. . CHICAGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced the indictment of former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert for evading banking laws and lying to the FBI about payments he made to an unidentified person to conceal past misconduct. The indictment does not describe the misconduct Hastert was trying to conceal. The details were

By Fran WANG China’s yuan currency, which Washington has long alleged was manipulated, is “no longer undervalued”, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday. “Our assessment now is that the substantial real effective appreciation over the past year has brought the exchange rate to a level that is no longer undervalued,” the IMF said in a

byDavid McLaughlinTom SchoenbergGavin Finch 10:00 AM EDT May 20, 2015   DOJ Clamps Down on Currency Manipulation by Banks   Six of the world’s biggest banks will pay $5.8 billion and five of them agreed to plead guilty to charges tied to a currency-rigging probe as they seek to wind down almost half a decade

Governmental Affairs Newsletter 5/20/2015 On May 12, 2015, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the text of draft legislation intended to reform the regulatory framework for financial institutions, and a formal markup of the bill has been set for May 21, 2015.

Special scales News The parliamentary finance committee, revealed Wednesday, about the possibility of the use of the new currency of the class hundred thousand fifty thousand outside the country, saying it will increase the strength of the national economy, especially after the deletion of zeros. Said committee member Abdul Qader Mohammed’s / scales News /

ALL MATERIAL AND LINKS ARE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND PROVIDED AS RESEARCH MATERIAL FOR TNT MEMBERS. NO RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE OR INFERRED AS TO PRODUCT OR SERVICE PROVIDER. OPINIONS ARE PERSONAL AND DERIVED FROM RESEARCH OF INDEPENDENT SERVICES. SEEK A PROFESSIONAL ….  http://www.bankrate.com/calculators/investing/annuity-calculator.aspx FUN WITH NUMBERS FUN FACT: ANNUITIES ARE SAFE, RELIABLE AND PROVIDE A

What Happened to the 2% Bank Fee? A picture/simple instructions are worth a thousand words posted by Atlanta Car Nut: Someone that I know went to a Wells Fargo ATM machine on 5/13/15 and noticed NEW ADS on the ATM home screen. Out of all the services they offer, this is the ONE that makes

May 14, 2015, 12:06 pm Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) with his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma and Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) at the 5th BRICS Summit on 27 March 2013 in Durban, South Africa [PPIO] The $100 billion BRICS Bank’s first president will take charge within the next ten days, said the Indian

Having trouble seeing this email? view it online   In this GoldSilver Weekly, Jim Rickards lambasts the Federal Reserve, Michael Lombardi talks about one of the differences between India & the US, Rick Santelli questions the government’s honesty & transparency, and Michael Snyder reports on some behind the scenes investments made by JP Morgan. Regards,

Indonesian President Joko Widodo addresses the opening of the Asian-African Summit in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, on April 22, 2015 [Xinhua] At the opening of the Africa-Asia Summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged rich countries to help the developing world with no political strings attached and fulfill their aid commitments. In Jakarta, Xi said the “South-North cooperation should be