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OSB Daily Technical Analysis
August 19th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for August 19, 2014 EUR/USD – consolidating at these levels, remains bearish. The EUR remains weak while it retests support levels at the 1.33 area. No signs of strength with strong possibility to continue downward ...
Abe finding it hard to get his way on defence
August 19th, 2014
On 1 July, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a decision to broaden the interpretation of the Japanese Constitution to enable Japan to exercise its right to collective self-defence. But to what extent will the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) ...
OSB Daily Technical Analysis
August 18th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for August 15, 2014 EUR/USD – Looking bullish, possible move higher GBP/USD – Bearish, looking to test 200 DMA EUR/JPY – EUR consolidation against JPY NZD/USD – Bullish, testing 200 DMA USD/CAD – Correction following ...
Goldman Sachs a final bidder for $1.6 billion Tokyo building
August 13th, 2014
A Goldman Sachs Group Inc unit is a final bidder for a Tokyo office tower in a deal that could fetch about 165 billion yen ($1.6 billion), said people familiar with the deal, which could be the biggest office ...
Yen Weakens From 3-Week High on Reduced Haven Demand
August 12th, 2014
The yen weakened for a second day against the dollar as easing tensions in Ukraine reduced demand for the currency as a haven. The euro fell toward the lowest since November versus the greenback before data this week that ...
Asia shares extend bounce, oil pinned near lows
August 12th, 2014
Asian shares nudged higher on Tuesday, tracking rallies in the United States and Europe as investors seemed to put aside geopolitical concerns, at least for the moment. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS added 0.3 percent ...
DAX drops on a weak German Data and Russian sanctions
August 7th, 2014
Germany’s benchmark stock index entered correction territory on Wednesday, hitting a low of 9030.72 points—10.15 percent down from a high point on June 20. Strategists blamed the worsening situation in Ukraine, and weak data out of Germany. The DAX ...
Are banks looking at a shrunken future?
August 7th, 2014
Amid the hundreds of billions of bad-credit write-downs and the multibillion- dollar settlements with government watchdogs since the 2008 financial collapse, it’s easy to lose sight of what good shape banks are in. The leftover business from the crash ...
HSBC reports pretax profit of $1 billion on MENA operations
August 5th, 2014
HSBC has reported that its profit before tax for H1 2014 in the Middle East and North Africa is up nine per cent on both reported and constant currency bases. On an underlying basis, profit before tax increased by ...
PayPal co-founder Levchin, Affirm want to disrupt credit biz
August 5th, 2014
If you’ve got your eye on a purchase that your credit score says you can’t quite afford, Max Levchin may be able to help. After a brief stint as a Google executive, the PayPal co-founder is back in the ...
