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Trichet Exits From ECB

NEWSMAKERS: EUROPE By Anita Hawser At the press conference that followed the European Central Bank’s Governing Council meeting on October 6 in Berlin, few would have guessed that it was Jean-Claude Trichet’s last meeting as ECB president. ...

Banking

Volcker Rule Takes Shape As Nettlesome For Banks

NEWSMAKERS: US/GLOBAL By Gordon Platt US regulators moved closer last month to adopting the controversial Volcker Rule, which could force big banks to hold on to some trades for two months and to limit their investments in hedge ...

Banking

Global Finance Salon

POLITICAL STALEMATE CRIPPLES BOTH US AND EUROPE By Vanessa Drucker In the first of a new ongoing series, Global Finance sits down with Jason Trennert, managing partner and chief investment strategist at Strategas Research Partners. Trennert, Strategas ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Who Will Save The Global Economy?

COVER STORY: STAYING AFLOAT By Laurence Neville With emerging markets economies just holding their own in the face of the crises in the developed world, they are unlikely to be able to pull the world out of the ...

Banking

Bank/Insurer Relationship Called Into Question

MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Paula L. Green Financial industry regulators better have their feet on the ground—and a sound understanding of the links between the banking and insurance sectors—when they lay down new rules meant to bolster the troubled global financial ...

Banking

Buffett’s Vote Of Confidence In Bank of America

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES By Gordon Platt Billionaire investor Warren Buffett was soaking in the tub when he came up with the idea of investing $5 billion in Bank of America. Buffett banks on domestic investments The Berkshire Hathaway ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Chavez Banks On Gold Repatriation And Privatization

MILESTONES: VENEZUELA By Antonio Guerrero Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in August gave the world’s gold markets a double-fisted punch. Gold may reduce oil dependence On the one hand, he nationalized his country’s gold mining sector. On the other, he announced ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Daunting Task For New Economy And Finance Minister

NEWSMAKERS: NIGERIA By Antonio Guerrero Nigeria’s new economic chief, former World Bank managing director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says she will focus much of her efforts on diversifying her nation’s economy away from overdependence on oil and gas revenues. ...

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Trichet Exits From ECB

Volcker Rule Takes Shape As Nettlesome For Banks

Global Finance Salon

Who Will Save The Global Economy?

Bank/Insurer Relationship Called Into Question

Buffett’s Vote Of Confidence In Bank of America

Chavez Banks On Gold Repatriation And Privatization

Daunting Task For New Economy And Finance Minister

Denmark Extends Claim In Arctic Seabed

Governments Push To Close Tax Loopholes

Greek Bank Merger A Herald Of Things To Come

Lagarde Prepares To Put Her Stamp On The IMF