MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 26th 2017
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Saturday, August 26th 2017 - 16:50 UTC
Yellen defends 2008 financial regulations, but cuts her reappointment chances with Trump
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Friday emphatically defended the web of regulations the Fed helped enact after the 2008 financial crisis, saying it helped restore the banking system's health and disputing criticism that the rules have hurt lending.
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Saturday, August 26th 2017 - 10:53 UTC
Colombia, Chile and Uruguay with the lowest money laundering risks in Latam
An annual report by one of the world’s leading institutions working against financial crimes ranks countries around the world in terms of their money laundering risk levels, providing a sense of where Latin American nations stand when it comes to this important aspect of combating organized crime.
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Saturday, August 26th 2017 - 10:44 UTC
Ex Irish president says Brexit is like “pulling a tooth with 10.000 roots”
Former Irish President Mary McAleese has said she would be heartbroken if Brexit meant she would have to show an identity card when crossing the border. She fears checks between NI and the Republic of Ireland are an inevitable consequence of the UK leaving the EU.
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Saturday, August 26th 2017 - 08:17 UTC
Maduro reacts to Trump's sanctions: “we will sell our oil to other markets”
Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has said that a preliminary analysis shows that new financial sanctions imposed by the United States will lead to a halt in oil exports to the US. President Trump's order bans trade in Venezuelan debt and blocks its state oil firm from selling bonds in the US.
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Saturday, August 26th 2017 - 08:04 UTC
30.000 EU nationals apply to become British citizens since Brexit vote
Nearly 30,000 EU nationals applied to become British citizens in the 12 months after last summer's Brexit vote - almost double the number of the previous year. Home Office statistics show 28,502 such applications between July 2016 and June 2017, up 80% from 15,871 in 2015-16. The total number of applications, from all nationalities, fell by 8%.
