The 'Lehman Weekend' was the height of the financial crisis five years ago and may be repeated if 'shadow banking' would be allowed to continue without regulatory action.
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Chinese authorities pushing banks to comply with Basel III
The Chinese government, amidst calls for a pending crisis due to bad debts, is pushing its banks to shore up its capitalization in compliance with Basel III.
LeBron James marries high school sweetheart
After their engagement announced last year, LeBron James and long time sweetheart Savannah Brinson tied the knot in a wedding ceremony held in Grand Del Mar Hotel, San Diego last Saturday.
KKR and Abraaj jockeying for 60% of Kudu
Kudu, the Saudi Arabian fast food chain, had opened bidding for 60% of its shares with KKR and Abraaj as the firms front running for the bids.
Raiffeisen Bank International to increase bad debt provisions for 2013
Raiffeisen Bank International had been drubbed by bad debts in its Eastern European business as well as insolvencies and restructuring in its home country of Austria.
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A new marketing campaign is being rolled out by Zurich Insurance to assure the public that it is business as usual despite the suicide of its CFO and resignation of its Chairman.
In an interview with Reuters, Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said he, through his Kingdom Holdings investment firm, would not sell any Twitter shares owned in the IPO.
In an interview with a German daily, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn confirmed plans to increase its stake in the Chinese venture with FAW Group.
According to a statement from Mongolia's Prime Minister, the country would sell its Samurai bonds this year in a deal valued to as much as USD1 billion.
Lawrence Summers, ex-economic aide to US President Barack Obama, had withdrawn from consideration to succeed Federal Reserve outgoing chair Ben Bernanke.
Westfield Group said it would sell its seven US shopping centers to Starwood Capital in a deal valued at USD1.6 billion.
Egyptian private equity firm Citadel Capital said on Sunday it would increase its capital following the clearance it had won from the company's shareholders.
Koor Industries had sold another 5.5 million shares in Credit Suisse. The sale was valued USD169 million said the Israeli holding company on Sunday.
James Leigh-Pemberton would take a new position as the new head of UK Financial Investments on Monday according to an internal memo released by Credit Suisse and was seen by Reuters.
