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China to Overtake USA by 2024
September 8th, 2014
China is set to overtake the U.S. as the world’s largest economy in U.S. dollar terms over the next decade, according to a new report by IHS Economics. IHS measured the size of China’s economy in U.S. dollar terms, ...
Biggest tax inverters ‘have $21bn offshore’
September 8th, 2014
Three US companies seeking to use controversial takeovers to cut their US tax bills hold at least $21bn in “trapped” offshore cash that the deals could unlock. According to data compiled by Moody’s for the Financial Times, the biggest ...
Pound Suffers on Scotland Poll
September 8th, 2014
Sterling dropped as opinion polls highlighted the risk Scotland will vote for independence next week, potentially splintering the U.K.’s 307-year-old union. Britain’s currency slid to the weakest against the dollar since November after a poll by YouGov Plc showed ...
OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Indices
September 8th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for September 8, 2014 S&P 500 The September 14 S&P contract hit a new all-time high and recorded its fifth consecutive weekly gain on Friday. The S&P remains bullish with no signs of weakening of ...
Doubts return at SandRidge a year after CEO ousted by investors
September 8th, 2014
In June 2013, activist investors got the board of SandRidge Energy Inc to fire its CEO Tom Ward, arguing that he had mismanaged the Oklahoma City company and destroyed billions in shareholder value. The oil and gas producer’s shares ...
Japan’s GDP Contracts Sharply
September 8th, 2014
A revised reading on Japan’s gross domestic product (GDP) showed the economy contracted an annualized 7.1 percent in the second quarter, worse than initial estimates of 6.8 percent as a nationwide consumption tax that took effect in April dragged ...
OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Commodities
September 8th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for September 8, 2014 Gold The December 2014 Gold contract continued trading within its range on Friday with a brief drop below the $1260 handle closing at $1267.30. Bearish with very little going on in ...
GE to sell appliance business to Electrolux for $3.3 billion
September 8th, 2014
Sweden’s Electrolux (ELUXb.ST) said on Monday it would buy General Electric Co’s (GE.N) appliances business for $3.3 billion in cash to double sales in North America and take on rival Whirlpool Corp (WHR.N) in its biggest ever deal. Electrolux ...
Accountants warn against eBay tax evasion
September 8th, 2014
Accountancy firm Baker Tilly has warned people trading on eBay about tax evasion after a man was jailed for two years for failing to declare income from online sales. John Woolfenden was convicted at Bolton Crown Court after he ...
OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Currency pairs
September 8th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for September 8, 2014 EUR/USD Profit taking and a higher close in the EURUSD on Friday following Thursday’s sharp decline. Failure to trade intraday above 1.30 suggests this round figure is a strong resistance level ...
