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Sayenko Kharenko reveals ‘ins and outs’ of due diligence in Ukraine

Source country kyivpost Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:11:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] measures[3]; stock market[1];

Other categories: Consumers; DG Taxation & Customs Union; Consumer Affairs; Fight against Fraud;

In this Kyiv Post interview, Vladimir Sayenko, partner at Kyiv’s Sayenko Kharenko law firm, and group lawyer Leonid Antonenko reveal the ins and outs of due diligence when it comes to the complex risks that exist in doing business within Ukraine....

Obama hails progress on euro crisis

Source country eubusiness Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:04:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] economic crisis[1]; G20[1]; market turmoil[1]; summit[2];

Entities: Barack Obama[1];

Other categories: EU-USA; Market; G20;

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Barack Obama said: "As all of the leaders here today agree, growth and jobs must be our top priority,"

US President Barack Obama hailed progress made in tackling Europe's economic crisis at the end of a G8 summit on Saturday, noting leaders' agreement that growth and jobs must be the priority....

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Obama: G-8 Leaders Agree Growth, Jobs Are Priority

Source country npr Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:55:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] recession[4]; measures[2]; bailout[2];

Entities: Angela Merkel[1]; Mario Monti[1];

Other categories: EU-USA; EC News; Market; Monetary Issues EU; Budget; Economic and Monetary Affairs;

President Obama and other leaders of wealthy nations underscored an increasing consensus for the need to combine growth measures with relentless budget cutbacks if their countries are to work their way out of their debt troubles....

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Could Glass-Steagall Have Stopped JPMorgan Loss?

Source country npr Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:25:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] financial crisis[1]; stock market crash[1]; stock market[1]; bailout[1];

Entities: Lawrence Summers[1]; Bill Clinton[1]; Byron Dorgan[1]; Elizabeth Warren[1]; Charles Schumer[1]; Guy Raz[1];

Other categories: Consumers; Monetary Issues EU; Consumer Affairs;

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Elizabeth Warren says: "Glass-Steagall says there needs to be a wall between those two kinds of activities," "It's not going to work to let the biggest financial institutions just go out and do what they want"

The banking giant's $2 billion loss has many lawmakers and economists wondering what happened to the 2010 financial overhaul, which was supposed to prevent risky hedging. Many are also looking back further — to a Depression-era law, repealed in 1999, that separated commercial and investment bank activities....

G8 leaders hope Greece remains in eurozone

Source country kathimerini-en Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:24:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] financial crisis[1]; summit[2]; measures[2];

Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Angela Merkel[1];

Other categories: EU-USA; Monetary Issues EU;

President Barack Obama and other leaders of the Group of Eight industrial nations expressed hope Saturday that Greece will remain ......

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Greece bridles at Merkel’s referendum suggestion

Source country dailytimesPK Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:23:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] measures[2]; bailout[6];

Entities: Karolos Papoulias[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Eleftheros Typos[1]; Antonis Samaras[1]; François Hollande[1]; Evangelos Venizelos[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; Alexis Tsipras[1];

Other categories: EU-USA; Banking - Financial Services; Monetary Issues EU;

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Antonis Samaras said: “The Greek people have no need for a referendum to demonstrate their choice for the euro, they have already made enough costly sacrifices to show that,”

Antonis Samaras said: “above all coming in the run-up to the election, is regrettable and unacceptable,”

Alexis Tsipras said (about Angela Merkel) : “Madame Merkel is used to talking to Greek political leaders as if she was addressing a protectorate,” “Greeks are going to give a definitive answer (in the upcoming polls) and are going to put an end to the policies of austerity and submission, they will open the way for progressive forces across Europe,”

Evangelos Venizelos said: “The question for Greece is not whether it stays in the euro or not, but whether it can get out of the crisis,”

Eleftheros Typos wrote (about Angela Merkel) : “It’s a Merkel Bomb for a euro referendum, an unprecedented political intervention which makes things worse,”

The chancellor’s move — despite a denial by Berlin — went down badly with leaders sensitive to any comments from Germany, which has insisted that Athens stick to tough austerity measures agreed in return for a massive EU-IMF bailout Greek political leaders reacted angrily Saturday to a suggestion,.......

Global markets week ahead: Eurozone policy action becoming critical

Source country dailytimesPK Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:23:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] crisis. Economists[1]; bail-out[1]; recession[1]; summit[1]; measures[2];

Entities: François Hollande[1];

Other categories: European Central Bank; Banking - Financial Services; Market; Economic and Monetary Affairs; External Relations;

LONDON: The now familiar European cycle of crisis followed by political action, temporary respite, then another crisis enters that crucial second stage next week when leaders of the 27-member European Union seek solutions in Brussels. Investors will also be concerned with how hard the crisis is.......

