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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – JPMorgan Chase Bank has agreed to pay penalties of more than $5.26 million to settle over 87 violations of US sanctions, including measures imposed against Cuba and Iran, the US Treasury said Friday. “The US Department of the…
One of Britain’s leading fast-moving consumer goods corporations has scrapped plans to ‘simplify’ its operations between London and Rotterdam offices amid protests from some of its investors. Unilever announced plans in March to consolidate its headquarters to Rotterdam, but investors warned that British shareholders…
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Roman Panov, CEO of the Russian exploration company Rosgeologia (Rosgeo), discussed with Mustafa Sanalla, head of the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC), the conduction of exploration works in Libya, the Russian company said in a statement on…
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Sundar Pichai, the CEO of tech giant Google, held a quiet meeting at the US Department of Defense (DoD) seeking to ease tensions with the authorities over the company’s planned withdrawal from the project on providing the…
The US has reportedly discussed possible waivers on sanctions targeting countries that fail to stop importing Iranian oil, which will be introduced next month. Washington is “in the midst of an internal process” of considering significant reduction exceptions (SREs): waivers that would…
Senior UK Conservative Party members have reportedly been in private contact with at least 15 opposition MPs, urging that it was in the “national interest” at the moment to support the Prime Minister. After the Conservatives conference in Birmingham, senior members…
