NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks rose in early trading on Wall Street Wednesday, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index to an all-time high. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - A U.S.-style ban on Britain's banks trading with their own money is not needed and would be too difficult to enforce, members of an influential committee said on Friday. Instead, Britain should use the threat of capital add-on... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Standard Chartered is set to report its 10th successive record annual profit on Tuesday after strong growth in its core Asian markets offset a big fine for breaking sanctions on Iran. A $667 million fine from U.S. authorities is li... [Full Article]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The Syrian and Iranian foreign ministers on Saturday accused the United States of double standards over the Obama administration's decision to provide aid to rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad, saying this will ... [Full Article]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Syria's foreign minister is accusing the United States of double standards and says the decision by the Obama administration to provide aid to rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad is prolonging the conflict. (Sour... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - The Food Standards Agency said it had found another 35 positive tests for horsemeat in beef products, confirming the latest contaminations in a scandal still spreading across Europe. The FSA said on Friday it had conducted 3634 tes... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - The bosses of HSBC, Barclays and Lloyds have been called to testify before a parliamentary committee next week as an inquiry into standards in banking intensifies after a string of scandals. Britain's Parliamentary Commission ... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Insurers Standard Life and Resolution are most at risk from a regulatory probe into whether retirees who buy annuities - investment policies that provide a regular income until death - get a fair deal, analysts said. The investigat... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should create a new independent body to monitor standards at its banks and impose a new code of conduct for the industry, the British Bankers Association (BBA) said. In its submission to an inquiry by politicians into stand... [Full Article]
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his people must pursue economic improvement with the same urgency scientists put into the launch of a long-range rocket last month. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
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