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Draghi’s Whatever It Takes Bid Saved Euro Area, ECB Says
October 15th, 2014
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi helped save the euro with his pledge to do “whatever it takes” as lenders prepared for a collapse of the currency, an ECB lawyer told a hearing today. The European Court of Justice, ...
Ireland to abolish controversial ‘double Irish’ tax arrangement
October 15th, 2014
Ireland has officially announced the phased abolition of its controversial “double Irish” tax scheme that has enabled multinationals such as Apple to dramatically cut down their tax bills. The arrangement, which has drawn the wrath of the US Senate ...
AMF warns of the dangers of forex market trading for individual investors
October 13th, 2014
The AMF, France’s financial markets regulator, has begun an online publicity campaign to increase public awareness of the risks of trading in the forex market, following the growing number of complaints from investors and many advertisements for investors to trade ...
Will there be a China–US deal on climate change?
October 8th, 2014
For many years China and the United States have faced off over climate change. Now, climate change action is one of the few things the two powers can agree on. A new view on the benefits of climate action ...
Soybeans Steady at $9.76 after Rising Reserves
October 7th, 2014
Soybeans retreated after posting the biggest jump in more than a year as separate surveys showed that world inventories and U.S. crops may be bigger than estimated by the Department of Agriculture last month. The contract for November delivery ...
London ranks most popular destination for workers
October 6th, 2014
London becomes the most popular city in the world to work in, according to an international survey of more than 200,000 people, with nearly one in six of those questioned wanting to move to the British capital to secure ...
French court to begin Airbus insider trading trial
October 3rd, 2014
A long-awaited French corporate trial involving allegations of insider trading in the shares of Airbus Group gets under way on Friday, marking the climax of an eight-year investigation. Seven current and former managers at Europe’s largest aerospace group, and ...
African countries to Issue more than $1 billion in climate change bonds
September 23rd, 2014
The bonds – planned to be issued in 2016 – will provide additional financing to participating countries to enhance their climate adaptation investments, in the event that weather shocks such as extreme heat, droughts, floods or cyclones increase in ...
Senior BNP Paribas energy traders quit; bank denies downsizing
September 16th, 2014
Two senior BNP Paribas energy traders in New York have left, but the Paris-based bank said on Monday it was not downsizing its U.S. commodity and energy businesses. Keith Shoemaker, managing director of North American natural gas trading, and ...
US lawmakers cautious about cash method of accounting
September 12th, 2014
Switching to accrual accounting would be severely damaging to businesses, US lawmakers have warned in a letter calling for the preservation of the cash method of accounting. The letter, signed by a bipartisan majority of the US House of ...
