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...et al, with just $9bn on legacy oil and gas....
...The United States has surged ahead of us, though....
...growth and the world economy is still very much in a state of subdued inflation pressure....
...So far in 2015, which of the following G10 currencies has lost the most value against the US dollar?...
...According to statistics from the Bank for International Settlements, credit in US dollars to non-bank borrowers outside the United States totalled US$9.2tn at the end of September 2014, over 50 per cent...
...It was millions of dollars in debt,” said Credit Suisse First Boston e-commerce analyst Bill Burnham. The privately held company told the US courts that it is about $4 million in the red....
...US secretary of state John Kerry and Ban Ki-Moon, secretary-general of the UN, said in a statement that an “unconditional humanitarian ceasefire” had been agreed by all parties and would begin at 8am local...
...Good morning New York, FT ALPHAVILLE Naming and shaming in Japan: David notes another angry reflection of how important rising wages are to Abenomics’ success and how irritated Abe et al are at those big...
...The Australian dollar traded flat at 92.9 US cents. (Financial Times)...
...(WSJ) China Development Bank, a lender fully owned by the state, has asked several foreign clients in recent months to delay drawing down lines of credit that had previously been offered, according to individuals...
...Credit Suisse handed account statements to one client tucked inside a Sports Illustrated magazine as part of its “cloak and dagger tactics”, according to Senator Carl Levin, chairman of the US Senate Permanent...
...him aged 71...
...Moody’s Investors Service, which provides credit ratings for states and municipalities, looked at the detailed financial accounts for each state and its schemes in the most recent financial year available...
...(Financial Times) (NYT) “A U.S. regulator filed lawsuits against Morgan Stanley and eight other banks over the sale of nearly $2.4 billion in mortgage-backed securities to two credit unions that later failed...
...Gideon Rachman ——————————————- HISTORY Nixon, Kissinger and the Shah: The United States and Iran in the Cold War, by Roham Alvandi, Oxford University Press, RRP£35.99/$55 Knowledge of the 1970s, when...
...(Wall Street Journal) Bank fees rise 9% despite dealmaking dip: Investment banks revived their fortunes during the first half of the year by generating a 9 per cent rise in fees because of a recovery in...
...in credit growth amid concerns about the level of debt in the economy....
...“Details of the deal – one of Credit Suisse’s first notable acquisitions since it bought out the remainder of Brazilian investment fund Hedging-Griffo in 2011 – were not disclosed....
...(Financial Times)(Bloomberg) Individual investors helping drive US stockmarket surge: A total of $6.8bn shifted into equity mutual funds in the first three weeks of 2013, the biggest move since 2001, according...
...Today in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the developed world, women are better off than ever....
...He argues that money is not, in essence, currency, used as a “means of exchange”. It is, on the contrary, a unit of value, a system of accounts and transferable credit....
...(hat tip: Jason Simmonds) 01.28: Jurek Martin says America has just spent dollars beyond the dreams of avarice on an election – and nothing has changed....
...For us, the United States, what happened 10 years ago, got us into two wars....
...India revises up trade gap estimate as exports struggle Indian imports continued to outpace exports in February as demand remained weak in major exports markets like the United States and Europe, nudging...
...Yields on AA-rated Abu Dhabi and Qatar sovereign bonds are near their lows of the year, benefiting from lower US dollar interest rates – the currency in which most regional bonds are issued....
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