3 NATO summit protesters face terror charges

Source country dailytimesPK Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:23:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] G20[1]; summit[2];

Entities: Barack Obama[1];

Other categories: G20;

CHICAGO: Three NATO summit protesters suspected of planning to throw Molotov cocktails have been charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism and possession of an explosive device, the Chicago Sun Times reported on Saturday. The Sun Times reported that the three men were arrested after being pulled.......

Azarov to Brussels: Ukraine making 'consistent progress towards European integration'

Source country kyivpost Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:23:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] economic crisis[1]; financial crisis[1]; Measures[1]; measures[1];

Entities: Yulia Tymoshenko[1];

Other categories: Consumers; DG Taxation & Customs Union; All Media; Croatia-EU; VAT; Science; Market; Discrimination; Monetary Issues EU; Fight against Fraud; FRA-EU; Consumers; Customs; Development; Enlargement; Fight against fraud; Internal Market; Taxation; Transport;

Editor's Note: The following is an English-language transcript of Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov's speech before the European Parliament in Brussels on May 16....

Vigils held in Italy after fatal school bombing

Source country RTERadio Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:18:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] economic crisis[2]; summit[2];

Entities: François Hollande[1]; Anna Maria Cancellieri[2]; Francesca Morvillo[1]; Giovanni Falcone[1]; Mario Monti[1];

Other categories: Conflict; Human Trafficking;

An unexplained bombing at a school in Italy has left a 16-year-old girl dead and five other teens seriously injured, sparking emotional protests across the country....

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Politics › G-8 leaders hope Greece remains in eurozone

Source country japantoday Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:46:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] recession[1]; financial crisis[1]; summit[5]; measures[3]; bailout[1];

Entities: Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Kofi Annan[1]; Mitt Romney[1]; Mario Monti[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Yoshihiko Noda[1]; François Hollande[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; Bashar Assad[1]; Michelle Obama[1];

Other categories: EU-USA; Market; Monetary Issues EU; European Council; UN Bodies; EU-Asia; Development; Economic and Monetary Affairs; External Relations; Food Safety;

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Barack Obama said: “All of us are absolutely committed to making sure that growth and stability and fiscal consolidation are part of an overall package,”

Leaders of the Group of Eight industrial nations expressed hope Saturday that Greece will remain in the eurozone as they huddled for a shirt-sleeves summit aimed at keeping Europe's economic troubles from multiplying and spreading around the world. Circling up around a table in a rustic cabin at the U....

At Summit, a Struggle for Consensus

Source country wsj-en Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:41:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] economic crisis[1]; recession[1]; summit[5]; measures[3]; G-20[1]; bailout[1]; Summit[1];

Entities: Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Lee Camp[1]; David Cameron[1]; Kofi Annan[1]; Ben Rhodes[1]; Mario Monti[1]; Barack Obama[1]; François Hollande[1]; Michael Froman[1]; Angela Merkel[1];

Other categories: Consumers; EU-USA; Market; G20; UN Bodies; Consumers; External Relations;

Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies struggled to agree on next steps to calm the euro zone debt crisis, with consensus at a weekend summit coming more easily on ways to cushion the world from an Iranian oil embargo....

Obama, G-8: Recovery takes both growth and cutting

Source country csmonitor Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:40:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] economic crisis[2]; financial crisis[1]; summit[3]; measures[2]; Summit[1];

Entities: Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Barack Obama[2]; Philippe Wojazer[1]; David Cameron[1]; François Hollande[2]; Ben Feller[1]; Jim Kuhnhenn[1];

Other categories: EU-USA; Imports Exports; Monetary Issues EU;

Confronting an economic crisis that threatens them all, President Obama and leaders of other world powers on Saturday declared that their governments must both spark growth and cut the debt that has crippled the European continent and put investors worldwide on edge....

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G-8 leaders hope Greece remains in Eurozone

Source country economictimes Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:08:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] recession[1]; financial crisis[1]; summit[2]; measures[2];

Entities: Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Yoshihiko Noda[1]; François Hollande[1]; Mitt Romney[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Angela Merkel[1];

Other categories: EU-USA; Monetary Issues EU;

G-8 nations underlined the need to keep bringing deficits down but also agreed that targeted spending is needed to solve Europe's financial crisis....

G8 backs both growth and debt slashing

Source country smh Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:34:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] economic crisis[1]; financial crisis[1]; summit[3]; measures[2];

Entities: Barack Obama[1]; François Hollande[1]; Angela Merkel[1];

Other categories: EU-USA; Imports Exports; Monetary Issues EU;

US President Barack Obama and G8 leaders have backed a policy of both growth and austerity in tackling the economic woes affecting Europe....

