NewsWatch: Futures edge down after Bank of Japan easing move

NewsWatch: Futures edge down after Bank of Japan easing move
U.S. stock-index futures trade marginally lower on Monday, as traders question whether central banks will be able to prop up the global economy after the Bank of Japan decided to further ease monetary policy.
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£10m backing for ‘people’s bank’

£10m backing for ‘people’s bank’
A group of prominent Scottish business people are investing £10m in the Airdrie Savings Bank.
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National Bank of Canada Q3 profits falls to $271 million

National Bank of Canada Q3 profits falls to $271 million
National Bank Financial Group (TSX:NA), Canada’s sixth-biggest bank, reports its net profits fell to $271 million from $303 million for the same period last year.
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Iran Using Small Bank In Germany To Circumvent Sanctions

Iran Using Small Bank In Germany To Circumvent Sanctions
(RTTNews) – Iran is reported to have used a small bank in Germany owned by it to circumvent international economic sanctions and carry out business on behalf of blacklisted organizations, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
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Food Bank cautions potential donors

Food Bank cautions potential donors
The Yuma Community Food Bank has issued a warning to the community that phone call and letters people may have received asking for donations for the agency were sent fraudulently.
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Is Grameen Bank an NGO?

My Business Ethics group assignment is to draft a report on an Asian NGO. We chose Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, and our proposal was accepted by the professor.
About a week later, after completing our outline and source list, the professor told us that Grameen was not an NGO. She said we [...]

Hong Kong Stocks Decline; Merchants Bank, Oil Producers Retreat

Hong Kong Stocks Decline; Merchants Bank, Oil Producers Retreat
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) — Hong Kong stocks fell after China Merchants Bank Co. said it will raise as much as 22 billion yuan ($3.2 billion) in a rights offer, while oil producers dropped along with crude prices.
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