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Australian dollar hits fresh six-year low as Chinese factories continue to falter
July 24th, 2015
Chinese manufacturing was sluggish for the fifth month running, a new survey shows, while the strengthening greenback sends the Aussie below US73c The Australian dollar fell to a fresh six-year low and stocks across Asia dropped sharply after more ...
Asian shares skid as weak China PMI revives demand concerns
July 24th, 2015
Asian equities stumbled on Friday after a survey showed China’s manufacturing activity crumbled to 15-month lows, rekindling concerns for the region’s exports as the world’s second-largest economy struggles to arrest a broad downturn. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares ...
Tradition reported first half year revenue
July 24th, 2015
Reported revenue in H1 2015 : CHF 426.6m, up 1.1% in constant currencies The Group reported first-half consolidated revenue of CHF 426.6m, compared with CHF 425.4m in the same period in 2014, an increase of 0.3% at current exchange ...
Tradeweb Awarded European Central Bank Electronic Trading Platform Contracts
July 23rd, 2015
Tradeweb Markets, the leading global marketplace for electronic fixed income, derivatives and ETF trading, announced it has been awarded two contracts to supply its electronic trading platform (ETP) to the European Central Bank (ECB). The contracts cover the provision ...
Whistleblower Laws Fail to Curb Toshiba Accounting Fraud
July 23rd, 2015
One of the more intriguing questions stemming from the Toshiba Corp. accounting scandal is this: Where was the whistleblower? Top executives at the Japanese industrial conglomerate, which makes everything from refrigerators to nuclear reactors, padded pretax profit by at ...
Asian shares slip on weak data, dollar strong
July 23rd, 2015
Asian shares edged lower on Thursday as mixed regional data and overnight declines on Wall Street prompted investors to take profits, while the dollar held steady as expectations for a rise in U.S. interest rates were strengthened by buoyant ...
Does A Commodities Crash Mean Global Depression, Mass-Devaluation Or Both?
July 22nd, 2015
First, precious metals peaked and began drifting lower. Then copper fell, oil plunged and it became obvious that these weren’t isolated events. The entire commodities complex — that is, all the physical inputs a modern economy uses to power, ...
Asia Stocks Drop With Nasdaq Futures on Apple; Commodities Slide
July 22nd, 2015
Asian stocks retreated with Nasdaq 100 Index futures as Apple Inc. tumbled in after-hours trade and the dollar held losses. Oil and gold resumed declines as a gauge of commodities dropped back to a 13-year low. The MSCI Asia ...
Eurozone shares show biggest decline as investors surge towards safe haven assets
July 21st, 2015
Eurozone shares sees largest annual decline in sentiment since the start of the survey Gold and UK government bonds are the only asset classes to enjoy a monthly increase in sentiment Actual market performance shows price declines for nine ...
China stocks turn higher
July 21st, 2015
Other Asian markets also edge up on tail of strong U.S. corporate earnings Stocks in Asia edged higher Tuesday on the tail of strong corporate earnings in the U.S. and China’s stabilizing markets. The Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +0.48% ...
