Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 | Post a comment

The sign marking the MF Global Holdings Ltd. offices at 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan is seen in New York November 2, 2011.
Regulators investigating the collapse of MF Global have determined that the firm combined money between securities and futures accounts owned by customers, and transferred funds outside the country to at least one entity, a source said on Friday.
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 | 3 comments

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin answers questions from the audience during his visit to the summer camp of the pro-Kremlin youth group ”Nashi” at lake Seliger, some 400km (248miles) north of Moscow, August 1, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Mikhail Metzel/Pool
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the United States Monday of living beyond its means “like a parasite” on the global economy and said dollar dominance was a threat to the financial markets.
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Tuesday, November 16th, 2010 | Post a comment

The euro is facing an unprecedented crisis after another country indicated on Monday night that it was at a “high risk” of requiring an international bail-out.
Photograph by: Kai Pfaffenbach, Reuters files
The euro is facing an unprecedented crisis after another country indicated on Monday night that it was at a “high risk” of requiring an international bail-out.
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