Bank of Ireland
The Bank of Ireland is considered as one of the oldest banks in Ireland. Its founding was influenced by an Act of the Irish Parliament in an effort to provide commercial as well as public finances in Ireland. Since its conception, the Bank of Ireland has always been linked to the Huguenot la Touche family [...]
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Founded in October 1, 2005 and with the merger with the Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (MTFG), the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group was unveiled to the market. With the main office in Chiyoda, Tokyo, the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is Japan’s largest bank by some margin and also the world’s biggest financial institution by asset [...]
Ex-Malaysian leader calls for ban on Halliburton
Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Saturday slammed the government’s move to allow U.S. oilfield services provider Halliburton Co. to begin operating in Malaysia, saying the country doesn’t need “blood money.”
“It is appalling that we have allowed this war-profiteering company to invest in Malaysia,” he said in a statement, referring to Halliburton’s contracts in Iraq [...]