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Walgreen Is Said to Near a Deal to Buy Out Boots Pharmacy, but Without a Tax Inversion
August 6th, 2014
The Walgreen Company is said to be near a deal to take over the British pharmacy retailer Alliance Boots, but through a plan to do so without moving its corporate headquarters abroad. The American retailer is closing in on ...
HSBC reports pretax profit of $1 billion on MENA operations
August 5th, 2014
HSBC has reported that its profit before tax for H1 2014 in the Middle East and North Africa is up nine per cent on both reported and constant currency bases. On an underlying basis, profit before tax increased by ...
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 ...
Wall Street banks take heart from leveraged loan exams
August 5th, 2014
Wall Street banks have found a U.S. review of their junk-rated loans to have yielded similar results to last year, easing some concern among bankers about a crackdown on one of their most lucrative businesses. Making junk-rated loans to ...
JPMorgan’s Top Retail Banking Lawyer Biben Said to Depart
August 5th, 2014
Matthew Biben, general counsel for JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM:US)’s retail-banking operations, has left after three years at the firm, a person with knowledge of the move said. Jill Centella, global litigation head for the New York-based lender, was ...
PayPal co-founder Levchin, Affirm want to disrupt credit biz
August 5th, 2014
If you’ve got your eye on a purchase that your credit score says you can’t quite afford, Max Levchin may be able to help. After a brief stint as a Google executive, the PayPal co-founder is back in the ...
SEC Obtains Nearly $70 Million Judgment Against Richmond, Va.
August 4th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that it has obtained a final judgment in federal court in Tennessee requiring a Richmond, Va.-based financial services holding company, a subsidiary brokerage firm, and their CEO to pay nearly $70 million ...
EU regulation concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions
August 4th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) informs the Cyprus Investment Firms, Management Companies, Administrative Services Companies and Regulated Markets (‘the Regulated Entities) about the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, on July 31, 2014, of ...
ICAEW and CISI launch Diploma in Corporate Finance in Cyprus
August 4th, 2014
ICAEW and the CISI have launched a diploma in Corporate Finance. The only specialist diploma of its kind, the qualification will be delivered by the Cyprus International Institute of Management and is aimed at establishing and maintaining the highest ...
