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Verizon to announce $5 billion deal to buy Yahoo on Monday: source
July 25th, 2016
Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) will announce an agreement on Monday to buy Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) for about $5 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. The announcement will come before the start of New York trading hours, ...
Asian Stocks Drop as BOJ Rejecting Helicopter Money Supports Yen
July 22nd, 2016
Oil below $45 a barrel as gold retreats with copper, nickel Ringgit sinks as 1MDB scandal in focus; yuan strengthens Asian stocks fell with European equity index futures as commodities sank to levels last seen in May. Malaysia’s ringgit ...
A paper trail links online traders to tax havens
July 21st, 2016
A paper trail that runs from Okinawa to Canada and from Israel to Italy and France links some unauthorized online traders on the blacklist of Japan’s financial regulator to offshore companies in tax havens, an analysis of files leaked ...
Asian shares at nine-month highs on inflow bets; dollar strong
July 21st, 2016
Asian stocks climbed to nine-month highs on Thursday, helped by a recovery in global oil prices, while the dollar strengthened against the safe-haven yen on resurgent expectations of a U.S. interest rate hike this year. European shares are expected ...
Invoice fraud costs developing countries billions
July 20th, 2016
Some developing countries are losing as much as 67% of their exports to invoice fraud, according to research commissioned by the United Nations (UN), which claims that the over-and-under invoicing of trade transactions over the past two decades has ...
Crude oil futures mixed before U.S. inventory report
July 20th, 2016
Oil futures were mixed on Wednesday with Brent posting limited gains and U.S. crude trading sideways in advance of the release of official weekly inventory figures later in the day. Brent crude LCOc1 was up 5 cents at $46.71 ...
Asian Stocks Near Three-Month High as Yuan Rises With Crude Oil
July 20th, 2016
Commodity shares decline amid a retreat in industrial metals Hong Kong equity index set for bull market as yuan gains Asian stocks rose with European equity index futures as positive earnings reports from some of the world’s biggest companies ...
Interactive Brokers reports comprehensive earnings per share of $0.36
July 20th, 2016
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: IBKR) an automated global electronic broker and market maker, reported diluted earnings per share on a comprehensive basis of $0.36 for the quarter ended June 30, 2016, compared to diluted earnings per share on a comprehensive ...
Nintendo has doubled in value since Pokémon Go’s release
July 19th, 2016
For a game that isn’t even technically a Nintendo property, Pokémon Go is having quite the healthy impact on the Japanese company’s finances. Ever since the launch of Pokémon Go earlier this month, Nintendo’s market capitalization has more than doubled, ending Tuesday trading ...
Brexit, banks fueling bitcoin’s resurgence
July 19th, 2016
The bitcoin renaissance seems to be at hand, with investors using the virtual currency to weather turbulent financial markets and banks striking partnerships to explore the system’s underlying technology. Until mid-May, 1 bitcoin fetched on the order of $400 ...
