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By Annette Weisbach |
January 22, 2013
Germany’s biggest bank was asked by the nation’s financial regulator to simulate a split of its consumer banking and trading businesses.
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By Scott Rose, Ryan Chilcote and Ilya Arkhipov, Bloomberg |
January 21, 2013
Russia’s central bank is resisting calls to cut interest rates, sparking a “huge argument” with the government over priorities as economic growth slumps, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said.
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By Anchalee Worrachate, Bloomberg |
January 15, 2013
The prospect of an economic rebound midwifed by Mario Draghi’s successful calming of the European bond market may finally prompt Germany to sell 30-year inflation-linked government debt.
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By Elizabeth Campbell |
October 28, 2012
Speculators lowered bullish wagers on commodities for the third straight week, the longest streak since April, as prices erased this year’s gain.
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By Rita Nazareth, Bloomberg |
October 26, 2012
U.S. stocks were little changed, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index on pace for a weekly decline, as investors watched economic and earnings reports.
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By James G. Neuger and Stephanie Bodoni, Bloomberg |
October 8, 2012
European governments set up a full-time 500 billion-euro ($648 billion) fund to aid debt-swamped countries and, not for the first time in the three-year crisis, expressed confidence that the financial muscle won’t be needed anytime soon.
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By Rebecca Christie, Bloomberg |
September 28, 2012
The European Commission responded to a letter from Germany and France urging action on a financial-transaction tax by reiterating that nine countries must submit formal requests for the plan to move forward.
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By Joseph Ciolli and Emma Charlton, Bloomberg |
September 26, 2012
The euro fell to a two-week low against the dollar after Spain’s bonds dropped and the central bank said gross domestic product declined this quarter, stoking concern the region’s debt crisis is worsening.
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By Rebecca Christie and Maud van Gaal |
September 15, 2012
French and Belgian finance ministers pressed for rapid progress toward common European bank oversight at talks in Cyprus, while Germany cautioned against rushing.
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By Michael P. Regan and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
September 13, 2012
U.S. stocks rallied, sending benchmark indexes to the highest levels since 2007, and Treasuries retreated as the Federal Reserve said it will buy mortgage securities to bolster the economy.
