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Showing posts with label financial system. Show all posts
Showing posts with label financial system. Show all posts

May 24, 2014

U.S. factory data upbeat, euro zone business stays strong

(Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing growth picked up to a three-month high in May, while private business activity in the euro zone grew at just under its fastest pace in three years, surveys showed on Thursday.

July 20, 2013

China's economic slowdown takes toll on US companies

NEW YORK: It's official. China's slowdown is starting to hurt corporate America. As the world's second-largest economy - and still growing - China is seen as a primary source of revenue growth by the largest U.S. companies.

July 09, 2013

AIG, GE Capital tagged "systemically important," will face greater regulation

American International Group and GE Capital will face increased supervision after regulators announced Tuesday that the firms had been deemed systemically important and "potential threats to financial stability."

June 11, 2013

Obama Urged to Back Plan to List Owners of Shell Firms

Anticorruption activists have urged President Obama to back a plan to publicly register the owners of shell companies in the United States and around the world, a move they say is essential to thwart corrupt government officials, tax evaders and money launderers who rely on an opaque financial system.

March 28, 2013

Prudential fined £30m over AIA bid

Insurance giant Prudential has been fined £30m by regulators over its 2010 bid to buy AIA, an Asian subsidiary of US insurer AIG.