EU rules threaten free banking and credit card cashback The Daily Telegraph Britons have to pay for using our debit and credit cards - and cashback could be scrapped. | We may have to pay for using our debit and credit cards - and cashback could be scrapped Photo: ALAMY | By Rosie Murray-West | 7:00AM BST 05 May 2013 | Comments | Free banking could disappear under Euro...
German stocks - Factors to watch on April 19 Reuters FRANKFURT, April 19 (Reuters) - The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday: | SAP | Q1 results. The business software group is expected to report its quarterly operating profit, excluding special items, rose 16 percent to 968 million euros ($1.3 billion). Poll: | Rel...
EU rules threaten free banking and credit card cashback The Daily Telegraph Britons have to pay for using our debit and credit cards - and cashback could be scrapped. | We may have to pay for using our debit and credit cards - and cashback could be scrapped Photo: ALAMY | By Rosie Murray-West | 7:00AM BST 05 May 2013 | ...
Pushing for end to deadlock over China's audit secrets South China Morning Post The US Chamber of Commerce has urged Washington and Beijing to resolve a dispute over the auditing of US-listed Chinese firms, warning failure to do so will seriously hurt both countries. | "The American business community has become increasingly ala...
Reforms in tax havens aid sleuths South China Morning Post As opaque networks of secretive companies linking offshore havens with Hong Kong are forced to become more transparent, it will be easier to track down assets hidden in jurisdictions such as the British Virgin Islands (BVI), says William McGovern, a ...
JPMorgan Caught in Swirl of Regulatory Woes Dealbook > | Government investigators have found that JPMorgan Chase devised “manipulative schemes” that transformed “money-losing power plants into powerful profit centers,” and that one of its most senior executives gave “false and misleading stat...
German stocks - Factors to watch on April 19 Reuters FRANKFURT, April 19 (Reuters) - The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday: | SAP | Q1 results. The business software group is expected to report its quarterly operating profit, excluding special items, rose 16 percen...
Police raid JPMorgan as Monte Paschi probe widens South China Morning Post Italian tax police descended on the Milan offices of JP Morgan in search of documents in their investigation into suspected fraud at Monte dei Paschi bank, as a scandal rocking Italian finance spreads to foreign banks doing business there. | The arri...
Monetary Authority investigates UBS over possible Hibor rate misconduct South China Morning Post Hong Kong's de facto central bank said it has begun investigating UBS for possible misconduct involving the setting of the city's interbank interest rate, raising fresh concerns that the Swiss bank faces more trouble. | The statement comes just a day...
Traffic fumes linked to diabetes Belfast Telegraph Exposure to traffic fumes can set children on the road to diabetes, a study has shown. | Living near a busy road and increased levels of pollution from cars and lorries significantly raised the risk of insulin resistance in ten-year-olds, scientists found. | The condition is a recognised precursor of Type 2 diabetes. | Researchers in Germany looked...
Bangladesh garment factory collapse death toll hits 1,021 The Times Of India DHAKA: The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago outside the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000 on Friday, while the list of the dead from a fresh fire at a sweater manufacturer showed the entanglement of the industry and top Bangladeshi officials. | Officials said 1,021 bodies have been recovered from...