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2013/05/23 01:06
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Bond investors don’t perceive the six biggest U.S. banks as “too big to fail,” according to a report from one of those lenders, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The half-dozen largest U.S. banks by assets...
2013/05/23 01:06
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2013/05/23 00:50
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Stockholm riots challenge image of happy, generous state By Patrick Lannin and Philip O'Connor STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Hundreds of youth have torched cars and attacked police in four nights of riots...
2013/05/21 23:46
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Loading Slideshow Sanford "Sandy" Weill The former Citigroup Chairman and CEO told CNBC in 2012...
2013/05/20 17:09
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... It has been a more mixed day in the European markets. The Cac and Dax both finished the day in the black, up 0.54pc and 0.69pc respectively. However, the FTSE Mib closed down 0.56pc, while the...
2013/05/20 14:27
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But if the evidence in favor of splitting the roles is so weak in general, and weaker still in the case of JPMorgan, why is this year's proxy contest considered to be a close run thing? And why did...
2013/05/15 19:27
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EU warns China it is ready to launch telecoms dispute BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has told China it is prepared to launch an investigation into anti-competitive behavior by producers...
2013/05/15 18:27
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Swedish prosecutor asks court to block file-sharer Pirate Bay STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish prosecutors have launched a new attempt to close down the popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, asking...
2013/05/14 22:47
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Loading Slideshow Sanford "Sandy" Weill The former Citigroup Chairman and CEO told CNBC in 2012...
2013/05/13 18:06
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It’s hard to believe now, but top U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve officials were remarkably sanguine in September 2008 about a possible collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. “I never once...
2013/05/12 23:06
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The skirmishing is almost over, the main armies almost assembled. Ahead is a great battle over the future of our financial system that could have more profound consequences than the Dodd-Frank...
2013/05/10 16:51
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Loading Slideshow Sanford "Sandy" Weill The former Citigroup Chairman and CEO told CNBC in 2012...
2013/05/03 21:46
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Loading Slideshow Sanford "Sandy" Weill The former Citigroup Chairman and CEO told CNBC in 2012...
2013/05/03 13:28
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China's three mobile operators - China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom - plan to spend a combined 345 billion yuan ($56 billion) this year on network upgrades and 4G. China Mobile plans to...
2013/05/02 01:16
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There are two competing narratives about recent financial reform efforts and the dangers that very large banks now pose around the world. One narrative is wrong; the other is scary. At the center of...
2013/04/30 13:10
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Last week, Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and David Vitter (R-LA) introduced the first bipartisan legislation aimed directly at putting an end to "too big to fail" financial institutions and preventing...
2013/04/29 12:19
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Welcome to Wonkbook, Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas’s morning policy news primer. To subscribe by e-mail, click here. Send comments, criticism, or ideas to Wonkbook at Gmail dot com. To read more by Ezra...
2013/04/29 00:06
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A year ago, the big U.S. banks were focused on repealing, or at least eliminating large parts of, the Dodd-Frank financial-reform law. They poured money into the campaign of the Republican...
2013/04/28 10:06
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Analysis: China's 4G bonanza to shake up mobile gear vendor market By Simon Johnson and Leila Abboud STOCKHOLM/PARIS (Reuters) - Chinese telecom operators will start awarding contracts for...
2013/04/25 15:14
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish police said on Thursday they found drugs on teen idol Justin Bieber's tour bus in Stockholm, but had no suspects and were unlikely to pursue the case further. A police...
2013/04/25 15:13
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Justin Bieber was in Sweden on his tour when his tour bus got raided and was found to have marijuana. (Source: KTLA - Los Angeles) A police officer on crowd duty smelled marijuana on an empty tour...