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Why Germany refuses to write off Greece’s debts
July 16th, 2015
The International Monetary Fund says Greece’s debts are too big to pay and need to be partly forgiven. Germany says that’s out of the question. German officials, led by Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, say that ...
Forex Broker FX World Under Investigation by City of London Police
July 16th, 2015
Currencies-trading firm’s license was suspended in June, says FCA The City of London police are conducting a fraud investigation into currencies-trading firm FX World, according to a person familiar with the matter. “ are investigating a foreign-exchange company in ...
Westpac VC invests in Bitcoin player Coinbase
July 8th, 2015
In a deal that will put Westpac Banking Corp in the box seat as cryptocurrencies develop, the bank’s venture capital fund, Reinventure Group, has invested in Coinbase, one of the world’s pre-eminent Bitcoin companies. In the first deal involving ...
JPMorgan to pay over $125 million to settle U.S. credit card debt probes
July 8th, 2015
JPMorgan Chase & Co has agreed to pay at least $125 million to settle probes by U.S. state and federal authorities that the bank sought to improperly collect and sell consumer credit card debt, according to people familiar with ...
China Freezes Trading in 1,300 Companies, Locking Up 40% of Market Cap
July 8th, 2015
A wave of Chinese companies halted trading in their shares and regulators unveiled new measures to prop up the value of small-cap stocks in the latest attempts to stem a rout that’s wiped more than $3.5 trillion of value. ...
Rift Emerges as Europe Gears Up for New Talks on Greece Bailout
July 7th, 2015
Germany continued to maintain a hard line with Athens on Monday, just a day after Greek voters decisively rejected a bailout deal from its creditors. But some European countries showed a willingness to soften the push for austerity that ...
Greece tourism unaffected by financial crisis
July 2nd, 2015
Despite Greece’s extreme financial crisis, the country’s lucrative tourism industry appears to be uninterrupted. And that’s good news for Greeks. Tourism brought in around $32.7 billion in 2014, which made up more than 17% of the country’s GDP. The ...
Barclays brokers sniff at Stifel, jump to Merrill
July 1st, 2015
BofA has added 15 ex-Barclays advisers in the past month and recently picked up a $750 million team in Texas Fifteen advisers, including most recently a team in Texas managing $750 million in assets, have fled Barclays Plc U.S. ...
Greece defaults on IMF payment despite last-minute overtures to creditors
July 1st, 2015
Greece‘s last-minute overtures to international creditors for financial aid on Tuesday were not enough to save the country from becoming the first developed economy to default on a loan with the International Monetary Fund. The IMF confirmed that Greece ...
Greeks are rushing to Bitcoin
June 30th, 2015
With bank doors slammed shut, frantic Greeks are turning to online trading platforms to see if the digital money Bitcoin is a better bet than the euro. The world’s largest Bitcoin exchanges tell CNNMoney they’ve seen a surge of business ...
