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Deutsche Bank makes Cryan CEO after Jain, Fitschen resign

Germany’s biggest lender Deutsche Bank appointed John Cryan as its new CEO on Sunday after co-chief executives Anshu Jain and Juergen Fitschen resigned following criticism from investors. Cryan, 54, has been on the bank’s supervisory board since 2013 and was a former chief financial officer of UBS. Deutsche Bank has struggled to restore an image tarnished by a raft of regulatory and legal problems which include probes into alleged manipulation

Who will win at the Tony Awards? AP predicts

NEW YORK (AP) — One tip-off that this season on Broadway has been unique is that two of the top musicals had coffins prominently onstage. The season also had royalty, from the current British queen to Henry VIII and the King of Siam. There were trained ballet dancers and hard-core puppet sex. And William Shakespeare was mocked as a rump-wiggling word thief. The Associated Press tries to predict some of

Greece needs 'Speech of Hope' from German leader: Varoufakis

Greece’s finance minister called on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to give his country a “Speech of Hope”, to signal Europe was ready to end its demands for austerity, similar to that given to Germany at the end of World War Two. In an entry on his blog on Sunday, Yanis Varoufakis compared Greece’s situation with that of post-war Germany, when former U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes traveled to

EU Parliament president warns Athens of dramatic consequences if talks fail

European Parliament President Martin Schulz urged Greece in a newspaper interview to accept a proposal by its international lenders for a cash-for-reforms deal, warning Athens that failing to reach an agreement would have “dramatic” consequences. The European Union is willing to compromise with the Greek government, Schulz told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag in an interview published on Sunday, adding that the lenders had already made concessions in the debt

Dr. Stephen Leeb: Broadcast Interview – Available Now

Dr. Stephen Leeb: Chairman & Chief Investment Officer of Leeb Capital Management – Dr. Leeb is a registered investment advisor and has been managing big cap growth portfolios since 1999. Over the last decade, his independently-verified performance record has been ranked in the top 5 percent among peers according to Informa’s PSN manager database. Dr. Leeb is a New York Time’s Best Selling author, eight books total on investments and financial trends.

Dr. Stephen Leeb

Dr. Stephen Leeb: Chairman & Chief Investment Officer of Leeb Capital Management – Dr. Leeb is a registered investment advisor and has been managing big cap growth portfolios since 1999. Over the last decade, his independently-verified performance record has been ranked in the top 5 percent among peers according to Informa’s PSN manager database. Dr. Leeb is a New York Time’s Best Selling author, eight books total on investments and financial trends.