Magnitude 6.4 quake Strikes Off Coast Of Greece: USGS – 24 May 2014

(Reuters) – A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of northern Greece on Saturday, some 77 km (48 miles) south-southwest of Alexandroupolis, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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Reuters – Kevin Allison – Detroit Turns Bankruptcy Precedents Upside Down – 12 March 2014

By Kevin Allison
The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.

Bondholders in Detroit’s $18 billion bankruptcy must feel like they’re in a mirror universe.

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Reuters – Banks To Return 11.4 Billion Euro Of Crisis Loans To ECB Next Week – 10 March 2014

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FRANKFURT – Banks will return 11.401 billion euros ($15.78 billion) in crisis loans to the European Central Bank next week, more than six times than the amount that was expected, accelerating the drain of extra cash out of the euro zone financial system.

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BoE’s Haldane Says IMF Needs More Funds – 6 March 2014

By Huw Jones

(Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund needs more money to become a better bulwark against financial crises spreading, a senior Bank of England official said on Wednesday.

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Reuters – China Falls Prey To Its Own Capital Magnetism – 27 January 2014

By John Foley

The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.

Capital is flooding into China, and central bankers are worried. It’s easy to see why: such problems aren’t supposed to happen in countries with strict capital controls. ….

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Reuters – Asia’s Fear Of Fed Is Now Infecting More Economies – 21 November 2013

By Andy Mukherjee

The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.

After a rough summer, Asian markets are calm once again. But beneath the surface, the fear of what the Federal Reserve may do next is beginning to spread beyond India and Indonesia.

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Reuters – U.S. Eavesdropping Agency Chief, Top Deputy Expected To Depart Soon – 17 October 2013

(Reuters) – The director of the U.S. National Security Agency and his deputy are expected to depart in the coming months, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, in a development that could give President Barack Obama a chance to reshape the eavesdropping agency.

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Reuters – U.S. Government To Sue JPMorgan In Mortgage Case: Sources – 24 September 2013

By Aruna Viswanatha and Emily Flitter

Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:09pm EDT

(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is preparing to sue JPMorgan Chase & Co over mortgage bonds it sold in the run-up to the financial crisis, a sign the bank’s legal troubles are not yet over.

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Reuters – Syria Now Full Member Of Chemical Arms Pact: Syria’s U.N. Envoy – 13 September 2013

(Reuters) – Syria became a full member of the global anti-chemical weapons treaty on Thursday, the country’s U.N. envoy said, a move that the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had promised as part of a deal to avoid U.S. air strikes.

“Legally speaking Syria has become, starting today, a full member of the (chemical weapons) convention,” Syrian U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari told reporters in New York after submitting relevant documents to the United Nations.

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Reuters – Kerry : Syrian Handover Of All Chemical Arms Could Prevent Attack – 9 September 2013

(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could avoid a military strike by turning over all his chemical weapons within a week but immediately made clear he was sure that would never happen.

When asked by a reporter whether there was anything Assad’s government could do or offer to stop any attack, Kerry said:

“Sure, he could turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week – turn it over, all of it without delay and allow the full and total accounting (of it) but he isn’t about to do it and it can’t be done.”

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