Barclays rules out govt help, says doing well
LONDON (AFP) - British bank Barclays said Monday that it will not take part in a government insurance scheme for risky assets that could have led to the lender's partial nationalisation.
Nations:Qatar Activities:2008 U.K. Recession Global Financial Crisis Source:(AFP)
2009-03-30
Barclays bank posts profits, reins in bonuses
LONDON (AFP) - Britain's Barclays bank on Monday posted healthy 2008 profits but ruled out paying bonuses to top directors amid mounting public anger about banking sector pay in recession-hit Britain.
Nations:U.S. Qatar Activities:2008 U.K. Recession Source:(AFP)
2009-02-09
US throws hat in ring for 2018 and 2022 World Cups
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The United States has officially submitted a declaration of interest to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup, US Soccer Federation Sunil Gulati said Monday.
Nations:Portugal Qatar Mexico U.S. Russia Netherlands Activities:2018 Soccer World Cup Source:(AFP)
2009-02-02
Barclays bank shares sky-rocket after bailout fears fade
LONDON (AFP) - The share price of British bank Barclays soared more than 75 percent on Monday after the group insisted that it did not need a government bailout, following recent speculation to the contrary.
Nations:U.K. Qatar Activities:Global Financial Crisis Source:(AFP)
2009-01-26
Al-Jazeera drew US viewers on Web during Gaza war
DOHA, Qatar - American viewership of Al-Jazeera English rose dramatically during the Israel-Hamas war, partly because the channel had what CNN and other international networks didn't have: reporters inside Gaza.
Nations:Israel Qatar United Arab Emirates U.S. Activities:2009 Gaza War Source:(AP)
2009-01-24
Obama moves to reshape US policy by closing Gitmo
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama moved quickly Thursday to reshape U.S. national-security policy, ordering the Guantanamo Bay prison camp closed within a year, forbidding the harshest treatment of terror suspects and naming new envoys to the Middle East and Afghanistan-Pakistan. "We have no time to lose," he said at the State Department as he welcomed newly confirmed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to help him forge what he called "a new era of American leadership" in the world.
Nations:Afghanistan Israel Pakistan Qatar U.S. People:John Boehner Joseph Biden Barack Obama George W. Bush Hillary Clinton Activities:Obama Admin. CIA Prison Scandal
2009-01-22
Israel says it's near 'endgame' for Gaza offensive
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel said it was approaching the "endgame" of its three-week offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers and scheduled a Security Cabinet vote Saturday on a truce proposed by Egypt. Under the cease-fire plan, fighting would stop immediately for 10 days, but Israeli forces would initially remain in Gaza and the border crossings into the territory would remain closed until security arrangements are made to ensure Hamas militants do not rearm.
Nations:Mauritania Egypt Qatar Israel Lebanon People:Ban Ki-moon Ehud Olmert Barack Obama Condoleezza Rice Hillary Clinton Activities:2009 Gaza War
2009-01-16
10-day truce proposed in talks with Hamas, Israel
CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt and Hamas are close to a deal for a 10-day cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group in Gaza, where the death toll from the Israeli offensive exceeded 1,000, officials said Wednesday.
Nations:Palestine Lebanon Venezuela Israel Bolivia Kuwait People:Ban Ki-moon Ehud Olmert Hosni Mubarak Activities:2009 Gaza War Source:(AP)
2009-01-14
UN chief says Gaza negotiations must intensify
CAIRO, Egypt - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon became the latest global diplomat to try to put out Middle East fires on Wednesday as he began his weeklong Middle East trip in Egypt with a call for intensifying negotiations and an immediate halt to fighting in Gaza.
Nations:Israel Egypt Kuwait Lebanon Saudi Arabia Qatar People:Ban Ki-moon Hosni Mubarak Activities:2009 Gaza War Source:(AP)
2009-01-14
Gas exporting states agree Qatar-based 'gas OPEC'
MOSCOW (AFP) - Gas exporting states on Tuesday finalised the creation of a new Qatar-based forum aimed at coordinating gas policy that consumer countries fear could become the gas equivalent of oil cartel OPEC.
Nations:Qatar Ukraine Russia Iran Algeria Venezuela People:Vladimir Putin Activities:2008 Global Oil Crisis Source:(AFP)
2008-12-23
OPEC ends Cairo meeting without new output cuts
CAIRO, Egypt - OPEC ended a hastily convened meeting in Cairo Saturday without announcing new output cuts, despite the steep drop in crude prices and the threat it poses to member governments' national budgets.
Nations:Algeria Saudi Arabia Ecuador Kuwait Nigeria Venezuela Activities:2008 Global Oil Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-11-29
Dem sources: Clinton to help Hillary get State job
CHICAGO - Former President Bill Clinton has offered several concessions to help Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his wife, become secretary of state, people familiar with President-elect Barack Obama's transition vetting process said Wednesday.
Nations:Kuwait Qatar People:Hillary Clinton Bill Clinton Barack Obama George W. Bush Activities:Obama Admin.
2008-11-19
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