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Law firm documents add to heat on James Murdoch 

November 2, 2011
Law firm documents add to heat on James Murdoch 

  A law firm which represented Rupert Murdoch’s London tabloids has turned over to the British parliament documents which could embarrass his son James when he returns to testify before a committee investigating a phone-hacking scandal. Parliamentary and company sources told Reuters that Farrer & Co, a London law firm which until recently represented Murdoch’s [...]

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Bank of America kept AIG legal threat under wraps 

August 31, 2011
Bank of America kept AIG legal threat under wraps 

The American International Group (AIG) building is seen in New York's financial district March 16, 2009. Top Bank of America Corp lawyers knew as early as January that American International Group Inc was prepared to sue the bank for more than $10 billion, seven months before the lawsuit was filed, according to sources familiar with [...]

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US banks play catch-up on hiring effort

August 12, 2009
US banks play catch-up on hiring effort

Pedestrians pass a Bank of America branch in New York. Bank of America, the largest US bank, has lately snapped up senior officials to join its investment bank. US banks, which have cut thousands of jobs during the two-year-old financial crisis, are suddenly racing to fill empty seats to make the most of soaring stock [...]

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US limits on bank pay, bonuses face Senate, Obama skepticism

August 1, 2009
US limits on bank pay, bonuses face Senate, Obama skepticism

Restrictions on financial industry bonuses heading to a vote in the US House may be rejected by the Senate and the Obama administration, which are reluctant to increase government’s role in deciding compensation. The House, emboldened by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s report Thursday that showed nine banks getting US aid paid US$32.6 billion [...]

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China market value to overtake US in three years: fund chairman

July 19, 2009
China market value to overtake US in three years: fund chairman

A man is reflected in an electronic stock board showing stock information at a securities exchange house in Shanghai, China. China’s stock market may surpass the US as the world’s largest by value in three years as state-owned companies sell new shares and the nation’s 1.4 billion people put more of their money into equities, [...]

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Credit swaps investigated by US Justice Department

July 15, 2009

The US Justice Department is investigating the market for credit-default swaps, according to Markit Group Ltd., the data provider majority-owned by Wall Street’s largest banks. “Markit has been informed of an investigation by the Department of Justice into the credit-derivatives and related markets,” spokeswoman Teresa Chick said Monday in an e-mailed statement in response to [...]

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Jobs’s absence gives glimpse of Apple without CEO

June 10, 2009
Jobs’s absence gives glimpse of Apple without CEO

Philip Schiller, senior vice president of marketing at Apple Inc., talks about the new voice control function of the Apple iPhone 3G S (3GS) Apple Inc.’s developer conference Monday gave investors a new opportunity to see the company at work without Steve Jobs. The company unveiled a faster iPhone and cut prices on its MacBook [...]

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Banks could use money in begging bowl to buy toxic assets

April 6, 2009
Banks could use money in begging bowl to buy toxic assets

Citibank sign hangs outside a retail banking branch on the ground floor of the Citigroup Inc. headquarters in New York US banks that received billions of dollars of taxpayer money to bolster their capital could place bets on the same toxic assets that got them into trouble in the first place – and with government [...]

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US bank nationalization is focus of speculation

February 24, 2009
US bank nationalization is focus of speculation

The company logo of Citigroup is displayed outside Citibank Tower in Hong Kong Monday. The lender could be among the banks that are nationalized under a US government plan. The US, which says it doesn’t want to nationalize banks, may find itself taking a step in that direction if it converts the government’s preferred shares [...]

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Stanford conned clients with ‘no worry’ promise, rates

February 20, 2009
Stanford conned clients with ‘no worry’ promise, rates

A worker posts a temporary closure notice at Stanford Financial Group’s offices in Houston, Texas, US, on February 17, 2009. Stanford International Bank Ltd., accused by US regulators of defrauding investors, relied on more than high interest payments to sell US$8 billion of what it called certificates of deposit. The Antigua Bank, founded by Stanford [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...