WASHINGTON, Oct 27 - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that a new financial regulation bill introduced by fellow Democrats was urgent and crucial to prevent excessive risk-taking by big financial firms. "We cannot...
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 - Most Americans believe enough regulations are on the books to avoid another financial crisis, a new poll found on Tuesday in a sign of dampening enthusiasm for more rules. A poll...
* Germany's Merkel stresses need for financial rules push * Rebalancing global growth, reining in banks top G20 agenda * ECB's Weber expects progress on financial architecture * Test for host Obama juggling foreign, domestic...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 - U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday to work for "balanced and sustained" growth at a G20 summit in Pittsburgh this week, saying financial regulation needed strengthening to put an...
Sept 23 - The European Union has unveiled a blueprint for overhauling the way banks and financial markets are policed, a central part of new rules designed to prevent a repeat of the economic crisis....
Sept 21 - The G20 group of industrial and emerging market countries meet in the U.S. city of Pittsburgh on Sept. 24-25 to review pledges they made in April to strengthen financial regulation and apply...
MELBOURNE, Sept 21 - Australian shares fell 0.3 percent in subdued trade on Monday, with many regional markets closed, as financial firms and miners succumbed to profit taking after recent gains. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200...
WASHINGTON, Sept 19 - U.S. President Barack, vowed on Saturday to work with fellow G20 leaders next week to close gaps in financial regulations and insisted reckless schemes that yield "fat executive bonuses" could no...
* Police say Pang's death appears to be suicide * No formal finding yet, pending toxicology test results * Police: "It was self-ingested" (Adds details, background throughout, byline) LOS ANGELES, Sept 18 - Financier Danny...
LOS ANGELES, Sept 18 - Financier Danny Pang, who died last Saturday while facing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges that he perpetrated a massive Ponzi scheme, appears to have committed suicide, police said on...