Sunday, June 29, 2014

US to slap record $8.9 bn fine on BNP Paribas

NEW YORK, June 30- French bank BNP Paribas has agreed to pay US authorities a $8.9 billion fine to avoid being tried in court for dealing with US blacklisted countries, sources close to the matter told AFP. The deal ends months of haggling which saw French President Francois Hollande pressing his US counterpart Barack Obama […]

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