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Bank of England retains low interest rate

By Julia Werdigier Oct. 11, 2013

LONDON — Britain’s central bank decided on Thursday to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low in the face of more evidence that the country’s economic recovery was gaining speed.

News

Regulators fine British firm ICAP $87 mil in Libor scandal

By Mark Scott and Julia Werdigier Sep. 27, 2013

LONDON — U.S. and British authorities moved a step further Wednesday in their investigation into the manipulation of the benchmark interest rate known as Libor, fining the British financial firm ICAP a combined $87 million for its role.

World and Nation

HSBC net profit fell due to record fine for settling laundering charges

By Julia Werdigier Mar. 5, 2013

LONDON — HSBC, Britain’s biggest bank, said Monday that its net profit fell 17 percent last year because of a record fine to settle money laundering charges and changes related to the value of its debt.

World and Nation

European central bankers criticize role of rating agencies

By Julia Werdigier Jan. 18, 2012

LONDON — Two European central bank chiefs are urging investors to pay less attention to credit rating agencies and to consider other factors in assessing what the region’s debt is worth.

World and Nation

British regulator takes partial blame for RBS failure

By Julia Werdigier Dec. 13, 2011

LONDON — Britain’s financial regulator said Monday that it was partly to blame for the failure of Royal Bank of Scotland, and it proposed new preventive measures, including holding bank executives more accountable for bad decisions.

World and Nation

Stimulus Also Requires Stability, Bernanke Says

By Julia Werdigier and Edmund L. Andrews Jan. 14, 2009

The chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke, warned Tuesday that the highly unpopular job of using taxpayer money to bail out financial institutions in the United States and other countries was far from over.

World and Nation

Three European Central Banks Cut Interest Rates Sharply

By Carter Dougherty and Julia Werdigier Nov. 7, 2008

The top three European central banks cut interest rates on Thursday in the face of increasingly dire evidence that much of Europe was moving into a serious recession.

World and Nation

London Police Faulted in 2005 Killing Of Brazilian Citizen on Subway Train

By Julia Werdigier Nov. 2, 2007

London’s police force on Thursday was found guilty of putting the public at risk during a flawed counterterrorism operation in 2005 that led to the killing of an innocent Brazilian electrician on a subway train.

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