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Dollar Extends Surge as Bonds Decline; Japanese Equities Climb
November 24th, 2016
Gold near 9-month low as futures put 100% odds on Fed hike Emerging markets slip, with Philippine peso at eight-year low The dollar extended gains at the highest in more than a decade as a stronger case for hiking ...
STOXX Changes Composition Of Benchmark Indices
November 23rd, 2016
STOXX Ltd. today announced the new composition of STOXX Benchmarks and their sub and sector indices, among them the STOXX Europe 600 Index, STOXX North America 600 Index and STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 Index. Effective as of the open of ...
ATM cybergang linked to attacks across Europe
November 23rd, 2016
A cybergang has been hacking the computer systems of European and Asian banks and forcing ATMs to spew out cash, warns security outfit Group IB. The Cobalt gang has hit unnamed banks in at least 14 countries, including Russia, ...
Oil prices fall on renewed doubts on OPEC-led production cut
November 23rd, 2016
Oil prices fell in Asian trade on Wednesday, reversing earlier gains, as doubts re-emerged over whether OPEC would agree to a crude oil production cut at a ministerial meeting next week. A strong dollar, which traded near the 13 ...
Rally for oil prices stretches further as optimism builds for OPEC deal
November 22nd, 2016
Oil futures extended their advance into a third session in Asia trading Tuesday, as anticipation over a production cut at next week’s meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries continued to build. Light, sweet crude for January ...
Goldman Sachs Drops Out of R3 Blockchain Group
November 22nd, 2016
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has dropped out of the R3 CEV LLC blockchain group. The investment bank was one of nine original members of R3, founded in 2014 to explore the use of the distributed database technology in Wall Street infrastructure. ...
UnionPay International and Bank of China jointly issued the first Travel Europe Themed UnionPay credit card
November 21st, 2016
On November 21, UnionPay International and Bank of China (BOC) jointly announced their joint issuance of the first Europe version of the Travel Mate. China UnionPay credit card. This is the first Travel Europe themed UnionPay credit card issued ...
Brexit and Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers the prospect of a new legal dawn
November 21st, 2016
Profit trumps everything, as managing partners eye opportunities via global ructions Profit and people is what keeps law firm leaders awake at night, but Brexit and Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers the prospect of a new legal dawn, an exclusive ...
Oil prices fall as strong dollar wipes out OPEC cut optimism
November 18th, 2016
Oil prices fell in early trading on Friday as the strengthening U.S. dollar snuffed out rekindled hopes that OPEC might agree production cuts. International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were trading down 13 cents at $46.36 per barrel at ...
JPMorgan Chase Paying $264 Million to Settle FCPA Charges
November 18th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay more than $130 million to settle SEC charges that it won business from clients and corruptly influenced government officials in the Asia-Pacific region ...
