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thinkstockThe ADR shares of National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) are having yet another rough day. News that the…
thinkstockThe short sellers in America were already pounding on the National Bank of Greece S.A. (NYSE: NBG). Just on Wednesday we…
ThinkstockThe finance ministers of EU nations set rules for bank bailouts, which put the primary pressure on bond and stock…
ThinkstockJeffrey Lacker of the Richmond Federal Reserve is considered very much a hawkish Fed president, but his comments on Wednesday…
ThinkstockThe stock market has been pummeled from its highs just a month ago, and at the same time we have…
ThinkstockWhen Chinese interbank lending rates shot up last Thursday, the blame was laid at the feet of the People’s Bank…
ThinkstockThe general manager of the Bank for International Settlements, Jaime Caruana, warned that central banks have gone too far in…
bitcoin.orgThe rise and interest behind the virtual currency Bitcoin has been more than interesting. After trading at a huge premium…
ThinkstockIn a sign of a loss of confidence in the balance sheets of some of the European Union’s largest banks,…
ThinkstockThe Chinese equivalent of Libor is Shibor, the Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate, and since April the Shibor has soared from…
thinkstockFollowing the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants in 2011, Germany said it would shut down all its…
ThinkstockWells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is supposed to be the best bank in America now. It has a solid…
ThinkstockThe government of China failed to sell more than a third of new debt it had on the auction block…
ThinkstockAmericans generally have distrusted banks. And that lack of trust has been for several good reasons, which usually include high…
ThinkstockThe United States Treasury has just sold $13 billion in 30-year Treasury Bonds. This “long bond” auction was expected to…
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