Regulators to set post-crisis rules for capping bank risk-taking Jun 17th, 2013 - 12:40h (CET +01.00) By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Regulators decide this week how banks should set a limit to the risk they take onto their balance sheets, with investors likely to pressure lenders to comply before formal implementation in 2018. Banks will be forced t... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : regulators, postcrisis, rules, capping, bank, risktaking, Top Keywords

AP Analysis: Iran president may help shield rulers Jun 16th, 2013 - 22:10h (CET +01.00) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - For a lesson in what Hasan Rowhani's reformist-backed presidency could mean for Iran, a promise Sunday by the ultra-powerful Revolutionary Guard to cooperate with him is a good guide. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : analysis, iran, president, help, shield, rulers, Top Keywords

BoE's Tucker proposes new rules for bank debt buffers Jun 13th, 2013 - 17:40h (CET +01.00) HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Bank of England policymaker said new capital rules to make banks safer need to be bolstered with a global accord that would force lenders to hold bonds. Regulators are phasing in global rules known as Basel III that require len... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : boe's, tucker, proposes, rules, bank, debt, buffers, Top Keywords

EU presents post-Fukushima nuclear safety rules Jun 13th, 2013 - 17:20h (CET +01.00) BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Commission proposed tougher nuclear safety rules Thursday, amid international debate about the future of nuclear energy and how to secure aging plants. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : presents, postfukushima, nuclear, safety, rules, debt, buffers, Top Keywords

Turkey rules out early polls, thousands defy call to end protest Jun 9th, 2013 - 04:10h (CET +01.00) By Nick Tattersall and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party on Saturday ruled out early elections as tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators defied his call for an immediate end to protest... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : turkey, rules, early, polls, thousands, defy, call, protest, Top Keywords

Yemen president warns al-Qaida seeks to rule again Jun 8th, 2013 - 21:10h (CET +01.00) SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Yemen's president said Saturday that al-Qaida militants in his country are trying to retake areas they once controlled in the south, but that a military offensive this week helped thwart those plans. (Source: Associated Press... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : yemen, president, warns, alqaida, seeks, rule, again, protest, Top Keywords

Turkey PM's party rules out early elections Jun 8th, 2013 - 18:10h (CET +01.00) ISTANBUL (AP) - Turkey's prime minister convened his party leadership on Saturday to discuss anti-government protests that have entered their ninth day, as an opposition party leader urged the government to call early elections and renew its man... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : turkey, pm's, party, rules, early, elections, again, protest, Top Keywords

ITC rules for Samsung, bans iPhone 4 imports Jun 5th, 2013 - 08:40h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S. trade agency on Tuesday issued a ban on imports of Apple's iPhone 4 and a variant of the iPad 2 after finding the devices violate a patent held by South Korean rival Samsung Electronics. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : rules, samsung, bans, iphone, imports, elections, again, protest, Top Keywords

Digital currency firms rush to adopt anti-money laundering rules May 31st, 2013 - 23:00h (CET +01.00) By Emily Flitter and Brett Wolf NEW YORK/ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - These are unsettling times for digital currency businesses and the venture capitalists backing them. On Tuesday, authorities in Spain, Costa Rica and New York arrested five people at the ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : digital, currency, firms, rush, adopt, antimoney, laundering, rules, Top Keywords

UN judge rules in long-running investigator's case May 29th, 2013 - 20:40h (CET +01.00) GENEVA (AP) - After nine years of legal wrangling, former U.N. investigator Caroline Hunt-Matthes has won a judgment that she was unfairly punished for documenting a woman's rape case in Sri Lanka a decade ago. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : judge, rules, longrunning, investigator's, case, antimoney, laundering, rules, Top Keywords