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Signs the market is girding for a Greek default
April 21st, 2015
If the financial market is a good predictor, you’d better brace for a Greek default. Borrowing costs on Greece’s government bonds have rallied back to levels not seen since 2012, the cost of insuring against a default has surged ...
Iran Moves Closer to Restoring Oil Exports on Nuclear Accord
April 3rd, 2015
Iran’s accord with world powers brings the OPEC member a step closer to restoring oil production that was cut by sanctions while leaving unresolved when it will happen. The preliminary agreement outlined Thursday signals the Persian Gulf nation may ...
Ireland’s financial services sector looks to AOMi for improved operations performance
March 26th, 2015
Leading banks and financial organisations are choosing international specialist’s method-driven approach and cloud-based software in support of improved productivity Active Operations Management International (AOMi) has announced major contract wins in Ireland, including a new deployment with Dublin-based Bank of ...
Standard Chartered Shares Jump as New CEO Winters Draws Upgrades
March 18th, 2015
Standard Chartered Plc rose the most in two weeks as analysts at Barclays Plc and Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd. upgraded the bank, citing Bill Winters’s hiring as chief executive officer and a diminishing need to raise capital. “We expect ...
Spain’s Banco Sabadell in Talks to Buy Britain’s TSB Group
March 12th, 2015
Spain’s Banco de Sabadell SA is in talks to buy British consumer lender TSB Banking Group Plc for 1.7 billion pounds ($2.5 billion), to expand outside an economy battered during Europe’s financial crisis. Sabadell, Spain’s fifth-biggest bank, is proposing ...
U.S. banks’ buybacks, dividends may be no reason for shareholder celebrations
March 11th, 2015
Big U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Citigroup Inc(C.N), are expected to win Federal Reserve backing on Wednesday to buy back more shares and increase their dividends in the coming year, but the approvals may be as much about the institutions’ financial ...
Hungry Market Eats Up Oil Bonds
March 10th, 2015
Drop in oil prices has producers raising cash Investors are snapping up new stock and bonds from energy producers as they search for bargains amid the tumult caused by the plunge in oil prices. The buyers are betting these ...
Warnings: Tureprofit – CFD 1000 Limited – Consomatrade Ltd – Redlane Enterprises Ltd
March 4th, 2015
Consob has prohibited, pursuant to article 99, section 1, letter d), of the Consolidated Law on Finance (CLF), the public offering related to those residing in Italy for the investment programme known as “Tureprofit”, established through the website www.tureprofit.com (resolution no. ...
Investors Still Don’t Think Greece Will Exit the Euro
February 20th, 2015
As Greece heads toward 11th-hour funding talks with its euro-area membership on the line, bondholders are surprisingly sanguine about its failure so far to secure a deal. Forget the strategists at Commerzbank AG who say there’s a 50 percent ...
Greek Signals of Compromise Send Markets Soaring
February 4th, 2015
Greece’s new leaders, on a hopscotch tour of European capitals, convinced markets on Tuesday they are eager for a deal with creditors, but their still fuzzy proposals await a harder hearing from Athens’s toughest lender: the German government. Investors ...
