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Banks Urge U.S. Judge To Throw Out LIBOR Lawsuits
Banks facing a barrage of lawsuits from customers accusing them of interest-rate rigging argued on Tuesday that the cases should be dismissed, saying there is no evidence of antitrust or other ...Spain Sees EU Flexibility On Budget Deficit Goals
Spain joined France on Tuesday in pleading for more time to reduce its budget deficit, saying it believed the European Commission was warming to the idea to avoid deepening the country's recession. ...Political Transition Key To Post-Chavez Moody’s Rating For Venezuela
The death of President Hugo Chavez will not have an immediate effect on Venezuela's sovereign rating, a Moody's analyst said on Tuesday, but the political transition after the controversial leader's ...Big UK Companies Slow To Put Women On Boards
Britain's largest listed companies are failing to increase the number of women on their boards despite a Europe-wide push to get more women to top management positions, figures published on Tuesday ...Bankinter, Apollo team up for Generali’s BSI: Sources
Spain's Bankinter has joined forces with U.S. investment fund Apollo Global Management to bid for Italian insurer Generali's Swiss private bank BSI in a deal worth up to 2 billion euros ($2.6 ...
China Focuses On Consumers In Economic Growth Plan
China put its fast-growing consumer class center-stage as outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao set out a reform plan on Tuesday to spread the fruits of economic growth more evenly in the country of 1.3 ...U.S.-EU Trade Deal Must Tackle Agricultural Barriers: Senator Baucus
The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee on Monday warned he will not support a proposed free trade agreement between the United States and the European Union unless it tears down barriers that ...