Banks Citigroup’s Past Losses may have helped it win Costco Business Noha Gad Mar 5, 2015 0 Citigroup Inc had at least one advantage in its successful bid for the exclusive right to issue credit cards for…
Banks Goldman writedown of Portugal loan hurts profit, bonuses Noha Gad Jan 14, 2015 0 Goldman Sachs Group Inc had to write down its loan to the troubled Portuguese bank Banco Espirito Santo SA in the…
EGX Egypt Debt Rally Missed by Outsiders Shows Al-Sisi Challenge Yomna Yasser Dec 23, 2014 0 For all of the gains in Egypt’s financial markets since President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi took over this year, one…
Banks Egypt’s One Islamic Banking Woman CEO Chases Growth: Arab Credit Yomna Yasser Jul 17, 2014 0 Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC (ADIB)’s Egyptian unit sees demand for Shariah-compliant finance picking up, expecting…
USA Wall Street Opens Lower, Citigroup Falls Yomna Yasser Jan 16, 2014 0 Stocks opened slightly lower on Thursday, with the S&P 500 retreating from a record high as investors digested…
USA U.S. Stocks Cap Weekly Decline on Bets Fed Will Taper Yomna Yasser Dec 7, 2013 0 U.S. stocks ended their longest streak of weekly gains in a decade as data on economic growth and manufacturing…
Banks Citigroup to BofA Spurn Treasuries to Hoard Cash on Taper Risk Yomna Yasser Dec 2, 2013 0 Never before have America’s banks been so wary of risking their cash deposits on U.S. government debt. After…
Industry & Trade Apache’s Egypt Quandary Symbolizes Tough Business Call Yomna Yasser Aug 24, 2013 0 Apache Corp (APA.N) faces a difficult choice in Egypt: whether to sell its substantial oil and natural gas…
Banks SocGen Profit More Than Doubles on Investment Bank Yomna Yasser Aug 1, 2013 0 Societe Generale SA, France’s second-largest bank, said second-quarter profit more than doubled, beating…
Banks Barclays to Raise 5.8 Billion Pounds in Rights Offering Yomna Yasser Jul 30, 2013 0 Barclays Plc (BARC), the U.K.’s second-largest bank by assets, said it will raise 5.8 billion pounds ($8.9 billion)…