Finance

David Cameron’s Finest Hour – YAHOO!

“Cameron Cuts U.K. Adrift,” wailed the Guardian … Will Greeks and Italians really accept a decade of austerity to pay off debts larger than the national economy, to banks and bondholders, for hundreds of billion of euros already spent?

‘Cameron playing into banks hands’ – Presstv

A distinguished political economist says that UK Prime Minister David Cameron is receiving financial leverage from banks and corporations which are going to need another bailout soon. Press TV’s George Galloway sits down with economist James Meadway to …

Job / Communications Consultant / Investment climate advisory services of the World Bank Group – TMCnet

WASHINGTON, Dec 12, 2011 /African Press Organization via COMTEX/ — Investment climate advisory services of … He/She will work on the following countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo …

Job / Communications Consultant / Investment climate advisory services of the World Bank Group – Modern Ghana

The Investment Climate team in Africa (IC Africa … He/She will work on the following countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo Brazzaville, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger and …

London banks stunned by Britain’s EU veto – The Guardian

But Cameron had already said that Britain would veto the plan, which would dampen trading volumes to the detriment of London’s trading firms and investment banks. “I’m not sure anybody from the City instructed him and said: “you must go … Continue reading

Ecobank Wins 4 Investment Banking Accolades & Best Bank in Cote d’Ivoire in EMEA Finance’s 2011 African Banking Awards – AllAfrica.com

Ehouman Kassi, Head of Investment Banking, Ecobank Group … Ecobank currently operates in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Democratic Republic), Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia …

ECB lends banks $639 billion over 3 years – Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Struggling banks snapped up euro489 billion ($639 billion) in cheap loans from the European Central Bank on Wednesday, a sign of just how hard or expensive it has become to borrow from each other. The huge … Continue reading

Wall Street Insider – Financial News, Headlines, Commentary and Analysis – Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Banks – DEALBREAKER

Let the Guardian fill in the brackets: Johnny Cameron, the former head of Royal Bank of Scotland’s investment banking division, has admitted he did not know how billions of pounds of complex loan structures linked to US sub-prime mortgages worked … Continue reading

In Rejecting Treaty, Cameron Is Isolated – New York Times

One view was that no matter what Mr. Cameron says, Britain will still be subject to European regulations, at least as far as Europe has jurisdiction over its non-British banks. Others doubted that the euro zone would long stand for … Continue reading