Recent Posts

Banks make ‘risk’ lucrative with bets for hedge funds

  Bloomberg Complex debt trades that started as a way for lenders to reduce their loan exposure are becoming a business opportunity for some of the world’s biggest investment banks. Others are worried they could become another source of systemic risk. Nomura Holdings Inc. and Credit Suisse Group AG are among the most-active firms earning high fees by providing loans ...

Read More »

Learning the power of positive thought

  JUBA / AP Warnings of possible genocide hang over the world‘s youngest nation, but here on a basketball court under a fierce morning sun, South Sudan‘s civil war seems like another country. Flashing up and down the court in blue and yellow jerseys, the players laugh and sweat as their wheelchairs jostle for position. This wheelchair basketball tournament in ...

Read More »

Helping migrants gives him ‘peace of mind’

  BELGRADE / DPA Yaser Harawi wasn’t too happy when his father sent him to study in Serbia rather than the US or Canada. Years later, the Syria-born doctor thinks it was a touch of fate. The 51-year-old from Damascus, who’s lived in Serbia for more than 30 years, has found meaning in helping Syrian and other migrants passing through ...

Read More »
Send this to a friend