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The cost of fixing Slovenia's banking sector could be significantly higher than estimated, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported. Slovenia's government may exceed its estima ...

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The UN is warning that austerity measures are hitting children hard, with a ranking of kids' well-being in rich countries topped by northern Europe and Britain climbing out of the bottom tier, The Australian reported. As governments turn to aust ...

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Bank regulators need to develop much simpler rules to make it harder for large financial firms to game the supervisory system, Bank of England official Andrew Haldane said on Tuesday. "We need to do a radical pruning, simplifying of our regulatory a ...

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EUROPEAN UPDATE: New Rules on DIP Financings in Italian Restructurings (citation: Adam Gallagher and Francesco Lombardo, New Rules on DIP Financings in Italian Restructurings, XXXII ABI Journal 3, 48-49, 102, April 2013) - Adam Gallagher and Francesc ...

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NEWS AT 11: U.K. Court’s Impact on Cross-Border Insolvency Landscape (citation: David L. Barrack and Beret L. Flom, U.K. Court’s Impact on Cross-Border Insolvency Landscape, XXXII ABI Journal 3, 52-53, 100, April 2013) - David L. Barrack and Beret L. ...

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THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE: Offshore Jurisdictions Embrace Universalism in Waste2Energy (citation: Wayne P. Weitz and Tally M. Wiener, Offshore Jurisdictions Embrace Universalism in Waste2Energy, XXXII ABI Journal 3, 42, 117-19, April 2013) - Wayne P. W ...

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Portugal faces a delay in receiving bailout funds and the possible postponement of a long-awaited decision on easing repayments after the constitutional court rejected important government austerity measures, the Financial Times reported. The court r ...

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Cyprus, which accounts for 0.2 per cent of the euro region's economy, was forced to inflict ...

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A record number of Spanish companies went bust in the first quarter of 2013 as companies remained under intense pressure from tight credit conditions and meagre demand, a study showed on Monday, Reuters reported. The 2,564 firms filing for insolvency pro ...

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In one of its last moves before being disbanded last week, Britain's Financial Services Authority did something few bank regulators have done since the financial crisis: They relaxed rules on some financial-services firms, The Wall Street Journal ...

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