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Billionaire Named in Suit Against Anti-Iran Group
August 19th, 2014
A billionaire Wall Street commodities investor has been drawn into a court fight against one of the nation’s most influential anti-Iran advocacy groups. The fight stems from a defamation lawsuit by Victor Restis, a Greek businessman whom the group, ...
Being Pro-West Doesn’t Mean Being Anti-Russian
August 13th, 2014
The recent events in Ukraine and the resulting wave of sanctions, affecting all sides of the conflict, have once again intensified the long-running disagreement in Russia between pro-West and anti-West factions. Facebook is full of passionate arguments as yesterday’s ...
Big Banks’ ‘Living Wills’ Get Failing Grade
August 6th, 2014
Wall Street banks spent two years asking U.S. regulators what they should put in hypothetical bankruptcy plans to prove they aren’t “too big to fail.” The agencies broke their silence yesterday with a grade: Fail. The Federal Reserve and ...
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 ...
Samsung Electronics China supplier to resume business after child labor allegations
August 5th, 2014
A Chinese subsidiary of Shinyang Engineering Co Ltd (086830.KQ) will resume supplying parts to Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Tuesday, a Shinyang official said, less than a month after business ties were suspended over child labor allegations. In July, ...
LinkedIn, U.S. Labor Dept settle overtime case for $6 million
August 5th, 2014
LinkedIn Corp (LNKD.N) agreed to pay about $6 million in back overtime and damages to 359 current and former employees after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the online career networking company violated the country’s wage law. In ...
CFPB rules U.S. banks on $30 Billion in excess fees
August 1st, 2014
The $30 billion banks collect in overdraft fees each year may shrink as the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau imposes rules aimed at shielding customers from harm. The agency, which issued a study on the fees yesterday, is also ...
Virginia Governor facing corruption trial
August 1st, 2014
Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia and his wife, Maureen, engaged in a corruption trial, described on Thursday a private meeting at which he and Mr. McDonnell had discussed ways to secretly transfer $50,000 to the governor. The witness, Jonnie ...
New York Governor involved in BNP deal to get $1 billion more for NY state fund
July 31st, 2014
Only days before U.S. authorities reached a landmark $8.97 billion settlement with BNP Paribas over the bank’s dealings with countries subject to U.S. sanctions, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo intervened to ensure the state government got a much bigger ...
Deutsche Bank, Fitschen Try to Avoid Ackermann Juggling
July 30th, 2014
Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) Co-Chief Executive Officer Juergen Fitschen is seeking to keep prosecutors from filing charges against him. If he fails, he may have to juggle his duties with his defense as his predecessor did a decade ago. ...