Chief SEC Investigator Could Lose Quarter-Million in Deutsche Bank Inquiry


The SEC’s Director of Investigations Robert Khuzami recently recused himself from pursuing an investigation against Deutsche Bank in regard to potential CDO malfeasance.

The SEC’s Director of Investigations Robert Khuzami recently recused himself from pursuing an investigation against Deutsche Bank in regard to potential CDO malfeasance.

Euro Debt Crisis Now Directly Affecting Chinese Exports


The pain of the European debt crisis is spreading as the plummeting euro makes Chinese companies less competitive in Europe, their largest market, and complicates any move to break the Chinese currency’s peg to the dollar.

The pain of the European debt crisis is spreading as the plummeting euro makes Chinese companies less competitive in Europe, their largest market, and complicates any move to break the Chinese currency’s peg to the dollar.

Financial Regulators, Markets Struggle To Avert Massive Stock Dives


Federal financial regulators forged ahead to try to prevent a repeat of the May 6 roller-coaster stock ride, though they had not determined the cause of the sudden, steep decline in prices that day.

Federal financial regulators forged ahead to try to prevent a repeat of the May 6 roller-coaster stock ride, though they had not determined the cause of the sudden, steep decline in prices that day.

Euro Sovereign Debt Crisis Still Far From Resolved


As everyone now knows, it’s not simply Greece – or Portugal or even Spain – that is under the gun as a result of the European debt crisis.

It’s the entire Eurozone – and hence European Union – experiment.

As everyone now knows, it’s not simply Greece – or Portugal or even Spain – that is under the gun as a result of the European debt crisis.

Indian / Chinese Tension Over Several Aspects of Telecom


Worried about reports of Chinese hackers and spying, the Indian government has effectively barred local mobile phone operators from making deals with Chinese telecommunications manufacturers, according to the head of India’s main cellular industry trade group.

New Photos, Information re China’s Increasingly “Blue Water” Navy


On April 29, we ran a piece about the expansion of the activities of the Chinese navy.

CNBC: Gold ATM Debuts in Abu Dhabi Luxury Hotel – EN ESPANOL !!!


Well, no one seems to be able to resist THIS story, and that includes our friend / colleague / and devoted reader Sr. Dr. Claudio Pairoba from Rosario, Argentina,

because we just received his excellent translation into Spanish [br]

CNBC: Gold ATM Debuts in Abu Dhabi Luxury Hotel


Amid fears over the strength of nearly every major currency, Abu Dhabi’s top hotel has come up with a new type of ATM for their most risk-averse guests.

The Emirates Palace is giving those staying there the chance to withdraw gold from the world first ever gold dispenser.[br]

Chinese Language Study Slowly Grows in Indonesia


When the regent of Lamongan, a coastal rice-growing region on the island of Java, first toured China as part of an official delegation, his eyes went wide.

Here was the future, he thought: skyscrapers and humming factories and grand highways.

When the regent of Lamongan, a coastal rice-growing region on the island of Java, first toured China as part of an official delegation, his eyes went wide.

Tax Evasion in Greece Seems a Popular Sport ;-)


In the wealthy, northern suburbs of Athens, where summer temperatures often hit the high 90s,

just 324 residents checked the box on their tax returns admitting that they owned pools.

In the wealthy, northern suburbs of Athens, where summer temperatures often hit the high 90s,