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Crédit Agricole Takes $950 Million Hit on Portuguese Bank
August 5th, 2014
The French bank Crédit Agricole said Tuesday that it nearly had its entire second-quarter profit wiped away as it took a $950 million charge to write off its entire investment in the troubled Portuguese lender Banco Espírito Santo, in ...
Bulgarian Government Urged to Solve Banking Crisis
August 5th, 2014
Bulgaria is dealing with its worst banking crisis since the 1990’s as the European Union and international investors have issued warnings about the fate of one of the country’s largest banks. The Bulgarian government is struggling to find a ...
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 ...
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 ...
Nikkei Previews: run against them to get your face ripped off!
August 4th, 2014
Japanese second quarter results season peaked last week with the Nikkei newspaper playing its role as broadcaster of results days in advance of the actual company announcements. Japanese regulators continue to turn a blind eye to the now common ...
Earnings growth in Europe – first time in 3 years
August 4th, 2014
European companies are delivering growth for the first time in three years albeit concerns over Russia which held back markets at the end of last week. Equity strategists at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse are somewhat upbeat pointing out ...
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 ...
Clashes with Russia point to globalization’s end
August 4th, 2014
As the European Union and the United States ramp up their sanctions on Russia, President Vladimir Putin’s plans for retaliation seem to include an attack on McDonald’s. There could not be a more powerful symbol that geopolitics is increasingly ...
Commercial Bank announces new executive appointment
August 4th, 2014
Commercial Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Colin Macdonald as Executive General Manager, Business Enablement. In a statement, Mr. Hussain Alfardan, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Commercial Bank said; “Colin has wide banking experience built ...
