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Japan Overtakes China as Largest U.S. Bondholder
April 16th, 2015
Japanese become biggest funders of American government for first time since 2008 financial crisis Japan dethroned China as the top foreign holder of U.S. Treasurys for the first time since the financial crisis, following a wave of purchases by ...
Brent crude hits 2015 highs as U.S. production slows
April 16th, 2015
Brent crude oil hit 2015 highs above $63 per barrel on Thursday after a rally of more than 5 percent the previous session and analysts said more price rises were likely despite market oversupply. Front-month Brent crude futures LCOc1 rose above $63 a ...
OPEC Going Broke, Dumping Dollars. Is That Good Or Bad?
April 15th, 2015
When oil prices fell out of bed last winter there was much hand-wringing over the fate of the former beneficiaries of high-priced crude. Trillions of dollars of junk bonds issued by frackers, for instance, might default, oil field services ...
Alpari’s Launch of a New ECN Set to be a Groundbreaking Moment for the Forex Market
April 15th, 2015
Together with AMTS Solutions, headed by Dmitriy Rannev, Alpari is preparing to launch a large scale project. The company’s trading servers are being transferred onto a revolutionary new ECN which encompasses the height of latest technologies and solutions in ...
Nokia Agrees to $16.6 Billion Takeover of Alcatel-Lucent
April 15th, 2015
The Finnish telecommunications company Nokia said Wednesday that it had agreed to an all-share takeover of Alcatel-Lucent that valued its French rival at 15.6 billion euros, or about $16.6 billion. The combined company is expected to become the world’s second-largest telecom equipment manufacturer ...
China’s growth slows to 7% in the first quarter
April 15th, 2015
China‘s economic growth slowed further in the three months to March this year, expanding 7% compared to a year earlier, its slowest pace since the global financial crisis in 2009. The rate was lower than the 7.3% posted for ...
Alpari Ru is preparing to launch a large scale project
April 13th, 2015
Alpari Ru issued a press release to inform that: Together with AMTS Solutions, headed by Dmitriy Rannev, Alpari is preparing to launch a large scale project. The company’s trading servers are being transferred onto a revolutionary new ECN which ...
The $33 Billion Silver Lining to Israel’s Stock-Market Exodus
April 9th, 2015
As stock trading in Israel plunges and public offerings dry up, the country’s flagship bourse may have found a savior: exchange-traded notes. The volume of trading in ETNs, which are similar to exchange-traded funds but have stricter return rules, ...
Putin Meets With Alexis Tsipras of Greece, Raising Eyebrows in Europe
April 9th, 2015
With Russia and Greece at odds with Europe, this week’s visit from the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras, “could not have come at a better time,” President Vladimir V. Putin said Wednesday. Mr. Tsipras, who is in tough negotiations with other European leaders over international financial ...
Europe’s Plunging Borrowing Costs Mark Two New Milestones
April 8th, 2015
Switzerland is first with 10-year bond at negative yield as Mexico lines up 100-year euro bond Europe’s plunging borrowing costs marked two new milestones on Wednesday, with Switzerland becoming the first country ever to issue 10-year debt that gives ...