisis
September 4th, 2014
Federal regulators are requiring big banks to keep enough high-quality assets on hand to survive during a severe downturn, the latest move under congressional mandate to lessen the likelihood of another financial meltdown. The Federal Reserve adopted rules on ...
Commerzbank near to settling U.S. sanctions probes
September 4th, 2014
German lender Commerzbank AG (CBKG.DE) is nearing agreement with U.S. authorities over its dealings with Iran and other countries under U.S. sanctions, sources familiar with the matter said. The bank is expected to pay about $650 million to resolve ...
The Exaggerated Death of Inflation
September 3rd, 2014
Is the era of high inflation gone forever? In a world of slow growth, high debt, and tremendous distributional pressures, whether inflation is dead or merely dormant is an important question. Yes, massive institutional improvements concerning central banks have ...
Rupee gains 7 paise against the US dollar in trade
September 3rd, 2014
Snapping its four-day losing streak, the rupee recovered by seven paise to 60.61 against the US dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market today amid sustained overseas capital inflows. Fresh selling of the American currency by ...
U.S. bank regulators set to adopt liquidity, swaps margin rules
September 3rd, 2014
U.S. bank regulators plan to adopt on Wednesday rules forcing big banks to hold more assets that they could sell easily in a credit crunch, a requirement that is closely linked to the experience of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. ...
