BitGou: Morning Digest: Insight: U.S. probe of HSBC tangled up in bureaucracy, infighting

2012年9月26日星期三

Morning Digest: Insight: U.S. probe of HSBC tangled up in bureaucracy, infighting

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09/26/2012

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Insight: U.S. probe of HSBC tangled up in bureaucracy, infighting

(Reuters) - In the second half of 2010, a senior federal prosecutor in West Virginia drafted an impassioned plea to his bosses in Washington to end infighting as multiple government agencies pursued a high-stakes investigation of HSBC Holdings Plc..

Rajoy inches toward aid as protests, regions seethe

MADRID (Reuters) - Violent protests in Madrid and growing talk of secession in wealthy Catalonia are piling pressure on Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy as he moves closer to asking Europe for rescue money..

Stock index futures signal flat to lower open

PARIS (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a flat to lower open on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.01 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.04 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.1 percent at 0924 GMT..

Madonna says she was being "ironic" in calling Obama a Muslim

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Madonna said on Tuesday she was being deliberately "ironic on stage" when she erroneously referred to President Barack Obama during her concert in the nation's capital as a "black Muslim.".

Freeman redemption lifts Braves into playoffs

(Reuters) - Freddie Freeman put the bitter ending to last season behind him with a walk-off, two-run home run that clinched a National League playoff berth for the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday..

Iran sees cyber attacks as greater threat than actual war

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran is prepared to defend itself in case of a "cyber war" which could cause more harm than a physical confrontation, a commander in the country's Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday..

New "extreme" Hubble shows deepest view yet of night sky

Cape Canaveral, Florida (Reuters) - Piecing together 10 years of Hubble Space Telescope images, astronomers on Tuesday unveiled the deepest view yet of a small sliver of the night sky, revealing a kaleidoscope of galaxies and other celestial objects..

"Gangnam Style" hit doubles value of Psy's father's stock

SEOUL (Reuters) - A pop star whose song "Gangnam Style" became the first Korean hit to top Apple's music download charts has also worked his magic on his father's software firm, helping it double in value since singer and dancer Psy burst onto the global scene in July..