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Top 12 Media Myths on oil prices
April 13th, 2015
The upstream oil and gas industry is not a black hole. There’s no mystery wrapped in an enigma here. There are a lot of meetings with engineers, chemists and geologists. There’s a constantly evolving learning curve. And then there’s ...
Dollar’s rising trend remains intact amid weak China
April 13th, 2015
The dollar keeps moving up amid signs of a lackluster outlook for major economies such as China and Japan. The dollar maintained its rising trend on Monday in Asia amid signs of a lackluster outlook for major economies such ...
Hong Kong shares rocket as mainland rally spills over
April 9th, 2015
Funds trying to arbitrage major price differences Chinese funds buying HK shares ahead of Shenzhen pilot Previous attempts failed on tepid demand for HK shares Investors see HK shares as less bubbly than mainland stocks (Adds more detail on ...
Bilateral Local Currency Swap Agreement with the People’s Bank of China
April 8th, 2015
The Reserve Bank of Australia has signed a new bilateral local currency swap agreement with the People’s Bank of China (PBC). The agreement, which can be activated by either party, allows for the exchange of local currencies between the ...
China’s taxman is coming for Alibaba
April 8th, 2015
China stands to collect billions of dollars in taxes as Alibaba insiders unload shares held under lock-and-key since the tech firm’s record-breaking market debut last year. Two of the company’s “lock up” agreements have now expired, releasing an additional ...
Oil down on U.S. stock build, record Saudi output
April 8th, 2015
Oil prices fell more than a percent on Wednesday as industry data showed a larger-than-expected weekly build in U.S. stockpiles and as Saudi Arabia reported record output in March. The decline in prices followed a rally on Tuesday, when U.S. crude approached 2015 highs ...
Greece: Plans for cooperation with China
April 7th, 2015
Greece proposed a three-year cooperation plan to Beijing involving ports, ship building and repair, credit, supply chain and culture during Greek Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis’s recent visit to China, according to the Chinese government. Beijing said that it ...
Samsung forecasts $5.44bn in quarterly operating profit
April 7th, 2015
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics has forecast a quarterly operating profit of about 5.9 trillion won ($5.44bn; £3.65bn) for the first three months of 2015. The numbers beat market expectations, but would mark a fall of more than 30% in ...
Is The Whole World Slowing Down?
April 6th, 2015
The stats just keep getting stranger and, if you’re a policymaker or an investor, scarier. According to a (now widely publicized) McKinsey & Co study, instead of deleveraging after the debt-induced crisis of 2008-2009, the world borrowed another $57 trillion. ...
Li backs firms’ global vision
April 6th, 2015
China is to pilot the removal of preconditioned government approval for offshore corporate bonds, part of a national arrangement to lower the financing cost of enterprises expanding overseas. The move, along with the government’s efforts to speed up the ...
