A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc director accused of leaking confidential boardroom information has sued U.S. regulators, saying they are trying to unfairly deprive him of a jury trial. Rajat Gupta is
Gold rose for a third straight day on Friday after a unilateral cease-fire declared by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi failed to calm investor nerves as political tensions heightened across the Arab world.
Britain's top share index extended gains on Friday from a technically oversold position as intervention by G7 countries to stabilise the yen boosted sentiment. The FTSE 100 was up 22.02 points, or
Europe's regulators are still haggling over how tough to be on capital requirements for banks undergoing more stress tests after last year's flopped. Investors hope a second round of stress tests already
Alpha Bank, Greece's third-biggest lender, is expected to report a 76% drop in full-year 2010 net profits on Tuesday, as a deep recession at home curbed loan growth and led to higher
Japanese engineers conceded on Friday that burying a crippled nuclear plant in sand and concrete may be a last resort to prevent a catastrophic radiation release, the method used to seal huge
Japan bought billions of dollars to restrain a soaring yen on Friday and traders reported intervention by European central banks, kicking off joint action by the world's richest nations to calm markets
Moody's Investors Service said in a new report that displaced demand from Japan's nuclear shutdown will shift to Asia-Pacific thermal-energy producers such as Australia's upstream Woodside Petroleum (Baa1 negative), Indonesia's thermal-coal miner
The ongoing turmoil in parts of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is creating considerable uncertainty for oil and gas companies operating in the region, but is likely to have only
Moody's Investors Service believes that merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the Russian banking system gained traction in 2010, a trend that is likely to accelerate in 2011. "Moody's considers this to
