Legal & Regulatory

IMF warns of banking defaults in three EU countries

After its review under the Global Financial Stability Report study, Italy, Spain and Portugal stand to be financially distressed because of their exposure to possible loan defaults from corporations.


The saga of the Jet Airways and Etihad Airlines deal

Jet Airways and Etihad Airlines literally went through the proverbial eye of the needle, through the eye of the storm and weathered a broken camel's back to finalize its deal.

Libyan Prime Minister kidnapped by Revolutionary Group

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zaidan had been kidnapped by a revolutionary group from Tripoli and was taken at dawn into an unknown destination, said a Bloomberg report.

Obama seeks immediate solution for stalled military death benefits

US President Barack Obama directed government lawyers to find an immediate way to resume payments for the families of killed soldiers in Afghanistan, said a Reuters report.


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MTN and Vodacom may be forced to cut back its business should no compromise be met on mobile termination rates.
The Southwark Borough Council of London approved the proposed real estate development plan proposed by the Carlyle Group on the southern bank of the Thames River.
In a bid worth AUD1.5 billion, Westpac stands to acquire the asset finance and commercial lending units of Lloyds Banking Group in Australia.
A report from The New York Times' The DealBook said the US government would stand to lose billions of dollars in lost tax revenues should corporate inversion continue.
Multiple issues regarding the imposition of collectible tariffs have affected the schedule of imported coal power plants of Tata Power.
The European Union approved Aegean Airlines' takeover of Olympic Air. European Union regulators gave approval to Aegean Airlines to purchase Olympic Air.
US Senator John McCain angrily stated that US lawmakers should resolve differences to end the US partial shutdown that caused a halt in military death benefits, according to a Reuters report.
On Tuesday, Finance Minister Luis Videgaray said that Mexico had urged the United States to reach an agreement to raise the nation's debt limits to avoid a possible default that could ruin the international reputation of the country.
Asian share prices fell as the US government shutdown would reach a deadline that would probably cause a first ever US debt default if left unresolved, said a Reuters report.
US President Barack Obama would nominate the Vice Chairwoman of the Federal Reserve to replace outgoing chairman Ben Bernanke whose term ends in January next year.