Socialists take absolute majority in French parliament (via AFP) France’s Socialists won control of parliament, handing President Francois Hollande the convincing majority he needs to…
French bank transfers assets from Greek subsidiary (via AFP) French bank Credit Agricole has taken control of assets in Albania, Bulgaria and Romania of its…
French Socialists poised to take control of parliament (via AFP) French President Francois Hollande’s Socialists and allies came out on top in Sunday’s first round…
PropertyCasualty360Facebook Fed the 'Ignorant' Masses an IPO LiteTheStreet.comBy Gary Weiss 05/30/12 – 07:00 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) — The Facebook IPO is an excellent reminder of the role that amnesia plays in the stock market. US markets…
BoE's Bailey blames JPMorgan loss on bad risk controlReutersBoE's Bailey sees no UK conduct issue at JPMorgan yet * Losses a "salutary lesson" in use of risk measuring models * UK banks' Greek exit contingency plans more detailed …
(via The Christian Science Monitor) Leaders from the world’s largest advanced economies, the so-called Group of Eight (G8), meet Friday and Saturday with one big…
Telegraph.co.ukTepco's fiscal-year loss narrowsMarketWatchBy Mitsuru Obe TOKYO (MarketWatch) — Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Monday reported a group net loss of Y781.64 billion for the year ended March, as it continues to reel from the aftermath of …
ABC NewsFabled SF bar pilots still running into political turbulence 5 years after SF …Washington PostSAN FRANCISCO — Since the days of Mark Twain, the San Francisco Bar Pilots have had it good. Thanks to outsized political clout and highly special…
By William K. BlackI wrote recently about Apple’s release ofinformation from its “audits” of its major suppliers. Apple constructed the release to deny thepublic information on the identity of the suppliers that defrauded andendangered the …
Meet The 15 Mysterious Trading Firms Who Control The Price Of Commodities
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