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Asian stocks mixed as Mideast worries linger, oil eases
March 27th, 2015
Asian stocks were mixed on Friday and the dollar rebounded as rising tensions in the Middle East clouded the investment outlook. Spreadbetters expected Britain’s FTSE .FTSE, Germany’s DAX .GDAXI and France’s CAC.FCHI to tip toe higher while the markets awaited fresh cues from ...
Asia stocks down on weak data, Wall Street dive
March 26th, 2015
Asian stock markets mostly fell Thursday, battered by weak U.S. economic data and Wall Street’s retreat from near record highs. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.2 percent to 19,508.88 while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 0.1 percent to ...
Diamonds Industry: Early signs that 2015 will be another positive year
March 25th, 2015
Early signs that 2015 will be another positive year for the diamond industry are being given by Valentine’s Day demand in the US and Chinese New Year sales in China. De Beers strategy director Bruce Cleaver, who spoke to Creamer Media’sMining Weekly Online in a ...
Bullion Capital Forecasts Surge in Demand for Physical Gold
March 24th, 2015
Bullion Capital, the world’s leading membership-based exchange for the trade of physical gold, silver and platinum, today announced that following the recent SNB events, they have experienced record expansion levels and predict a surge in physical gold acquisition and ...
China Construction Bank Extends Use of Catena TRACE for FX Derivatives Trade Reporting Using Hosted Platform
March 23rd, 2015
Catena Technologies Pte Ltd today announced that China Construction Bank has extended its use of Catena’s TRACE™ system to report foreign exchange derivatives to the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Along with the extended use for FX, the bank will ...
Greece will stay in euro: Barroso (Video)
March 23rd, 2015
Greece will remain in the euro zone as long as Athens is willing to compromise, the former president of the European Commission told CNBC, noting this is what most Greeks desire. “I believe we should be flexible with Greece, ...
Noble Group Ltd Sues Former Credit Analyst After Iceberg Reports
March 23rd, 2015
Noble Group Ltd., Asia’s largest commodity trader by revenue, sued a credit analyst it says it fired in 2013 for conspiracy to injure the company by anonymously spreading false and misleading information this year. Arnaud Vagner and a Seychelles ...
Asian markets up after Wall Street gains
March 23rd, 2015
Asian stock markets rose Monday following Wall Street’s gains amid expectations global central banks will hold off raising interest rates. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.2 percent to 3,659.11 points and Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 1.1 percent ...
Secrets ending for Swiss bank accounts
March 20th, 2015
European tax evaders might soon have to hide their cash in mattresses instead of secret Swiss bank accounts. Switzerland has agreed to start sharing financial information with the European Union, making it much harder for Europeans to hide wealth ...
Asia stocks stall as Fed-inspired lift peters out, dollar steady
March 20th, 2015
Asian stocks stalled on Friday as Federal Reserve-inspired gains petered out, while the dollar steadied after rebounding from the shock of a surprisingly dovish U.S. central bank. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS edged down 0.1 ...
