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Eurostat rules described 'Greek-type' swap
The Luxembourg-based European statistics agency Eurostat reiterated today that it was unaware of the Greek Treasury's attempts to reduce the apparent size of its debt by using off-market swaps. But the controversial Greek deal with Goldman Sachs – which...
Iraq adopts new pricing for US crude
Somo, the Iraqi state-owned oil marketing firm, has followed in the footsteps of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait by adopting the Argus Sour Crude Index (ASCI) to benchmark price sales of US-bound crude from April onwards.
UK tells European Commission it will not apply CCD to mortgage lending
The UK Treasury and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) have penned a joint response to a questionnaire from the European Commission, saying there are no plans to extend the Consumer Credit Directive (CCD) to cover mortgage lending in the UK. ...
Short euro ETFs benefit from Greece debt crisis
Trading volumes have soared on the ETF Securities (ETFS) trading platform as the fallout from European fiscal problems affect currency exchange-traded commodities (ETCs). ETFS’s short euro, long US dollar ETC captured 50% of new assets as investors...
EU recommits to 20% carbon cut following Copenhagen Summit
The European Union formally endorsed the Copenhagen Accord on climate change yesterday, by recommitting to its January 2008 target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% from 1990 levels by 2020. The United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference, held...
Spain’s EU presidency to push for bonus sanctions
MADRID – The Spanish government has announced it will push for sanctions against banks that give out “excessive” bonuses during its six-month presidency of the European Union, which ends in June. A document from the Spanish treasury says the adoption...
Eni, Oxy & Kogas seal Iraq deal
Three major oil and gas companies have sealed a deal with Iraq’s South Oil Company and Missan Oil Company that is set to increase production by 1 million barrels per day (bbl/d) over the next six years.
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