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MONTREAL (Reuters) – Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney urged the Group of 20 developed and emerging economies yesterday to push ahead quickly with "radical" financial reforms but signalled flexibility on when new global banking rules would be phase...
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LONDON (AP) – A British regulator said yesterday it is opening an investigation into the performance of investment banks in the lucrative business of underwriting corporate fundraising.
The Office of Fair Trading said underwriters earned an estimated...
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TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto's main stock index closed sharply higher yesterday, led by the heavyweight resource and financial sectors, after China reported a surge in exports and upbeat sentiment about European Central Bank moves boosted the outlook ...
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Ace Ltd. and other banks and insurers who provide crop insurance to farmers would receive $6 billion less in federal funding over ten years under a proposal by the US Department of Agriculture, Bloomberg News reported yesterday.
Payments for administ...
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LONDON (AP) – British Airways' CEO Willie Walsh has turned down a six-figure bonus for the second year as the carrier struggles with losses and a series of strikes by cabin crew.
The airline said in its annual report published yesterday that Walsh wa...
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TOKYO (AP) – Japan's economy, the world's second biggest, expanded at faster pace than originally estimated in the first quarter as consumers spent more amid signs of a broadening recovery.
Gross domestic product expanded at an annualised pace of fiv...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – US stocks posted their best day in the last nine yesterdayday in response to signs of health in the euro debt market and as investors snapped up energy shares crushed in the previous day's sell-off.
The energy sector led a broad ...
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UK agency investigates equity underwriting
LONDON (AP) – A British regulator says it will investigate the performance of banks in underwriting corporate fundraising.
The Office of Fair Trading says un...
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WASHINGTON (AP) – New claims for jobless benefits fell for the third straight week but remain elevated, suggesting the US labour market is still sluggish.
Initial claims fell by 3,000 to a seasonally adjusted 456,000, the Labour Department said yeste...
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French bank trader: Kerviel bets were out of line
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PARIS (AP) -- A fellow trader of Jerome Kerviel, who is accused of costing French bank Societe Generale bil...
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