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Cyprus sells its gold reserves to finance bailout

Cyprus has decided to sell off much of its gold reserves to help finance part of its bailout. An assessment…

12 years ago

Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Mazda recall 3.4 million cars worldwide over airbag defect

Top four Japanese carmakers are recalling 3.4 million cars globally over a defect in passenger airbags. Toyota, which is recalling…

12 years ago

Barack Obama unveils $3.77 trillion budget plan including Social Security and healthcare cuts

President Barack Obama has unveiled a $3.77 trillion budget plan that includes new taxes on the wealthy along with cuts…

12 years ago

Dutch uncover 50,000 tonne horsemeat fraud

Dutch authorities have found that 50,000 tonnes of meat supplied by two local trading companies and sold as beef across…

12 years ago

Luxembourg to relax bank secrecy from 2015

Luxembourg has announced it would ease the secrecy surrounding its banks by implementing rules on the automatic exchange of bank…

12 years ago

Francois Hollande calls for tax havens eradication

France’s President Francois Hollande has called for "eradication" of the world's tax havens and told French banks they must declare…

12 years ago

South Korea alert level raised to “vital threat” following North Korea’s actions

South Korea has decided to raise its alert level to "vital threat" following reports that North Korea is preparing for…

12 years ago

Belgium sends EU complaint over Germany’s mini-jobs and low wage practices

Belgium has sent a complaint to the European Commission regarding low wages at some German firms, described by Belgium as…

12 years ago

North Korea: “The situation on the Korean peninsula is heading for a thermo-nuclear war”

A statement attributed to North Korea's Asia-Pacific Peace Committee on Tuesday warned the situation on the Korean peninsula is heading…

12 years ago

MasterCard investigated by European Commission over inter-bank fees

The European Commission is investigating MasterCard over fees charged for card transactions made by people visiting Europe. The Commission said…

12 years ago