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ECB Glimpse of Cyprus Debt Shows Limits of Bank Cleanup
March 4th, 2015
There was a time when a Cypriot on a moderate income could take a gamble on foreign real-estate worth more than his life savings. One banking crash, three and a half years of recession and an international bailout later, ...
Greece: We’ll fight on against austerity – Interview with FM Varoufakis
February 24th, 2015
Greece’s leftist government will implement all policies promised during the recent election campaign, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said Monday. Speaking to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, he said the battle to “recalibrate the austerity” imposed on Greece by its international creditors ...
Citi Announces $100 Billion, 10-Year Commitment to Finance Sustainable Growth
February 18th, 2015
Citi announced today a landmark commitment to lend, invest and facilitate a total of $100 billion within the next 10 years to finance activities that reduce the impacts of climate change and create environmental solutions that benefit people and ...
Singapore Turns to Service as Global Economy Weakens
February 17th, 2015
Singapore is counting on its position as an Asian financial hub to bolster services exports as overseas demand for its goods falters amid an uneven global recovery. The growing importance of services has prompted the government to release quarterly ...
Italy’s Economy Fails to Rebound
February 13th, 2015
Italy’s economy stagnated in the three months through December, failing to rebound from its longest recession on record. Gross domestic product was unchanged from the previous quarter when it dropped 0.1 percent, national statistics institute Istat said in a ...
Russian Asset Sales Muddy Sanction Compliance
February 13th, 2015
U.S. Companies Already Have to Contend With Complex Rules In recent months, Boris and Arkady Rotenberg—Russian businessmen and friends of Vladimir Putin —have sold off assets to their sons that include holdings in a Gazprom drilling contractor and the sleek Finnish Langvik Congress ...
Greek PM Tsipras in Brussels as clock ticks on EU bailout (Video)
February 12th, 2015
Greece‘s radical new prime minister Alexis Tsipras was in Brussels on Thursday to lay out his case for more financial help to fellow EU leaders following finance ministers’ failure to narrow differences overnight. The summit chairman, conservative former Polish ...
If You Listen Carefully, The Bankers Are Actually Telling Us What Is Going To Happen Next
February 10th, 2015
Are we on the verge of a major worldwide economic downturn? Well, if recent warnings from prominent bankers all over the world are to be believed, that may be precisely what we are facing in the months ahead. As ...
Greek Exit Would Be Difficult for World Economy: Osborne
February 10th, 2015
Today February 10, U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne discussed the risks of a “Grexit” and how he’s planning ahead to deal with any outcome. He speaks to Bloomberg’s Svenja O’Donnell at the G-20 Summit in Istanbul. Watch the ...
Australia central bank acting like it ‘just woke up’
February 6th, 2015
Australia’s record low interest rates are about to head way lower, analysts tell CNBC, as the country’s central bank scrambles to play catch up in the race to the bottom for borrowing costs. “The RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) ...