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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Europe should boost bailout fund, consider euro bonds: Lagarde

Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 23, 2012

BERLIN (Reuters) – The head of the IMF called on European governments to boost the size of their rescue fund and consider financial risk-sharing steps like common euro zone bonds as a way out of their sovereign debt crisis.



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Shares drop as bond yields push Italy to the brink

Posted by Reuters: Business News on November 10, 2011

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks fell around 3 percent on Thursday after soaring Italian borrowing costs stoked fears that the debt crisis in the euro zone’s third biggest economy will overwhelm its financial defenses, raising the risk of a break-up of the currency area.



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Treasury: Foreclosure woes not systemic threat

Posted by Reuters: Business News on October 27, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Treasury does not see a systemic financial threat from the risk that banks will be forced to buy back mortgage securities due to faulty foreclosure documents, a senior…



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Gold hits record on safe-haven demand

Posted by Reuters: Business News on June 18, 2010

LONDON (Reuters) – Gold rallied to a record high above $1,260 an ounce on Friday as momentum triggered by buying of the metal as a haven from sovereign and financial risk pushed prices through technical resistance.



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Banks may shed private equity assets in Obama plan

Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 22, 2010

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama’s plan to limit financial risk-taking could force banks, such as Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan, to shed parts of their private equity operations.


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Obama threatens fight with banks on new risk rules

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama threatened to fight Wall Street banks on Thursday with new proposals to limit financial risk taking, sending stocks and the dollar tumbling.


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Obama threatens fight with banks on new risk rules

Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 21, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama threatened to fight Wall Street banks on Thursday with a new proposal to limit financial risk taking, sending stocks and the dollar tumbling.


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Obama threatens fight with banks over new risk rules

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama threatened to fight Wall Street banks on Thursday with a new proposal to limit financial risk taking, sending stocks and the dollar tumbling.


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Obama proposes new risk rules for banks

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama proposed stricter limits on financial risk-taking on Thursday in a new populist-tinged move that sent bank shares lower and aimed to shore up his own political base.


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Obama to outline new limits on bank risk-taking

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will propose stricter limits on financial risk-taking on Thursday in his latest populist-tinged move to crack down on banks and address the roots of the financial crisis.


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