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Credit Suisse Returns to Profit, Offers Stock Dividend Option
February 12th, 2015
Credit Suisse Group AG swung to a fourth-quarter profit, announced additional asset reductions and proposed investors choose whether to receive their dividend in shares or cash for 2014 amid pressure to boost capital. Net income amounted to 921 million ...
Greece ‘may go elsewhere for new deal on debt’
February 10th, 2015
The Greek defence minister has said Greece could turn to the US, Russia or China if it fails to reach a new debt agreement with the eurozone. Panos Kammenos, who heads the junior coalition partner Independent Greeks, said Greece ...
SEC Proposes Rules for Hedging Disclosure
February 10th, 2015
Amendments Would Enhance Corporate Disclosure of Hedging Policies for Officers, Directors and Employees The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it has approved the issuance of proposed rules that would enhance corporate disclosure of company hedging policies for directors ...
HSBC files: international outcry over activities at bank’s Swiss arm
February 10th, 2015
Revelations of collusion with wealthy and criminal clients in tax malpractice triggers furious response around the world HSBC was fighting an international firestorm on Monday over revelations that its Swiss private bank helped clients conceal undeclared accounts and provided services ...
Greek prime minister not backing down
February 9th, 2015
With a difficult week looming for Greece and amid rising pressure from creditors, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday presented his government’s policy program in Parliament, pledging to implement pre-election promises to revoke austerity measures, though not all at ...
Varoufakis looking for plan to bridge gap after Schaeuble talks
February 6th, 2015
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis pledged on Thursday to present to the next Eurogroup a roadmap that will show how Greece could transition from its current bailout to a new agreement, which he believes can be agreed by the ...
Greece finance minister reveals plan to end debt stand-off
February 3rd, 2015
Greece’s radical new government revealed proposals on Monday for ending the confrontation with its creditors by swapping outstanding debt for new growth-linked bonds, running a permanent budget surplus and targeting wealthy tax-evaders. Yanis Varoufakis, the new finance minister, outlined ...
Greece Asks ECB to Keep Banks Afloat, Tsipras Pitches Deal
February 2nd, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras began the hunt for allies against German demands for austerity as his week-old government appealed to the European Central Bank not to shut off the money tap. Tsipras traveled to Cyprus on Monday before ...
Platts Launches Market Data Direct
January 29th, 2015
New Real-Time Global Commodity Prices and Data Service Trusted Industry Benchmarks From Platts Available in New Customizable Cross-Commodity Collections Historical Data at the Ready on a Global Basis for Trend and Arbitrage Analysis London – January 28, 2015 Platts, ...
$11 Billion Wiped From Greek Banks on Nationalization Threat
January 29th, 2015
The amount that investors gave Greek lenders last year was wiped off in three days of trading amid the threat of greater government control. In a bid to boost balance sheets, the nation’s banks raised more than $11.5 billion ...
