Search Results for: MoU
Son-in-law’s testimony quotes bin Laden after 9/11: ‘We are the ones who did it’
March 20th, 2014
The defendant’s testimony in a stilled Manhattan courtroom Wednesday took a federal jury half a world and many years away, to a mountain cave in the desolation of Afghanistan, to the hours after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. ...
Credit Agricole Targets Profit Above $5.5 Billion by 2016
March 20th, 2014
Credit Agricole SA, France’s third-largest bank, will seek to reach at least 4 billion euros ($5.5 billion) of annual net income by 2016 and build up capital as its main European markets emerge from recession. “We’ve deeply transformed our ...
Offshore Yuan Bets Losing $3.5 Billion, Morgan Stanley Estimates
March 20th, 2014
More than $3.5 billion has been wiped off the value of offshore yuan structured products, Morgan Stanley estimates, as China’s slowing economy and mounting credit concerns weaken the currency. Losses on Target Redemption Forwards were probably in the region ...
China And India Sign Agreement For Greater Cooperation In IT And Software; China To Help India With Infrastructure
March 19th, 2014
Two of the fastest growing markets in the world — India and China — have signed an agreement to work together in software, information technology and infrastructure, during the Strategic and Economic Dialogue, or SED, which began Tuesday in ...
Former Qwest CEO’s Forfeited Insider Trading Gains May Be Tax Deductible
March 19th, 2014
A federal court may allow the convicted former chief of a telecommunications company to deduct more than $44 million from his taxes after he was forced to forfeit the amount of stock gains he realized from insider trading. Joseph ...
Multinationals Pay Higher Tax Rates Abroad than in U.S.
March 18th, 2014
Most U.S.-based multinational corporations paid lower U.S. taxes on their domestic profits than they paid to foreign governments on their foreign profits, according to a recent study. The study, released late last month by the advocacy groups Citizens for ...
Londongrad Dealmakers Threatened by Sanctions
March 18th, 2014
Russian companies have made $180 billion in deals globally in the past two years, providing steady profits to London bankers, lawyers, and image crafters as the city has become a hub for such transactions. Sanctions being imposed by the ...
Russia Sounds Alarm on Economy as West Starts With Sanctions
March 18th, 2014
Russia’s economy is showing signs of a crisis, the government in Moscow said as the U.S. and the European Union announced sanctions over its support for the Crimea region breaking away from Ukraine. “The situation in the economy bears ...
FCA and Bank of England agree Memorandum
March 18th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England, including the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that sets out how they co-operate with one another in relation to the supervision of markets ...
New Zealand consumer mood at nine-year peak
March 18th, 2014
NZD/USD to refresh this year’s high? Why not? Especially keeping in mind extremely positive data from New Zealand. Another fact that supports another rate hike from RBNZ occurred on Monday, as a report from Westpac Banking Corporation showed consumer ...
