Wed, 21 Apr 2010: Derivatives scandal hits Riga…
Apr 21, 2010 Latvia
But the city council also sold Deutsche Bank credit protection on Dienvidu tilts, ensuring that if the company defaulted for any reason, the city will be on the hook for the full sum. It was thro...Tags: Authorities, Budget Deficit, Civil Servant, Construction Company, Credit Default Swap, Credit Exposure, Debt Levels, Derivatives, Deutsche Bank, European Union, Eurostat, Hook, Money, Riga, Rsquo, Scandal
Wed, 27 Feb 2008: Gerhards stresses need for new power plants…
Feb 27, 2008 Baltics
"The type of electric power plants will be determined by the guarantees and sustainability of resource supplies, security of power availability, the energy price and the timeframe for implementa...Tags: Atomic Power Plant, Baltic State, Closure, Coal, Economy Minister, Electric Power Plants, Electricity Market, Energy Deficit, Energy Department, Energy Price, European Union, Gerhards, Guarantees, Hook, Liberalization, Power Availability, Power Cable, Stresses, Sustainability, Timeframe
Wed, 19 Jul 2006: Multibanka off the hook, though VEF Banka to remain on U.S. blacklist…
Jul 19, 2006 Baltics
financial institutions from "establishing, maintaining, administering, or managing any correspondent account on behalf of VEF Banka." The department has designated VEF Banka as an institution of "...Tags: Banka, Banks, Correspondent Account, Crack Money, Decisions, Financial Institutions, Hook, Latvia, Money Laundering, Multibanka, Perception, Press Release, Regulators, Sensation, Unprecedented Decision, Vef, Washington D C
Thu, 26 Nov 1998: Putting the growl in the Baltic Tiger…
Nov 26, 1998 Baltics
Around 85 small and medium sized companies from Lithuania and about five times as many from Sweden spent the two days in November mixing and mingling with each other in an effort to lay the ground...Tags: Baltic, Business Life, Chmber Of Commerce, Contracts, Cooperation, Hook, Life Today, Lithuania, Medium Sized Companies, Sweden, Swedish Officials, Television Satellite, Tiger