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It’s Currency War! – And Japan Has Fired The First Shot
November 4th, 2014
This is the big problem with fiat currency – eventually the temptation to print more of it when you are in a jam becomes too powerful to resist. In a surprise move on Friday, the Bank of Japan dramatically ...
Blackstone Said Near $8 Billion Deal to Sell IndCor Unit
November 4th, 2014
Blackstone Group LP (BX) is close to a deal to sell IndCor Properties Inc., an owner of U.S. industrial real estate, to investors led by Singapore’s GIC Pte for more than $8 billion, said two people with knowledge of ...
SoftBank Cuts Annual Profit Forecast 10% on Sprint
November 4th, 2014
SoftBank Corp. (SFT), the Japanese wireless carrier led by billionaire Masayoshi Son, cut its full-year profit forecast 10 percent on widening losses at its Sprint Corp. unit in the U.S. Sprint, acquired in 2013 for $22 billion, is eliminating ...
Turkish food giant Yildiz buys United Biscuits for £2bn
November 4th, 2014
Turkish food and drinks giant Yildiz won the bidding war for United Biscuits yesterday, offering more than £2bn for the firm and beating off stiff competition from Kellogg’s and Burton’s Biscuits. United makes iconic brands including Jaffa Cakes, Twiglets ...
P&G Suit, Apple, U.K. Museums, GE: Intellectual Property
November 4th, 2014
Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) has settled a patent-infringement case with makers and distributors of tooth-whitening strips, according to an Oct. 31 filing in federal court in Cincinnati. In the filing, the parties agreed that tooth-whitening strips made by ...
GAIN Capital to acquire City Index
November 4th, 2014
New York-based forex trading firm GAIN Capital Holding has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire City Index (Holdings) Limited, a leading online trading firm specializing in contracts-for-difference (CFDs), forex and UK spread betting, for approximately $118 million, or ...
Tuesday November 4: OSB Daily Technical Analysis- Indices
November 4th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for November 4, 2014 S&P 500 The S&P 500 made a new high on Monday reaching the 2018 mark only to pull back and end the day effectively unchanged. This suggests that the index has ...
Qatar, Citic Group to Put $5 Billion Each in Investment Platform
November 4th, 2014
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund and China’s Citic Group will put $5 billion each into an investment platform, said Ahmad Al-Sayed, chief executive officer of the Qatar Investment Authority. The platform is for “new opportunities” and could put money into ...
Tuesday November 4: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Commodities
November 4th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for November 4, 2014 Gold continued its downswing finding support at $1160 before bouncing back to close at $1165.00. Gold appears somewhat oversold at the moment and is likely to bounce possibly into the $1180 ...
JPMorgan: Feds pursue criminal forex probe
November 4th, 2014
JPMorgan said it faces a criminal probe of its foreign exchange business and boosted its legal budget by $1.3B. JPMorgan Chase (JPM) disclosed Monday that the New York-based global bank is in talks with the Department of Justice over ...
