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France, Italy, Belgium may break budget rules, EU to revisit in March
November 27th, 2014
The European Commission will tell France, Italy and Belgium on Friday their 2015 budgets risk breaking EU rules, but it will defer decisions on any action until early March. At that point, France could face a multi-billion euro fine ...
4 Investment Tips From A Prize-Winning Middle Schooler
November 27th, 2014
Sixth grader, Joshua Zirkiyev has spent the last three years investing virtual portfolios in school, through the nonprofit SIFMA Foundation’s Stock Market Game. His favorite stocks are Tesla and Alibaba. The game, offered as part of the curriculum at Zirkiyev’s Queens, New York ...
EU will give France and Italy more time to implement tough reforms
November 25th, 2014
The EU will give France and Italy until next spring to implement tough reforms, delaying a verdict on national overspending originally set for this week, a European source told AFP. The decision, to be approved by the European Commission ...
Draghi Urgency for ECB Action Gets Final Reality Check
November 24th, 2014
Mario Draghi is about to find out just how urgent his call for action has become. One week after the European Central Bank president vowed to revive inflation “as fast as possible,” policy makers will receive a glimpse on ...
Tesco poised to dump auditor after accounting scandal
November 19th, 2014
Tesco could be on the verge of dumping PwC, its auditor of 31 years, over its apparent failure to identify the accounting problems that led to a black hole in its books. The Evening Standard understands that board members ...
Sydney Yuan Hub Seen Saving Importers 7% in Trading: Currencies
November 17th, 2014
Australian importers are in line for a windfall as speculation grows that Chinese President Xi Jinping will use his visit to the country this week to anoint Sydney as a yuan trading center. The ability to exchange Australian dollars ...
Credit Without Banks: Shadow Banking
November 10th, 2014
One of the vivid lessons of the 2007-2009 recession and financial crisis is that in the modern economy, one can’t just think about the financial sector as made up of banks and the stock market. Other financial institutions can ...
French lawmakers seek clarity on Qatar tax breaks
November 7th, 2014
The finance committee of the French parliament has called for a report by mid-2015 on controversial tax breaks on property deals granted to states including Qatar, France’s closest Gulf ally. In Qatar’s case the concessions were granted by ex-president ...
Competition watchdog to investigate UK current account and SME banking market
November 7th, 2014
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is to launch a full-scale investigation into personal current accounts and SME banking, following a three month consultation exercise. The CMA published two studies in July which indicated that regulatory barriers and limited ...
Euro edges higher, stocks sag before ECB meeting
November 6th, 2014
The euro edged higher and European stocks pulled back on Thursday as investors waited to see how ECB chief Mario Draghi responds to another run of poor euro zone data and reports of disquiet about his leadership style. The ...