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Analysis: Ukraine's $13.4 billion football spend might become debt burden

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KIEV - Ukraine may never recover all of the billions of dollars it has spent to co-host next month's European football championship and the outlay might complicate its chances of servicing its debt.

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SNB considers capital controls if euro falls apart

ZURICH - Switzerland is drawing up plans for emergency measures including capital controls in case the euro collapses although it does not expect to need them and will continue to defend a cap on the franc in the meantime, the head of the central bank said.

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Nomura linked to another insider trading case - sources

TOKYO - Japan's securities regulator will seek a fine against a fund management arm of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings for insider trading for the second time and believes an employee of broker Nomura Holdings was again the source of the leak, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Business, Japan 26 May 2012

Court OKs JPMorgan fee pact; Capital One talks fail

- JPMorgan Chase & Co won preliminary court approval of its agreement to pay $110 million (70.2 million pounds) to settle nationwide litigation accusing it of charging excessive overdraft fees.

26 May 2012

Exclusive - Merrill misstep may hurt battle vs. broker claims

NEW YORK - Merrill Lynch's battle to void a $10 million (6.38 million pounds) arbitration ruling suffered a setback this week after a new court filing raised questions about its claims that a panel member had not disclosed her potential conflicts.

25 May 2012

Court OKs JPMorgan fee pact; Capital One talks fail

- JPMorgan Chase & Co won preliminary court approval of its agreement to pay $110 million (70.2 million pounds) to settle nationwide litigation accusing it of charging excessive overdraft fees.

25 May 2012

Ex-General Re, AIG execs may settle criminal case

- Four former executives at Berkshire Hathaway Inc's General Re Corp and one at American International Group Inc are in talks to settle a long-running criminal case accusing them of engineering a reinsurance transaction that fraudulently boosted AIG's loss reserves.

25 May 2012

Judge says Enron's Skilling can seek new trial

HOUSTON - Former Enron Corp Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling is reviving his quest for a new trial based on evidence his legal team received from prosecutors long after he was convicted of 19 counts of conspiracy, securities fraud, insider trading and lying to auditors.

25 May 2012

HSBC sees "no big deals" as pay row fizzles

LONDON - HSBC said it had no appetite to take advantage of turmoil in the euro zone and make big acquisitions there or anywhere else where rivals are selling major assets.

25 May 2012

Lehman in $1.58 billion Archstone apartment deal -sources

NEW YORK - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, one of three owners of Archstone, has reached a deal to buy the last portion of the apartment company it does not own for $1.58 billion, sources with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

25 May 2012