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Tax authorities begin probes into some people named in Panama Papers leak
By Jane Wardell and Elida Moreno SYDNEY/PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Tax authorities in Australia and New Zealand are probing local clients of a Panama-based law firm at the center of a massive data leak for possible tax evasion. Other jurisdictions are likely to follow suit following the leak over the weekend of details of hundreds of thousands of clients in more than 11.5 million documents from... [Read more]
Boeing plans to cut up to 8,000 airplane jobs: sources
Boeing Co plans to cut up to 8,000 jobs this year at its commercial airplane division, according to two people familiar with the matter, a move that could slash $1 billion in costs and help it battle for sales against European rival Airbus. Boeing on Wednesday acknowledged plans to cut about 4,000 jobs in its commercial airplanes division by… The rest is here: Boeing plans to cut up to 8,000... [Read more]
U.S. judge strikes down MetLife designation of ‘too big to fail’
MetLife had argued in court that the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), made up of the heads of the country's financial regulatory agencies, used a secretive and flawed process when in 2014 it designated the … Read more: U.S. judge strikes down MetLife designation of ‘too big to fail’ Read More →
Bank of England warns on Brexit risks, tightens buy-to-let lending rules
The Bank of England said on Tuesday that risks around Britain's referendum on the European Union could push up borrowing costs and weaken sterling, and tightened rules for mortgage lending to landlords. The central bank said the outlook for financial stability had worsened since its last quarterly report in November, and also moved ahead with plans to require some banks to hold extra capital... [Read more]
Fed’s Williams urges U.S. central bank to stay on track with rate rises
“Others' economic fates do not spell our own,” Williams said in prepared remarks before an audience at the National University of Singapore. The U.S. central bank left interest rates unchanged two weeks ago and signaled its cautiousness by forecasting two further rate hikes this year, down from four at its December meeting, when the Fed raised rates from near zero for the first time... [Read more]
Orange and Bouygues boards to meet Wednesday on telecoms tie-up: sources
The Orange and Bouygues boards are scheduled to meet separately on Wednesday to discuss the planned sale of Bouygues's telecom unit, two sources close to the matter said. With one day remaining before the deadline set by both companies for agreement on the 10 billion euro … View original here: Orange and Bouygues boards to meet Wednesday on telecoms tie-up: sources Read More →
Pakistan, Iran aim to boost trade to $5 billion
By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan and Iran aim to increase annual trade volumes between the two countries to $5 billion by 2021, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday. Sharif spoke at a business conference with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who arrived in Islamabad on Friday for two-day talks focused on increasing Pakistan's electricity imports from... [Read more]
Credit Suisse to pay $29 million in U.S. regulator’s mortgage case
Credit Suisse Group AG has agreed to pay more than $29 million to resolve a U.S. regulator's claims that it sold toxic mortgage-backed securities to credit unions that later failed, according to court papers filed on Thursday. The deal, disclosed in a filing in federal court in Manhattan, … Original post: Credit Suisse to pay $29 million in U.S. regulator’s mortgage case Read More →
U.S. extends BMW deadline to get replacement air bag inflators
BMW AG will get five more months to acquire Takata air bag replacement parts for a massive recall because tests showed some of the substitute inflators may also be defective, the U.S. auto safety agency said on Thursday. The deadline for the German automaker was extended to Aug. 31 because a replacement driver-side air bag inflator made by a supplier other than Takata failed during testing Original... [Read more]
France fines Google over ‘right to be forgotten’
By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The French data protection authority said it has fined Google 100,000 euros ($111,720) for not scrubbing web search results widely enough in response to a European privacy ruling. The only way for Google to uphold the privacy ruling was by delisting results popping up under name searches and linking them instead to outdated information across all its websites,... [Read more]