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...In 2003, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, then the private owner of Russia’s largest oil company, Yukos, was charged with tax evasion and his company seized by the state....
...companies are unplugging from the state utility....
...But, Trump’s focus appears to be on withdrawing from trade agreements or renegotiating current America’s current 14 FTAs....
...Japanese stocks have climbed this year as the Bank of Japan supports the market with an unprecedented asset-buying programme, while domestic pension funds tweak their allocation targets to favour equities...
...When I became chancellor we borrowed £1 in every £4 we spent. Next year it will be £1 in every £14. Our banks have doubled their capital ratios. And we have doubled our foreign exchange reserves....
...currently locked in a Bank of New York Mellon trustee account....
...The rules, finalised by the Securities and Exchange Commission after a two-year delay, require certain funds, which had been treated like bank accounts but with better returns, to switch to a floating share...
...Lawmakers passed the bill on Thursday with the US just hours away from a “highway cliff” after the Obama administration warned that it would have to start cutting the funds it gives states for road and bridge...
...(Financial Times) In response to regulation, Goldman ditching less profitable clients and changing rules for hedge funds (WSJ) Argentina v holdouts: plus ça change (Financial Times) Espírito Santo: the...
...down -0.09% at 951.65 Americas DJIA up +0.55% at 16,336 S&P 500 up +0.72% at 1,872 Bovespa up +2.29% at 46,151 Asia Nikkei 225 down -0.39% at 14,355 Topix down -0.40% at 1,161 Hang Seng down -0.01% at...
...(Financial Times) “Chinese Bitcoin exchanges said domestic banks closed their accounts after the nation’s central bank barred financial institutions from handling transactions in the virtual currency to...
...’s central bank delivered a nasty shock on Tuesday morning: the country’s trade and current accounts were in a worse state at the end of 2012 than previously realised, and they were precariously funded....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...settles NY claims for $340m Standard Chartered has agreed to pay $340m to New York state to settle accusations it hid from regulators key details involving at least $250bn in transactions with Iran and...
...He has been charged with 14 counts of fraud, conspiracy and obstruction and faces more than 20 years in prison if found guilty....
...Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index down -0.14% at 1,157 Europe FTSE down -0.01% at 5,848 RTF up +0.19% at 1,887 Wig Index down -0.27% at 49,692 FTSE 300 Eurotop down -0.50% at 1,110 Americas DJIA...
...He hammered the McKinsey partner on tax documents and a Galleon account set up in the name of his housekeeper. The defence’s calculation backfired at times, which the government seized upon....
...Of the 1.6bn Muslims in the world, only 14 per cent use banks. By comparison, 92 per cent of US households use banks: in the UK it is 95 per cent....
...Shares in the insurer hit a one-month low, losing 2 per cent to 607½p on the back of “sell” advice from Icap analyst Andrew Hughes....
...Resources from the sale of IMF gold, consistent with the new income model, and funds from internal and other sources will double the Fund’s medium-term concessional lending capacity. 36....
...seized control of the building after they revealed that via a series of shell companies and a Jersey-based offshore trust, it was owned by the Iranian bank behind the financing of Iran’s nuclear programme...
...The combined assets of struggling banks increased dramatically in the three months from $26bn (€17.8bn, £14.1bn) to $78bn....
...There was no individual event at which Argentina’s path was set on a permanent divergence from that of the United States of America....
...Consumer-facing technology groups bounced back from Monday’s sell-off. Ebay , Apple and Dell climbed 3 per cent to $25.52, 1.7 per cent to $157.08 and 3.3 per cent to $24.01 respectively....
...of the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act by the United States of America Congress which outlaws Zimbabwe’s right to access credit from International Financial Institutions in which the United...
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