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Exclusive: Citi Aims To Boost Equities Franchise Amid Industry Shakeout

Citigroup plans to rebuild its long-neglected equities franchise seeking to capitalize on a retrenchment by rivals in the face of new rules designed to make the financial system less risky, according to people familiar with the bank's plans. A lack...

Toshiba Scandal Continues As More Accounting Errors Found

Toshiba Corp again delayed announcing its annual financial results on Monday, as new accounting errors prevented the company from drawing a line under Japan's worst corporate scandal in four years. Toshiba, which was scheduled to post its earnings for the...

China Stocks Slide As Crackdown On Speculators Spreads, Lose 11 Percent In August

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China stocks fell sharply on Monday before recovering much of their losses as regulators cracked down on speculators which Beijing blames for a 40 percent crash in the country's stock markets since June. Both main indexes plunged more than 4...

Bailout: CBN Injects N338b Into 27 States As Stimulus

… As Kwara, Zamfara, Osun Begin Payment Of Salaries SAN FRANCISCO, August 30, (THEWILL) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will continue its stimulus in the country when it resumes the disbursement of special intervention funds totaling N338 billion...

Jonathan, Diezani Face Probe Over $6.9m Campaign Stages

The ongoing probe of the immediate past administration by President Muhammadu Buhari is to beam its searchlight on the alleged purchase of three mobile stages, costing $6.9m, by former President Goodluck Jonathan and two of his officials, a Presidency...

Ashley Madison Courted Several Buyers, Landed None Before Attack

The owner of adultery website Ashley Madison had already been struggling to sell itself or raise funds for at least three years before the publication of details about its members, according to internal documents and emails also released by...

Brazil’s Economy Enters Recession

Brazil has entered recession after official figures showed the country's economy contracted by 1.9% between April and June compared with the previous three months. Analysts had expected a contraction, but the number was worse than expected. First quarter output was also...

Oil Steadies After Strong Gains As Equities Rally

Oil prices steadied on Friday after bouncing back from six-and-a-half-year lows on recovering equities markets, strong U.S. economic growth and news of low crude supplies from Nigeria. Oil saw its biggest one-day bounce since 2009 on Thursday, with North Sea...

Pentagon Teams Up With Apple, Boeing To Develop Wearable Tech

The Pentagon is teaming up with Apple, Boeing, Harvard and others to develop high-tech sensory gear flexible enough to be worn by people or molded onto the outside of a jet. The rapid development of new technologies is forcing the...

Carlyle In Talks On $770 Million Takeover Of UK’s Innovation Group

U.S. private equity firm Carlyle (CG.O) is in advanced talks about buying Innovation Group (TIG.L) for 40 pence a share in cash, valuing its equity at almost 500 million pounds ($769 million), the British software company said on Friday. Innovation,...