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US authorities are investigating the French banks Societe Generale, BNP Paribas and Credit Agricole for embezzlement and violating American sanctions against other countries, a source close to the matter said Friday.

Tehran, YJC. Former Iranian ambassador to Germany says the US builds criminal files against banks that work with Iran.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has implied to expel US Ambassador to Ankara for his alleged remarks regarding a major graft probe in which four ministers face allegations of bribery and wrongdoing, and the state bank Halkbank is accused of for links to suspicious money transactions and gold-smuggling from Iran.

Failure to increase lending to small businesses is causing widespread dismay, says report

An immigrant-rights activist, who faces felony charges of voter fraud, is also involved in a second legal battle -

The US central bank chief said 2014 could be a better year for the US economy, but warned that it had not been restored completely.

Chinese banks can now set their own exchange rates between the yuan and the US dollar for some customers, the government said, in a small step towards liberalisation of the tightly controlled currency.

Tehran, YJC. Second in command of the IRGC says the West Bank will turn into hell for Israel.

MOSCOW, January 30 (Sputnik) - A former economic advisor to the Reagan administration believes that Western banks and governments are a threat to Greek sovereignty and to its peoples' standard of living, and that only by re-aligning itself with Russia can Greece stave off these 'marauders.'

"We're a pretty small business founded on the hopes that we can make a difference in Palestine, and in the United States, through a pragmatic approach like Palestinian Fair Trade," said Ali Siam, the founder of Olde City Palestinian Fair Trade. He's developing one part of a healthy economy.