Dollar in demand against Eurozone vulnerability

Source country gulfnews Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:26:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] recession[1]; measures[1]; downgrade[1]; banking sector[4];

Other categories: European Central Bank; Monetary Issues EU; Banking - Financial Services;

Defensive considerations will remain extremely important in the short-term as markets continue to focus on the Eurozone crisis and global vulnerabilities. There is likely to be further defensive demand for the US currency as the US Treasury market continues to attract support....

Dollar in- demand against Eurozone vulnerability

Defensive considerations remain will be extremely important in the short-term as markets continue to focus on the crisis Eurozone global vulnerabilities. There is likely to be further defensive- demand for the US currency as the US Treasury market continues to attract plaza.

Bonds dip on profit-taking as anxiety continues

Source country gulfnews Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:26:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] financial crisis[1]; measures[1];

Entities: Karolos Papoulias[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; Mizuho Securities[1];

Other categories: Political Unrest; European Central Bank; EU-USA; Monetary Issues EU; Banking - Financial Services;

New York: US Treasuries prices slipped on Friday as investors took profits a day after benchmark yields flirted with their lowest level in at least 60 years as anxiety over the Eurozone debt crisis fuelled last week's rally of safe-haven bonds. Despite Friday's modest pullback, benchmark ten-year.......

Bonds dip on profit-taking as anxiety continues

New York: US Treasuries prices slipped on Friday as international took profits a day after benchmark yields flirted with their lowest level in at least 60 years as anxiety over the Eurozone debt crisis fuelled last week's rally of safe-haven bonds. Despite Friday's modest pullback, benchmark ten-year. ...

Spain faces crisis of confidence

Source country gulfnews Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:26:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] financial sector[1]; recession[2]; measures[1]; banking sector[2];

Entities: Nicholas Spiro[1]; Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría[1]; Mariano Rajoy[1]; Oliver Wyman[1];

Other categories: Monetary Issues EU; Eurostat;

public deficit higher than previously reported due to adjusted accounts in regions...

Spain faces crisis of confidence

public deficit Co than carbon fibre reported due to be adjusted in the regions

Greece crisis talks high on agenda

Source country gulfnews Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:26:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] recession[1]; rescue[1]; bailout[2];

Entities: Barack Obama[1];

Other categories: Market; Monetary Issues EU; Eurostat; Economic and Monetary Affairs;

Athens: Fears that debt-stricken Greece may be headed for a chaotic Eurozone exit loomed large as President Barack Obama met other G8 leaders for crisis talks in the United States on Friday. The Group of Eight top economies came together as Greece faces its second election in just six weeks, putting.......

Greece crisis talks high on agenda

Athens: Fears that debt-stricken Greece may be headed for a chaotic Eurozone exit loomed large as President Barack Obama and met other G8' for crisis talks in the United States on Friday. The Group of Eight top economies came together as Greece faces its second election in just six weeks, putting. ...

Security issues open discussions

Source country gulfnews Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:26:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] recession[1]; financial turmoil[1]; summit[1]; measures[2]; downgrade[1];

Entities: David Cameron[1]; Barack Obama[1]; François Hollande[1]; José Manuel Durão Barroso[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; Herman Van Rompuy[2];

Other categories: José Manuel Barroso; EU-USA; Market; Monetary Issues EU; Council President; Economic and Monetary Affairs;

Camp David: Leaders from the Group of Eight nations opened two days of economic and security discussions by considering ways to keep Iran from gaining nuclear weapons capability and to promote peaceful political transition in Syria, according to a US official familiar with the talks....

Security issues such as open discussions

Camp David: Leaders from the 794 Group Eight nations opened two documentary of economic and security discussions by considering ways to "with the result keep Iran from gaining nuclear weapons capability and to promote peaceful and political transition in Syria, according to a US official familiar with the talks.

G8 focuses on Eurozone

Source country gulfnews Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:26:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] financial crisis[1]; measures[2]; summit[3];

Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; Mario Monti[1];

Other categories: Consumers; EU-USA; Monetary Issues EU;

Monti takes secret plan to create European system of guarantees for bank deposits...

G8 focuses on Eurozone

Monti takes secret plan to create European system of guarantees for bank protocol prevents

EBRD approves €1b investment for North Africa, Middle East

Source country gulfnews Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:26:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] Financial crisis[1]; financial crisis[1];

Entities: Jan Krzysztof Bielecki[1]; Bozidar Djelic[1]; George Osborne[1]; Philippe de Fontaine Vive[1]; Thomas Mirow[1];

Other categories: Monetary Issues EU; EU Russia; European Investment Bank; Development; Economic and Monetary Affairs;

London: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) yesterday approved investment of €1 billion (Dh4.7 billion) for expansion into North Africa and the Middle East under its first British president. After years concentrating mainly on investment in private-sector firms across the.......

EBRD approves €1b investment for North Africa, Middle East

London: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on investment approved by 794 €1 billion (Dh4.7 billion) for expansion into North Africa and Middle East under its first British president. After years concentrating mainly on investment in private-sector for across the. ...

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Spain reeling over financial fears: 'Will my money be safe?' ask customers in Madrid banks

Source country telegraph Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:10:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] financial sector[1]; economic crisis[1]; measures[1]; downgrade[1]; banking sector[1]; stock market[2];

Entities: Nicholas Spiro[1]; Norman Foster[1]; Mariano Rajoy[1]; Gran Vía[1];

Other categories: Monetary Issues EU;

Quotes in this article

Nicholas Spiro said (about Mariano Rajoy) : "Sentiment towards Spain is deteriorating with each passing day, mainly because of a loss of confidence in the Rajoy government's approach to tackling the problems in the banking sector,"

Spain's economy has been battered by bad news. And in Madrid, worried savers are asking where it will end....

Obama, G-8: Recovery takes both growth and cutting

Source country AP Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:56:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] economic crisis[1]; financial crisis[2]; summit[5]; measures[4]; bailout[1];

Entities: Jamey Keaten[1]; Barack Obama[1]; François Hollande[1]; Nancy Benac[1]; Anne Gearan[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; David McHugh[1];

Other categories: EU-USA; Political Unrest; Imports Exports; Monetary Issues EU; UN Bodies; Economic and Monetary Affairs;

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Barack Obama said: "All of us are absolutely committed to making sure that growth and stability and fiscal consolidation are part of an overall package,"

CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) â€” Confronting an economic crisis that threatens them all, President Barack Obama and leaders of other world powers on Saturday declared that their governments must both spark growth and cut the debt that has crippled the European continent and put investors worldwide on edge....

Merkel matiza sobre el crecimiento: No se trata de programas coyunturales

Source country Expansion Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:40:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] crisis financiera[2]; cumbre[2];

Entities: José Manuel Durão Barroso[5]; Angela Merkel[1]; Herman Van Rompuy[2];

Other categories: José Manuel Barroso; Market; EU Russia; European Investment Bank; Council President; EC News; Economic and Monetary Affairs; Internal Market;

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Angela Merkel afirmó: "Ha quedado claro que no se trata de programas coyunturales como después de la crisis financiera, y todos en el G8 coincidimos en que éstos no se pueden repetir"

La canciller alemana, Angela Merkel, ha recalcado hoy que el plan para combinar el crecimiento y la austeridad excluye la posibilidad de nuevos programas de estímulo coyuntural como se impulsaron en el mundo para afrontar la crisis financiera. Leer...

Greek election race tightens into dead heat

Source country reuters Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:33:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] recession[1]; rescue[1]; summit[1]; measures[1]; bailout[3];

Entities: Proto Thema[1]; Karolos Papoulias[1]; Antonis Samaras[1]; Peter Graff[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; George Georgiopoulos[1]; Alexis Tsipras[1];

Other categories: European Central Bank; Banking - Financial Services; Market;

ATHENS (Reuters) - A flurry of polls on Saturday showed the race to lead Greece has tightened into a dead heat ahead of an election next month that could determine whether it remains in the euro....

Nato protesters planned Obama HQ attack

Source country dawn Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:29:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] G20[1]; summit[3];

Entities: Barack Obama[3]; Rahm Emanuel[1];

Other categories: Security; G20; Terrorist Attack;

Three Nato summit activists arrested on terrorism charges were plotting an attack on President Obama's campaign headquarters in Chicago....

G8 vows to supply markets despite Iran oil embargo

Source country dawn Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:29:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FinancialCrisis] summit[1]; measures[1]; banking sector[1]; Summit[1];

Entities: Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Ramin Mehmanparast[1]; David Cameron[1]; Stephen Harper[1]; Mario Monti[1]; Barack Obama[2]; Yoshihiko Noda[1]; François Hollande[1]; José Manuel Durão Barroso[2]; Angela Merkel[1]; Herman Van Rompuy[2];

Other categories: José Manuel Barroso; EU-USA; Banking - Financial Services; All Media; EC News; Imports Exports; Market; Turkey-EU; Security Council; Council President; UN Bodies; EU-Asia;

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Barack Obama said: “We’re unified when it comes to our approach with Iran,”

The move came days before the next round of nuclear talks between global powers and Iran over its nuclear program and ahead of EU's oil embargo on it....

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