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Oil Holds Below $60 as China Manufacturing Shows Slowing Demand
May 4th, 2015
Oil held below $60 in New York as a Chinese manufacturing gauge weakened in April, signaling fuel demand is slowing in the world’s biggest energy consumer. Futures in New York rose 0.1 percent after falling 0.8 percent on Friday. ...
Mazars speeds up its development and strengthens its presence in Germany
May 4th, 2015
The firm Roever Broenner Susat joins Mazars’ International Integrated Partnership. As part of its global growth strategy, Mazars constantly strives to identify and integrate top talents from firms that share its values and demonstrate excellence and continued professionalism. ...
Asian shares rise as weak China data spurs stimulus bets
May 4th, 2015
Asian stocks bounced off lows on Monday and the Australian dollar pared early losses as weak China factory activity reinforced views that Beijing will roll out fresh support measures soon for the world’s second-largest economy. Spreadbetters expected the equity ...
OCR unchanged at 3.5 percent
April 30th, 2015
Statement issued by Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Graeme Wheeler: The Reserve Bank today left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 3.5 percent. Trading partner growth continues at around its long-term average, but remains dependent on highly accommodative ...
ESMA recognises third-country CCPs
April 30th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today recognised ten third-country CCPs established in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore. The recognition by ESMA allows third country CCPs to provide clearing services to clearing members or trading venues established in ...
Euro area annual inflation up to 0.0%
April 30th, 2015
Euro area(1) annual inflation(2) is expected to be 0.0% in April 2015, up from -0.1% in March(3) , according to a flash estimate(4) from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Looking at the main components of euro ...
Cutting Russia off SWIFT banking network would be catastrophic — UniCredit representative
April 30th, 2015
In case of a cut-off, Russia will be much more effective in adopting a different system of payments, maybe in cooperation with China, and many Western banks will collapse The idea of cutting Russia off the SWIFT international banking ...
Stocks slip, euro near two-month high as US economy loses steam
April 30th, 2015
Asian stocks stumbled on Thursday while the euro held near two-month highs against the dollar after surprisingly downbeat first-quarter economic growth in the United States – a key export destination for many of the region’s economies. Spreadbetters expected the ...
Cyprus, Greece, Egypt agree to boost economic and political cooperation
April 29th, 2015
The leaders of Cyprus, Greece and Egypt agreed on Wednesday to augment economic and political cooperation among their respective nations, underlining their commitment to peace and stability in a troubled region. “Today we have reaffirmed that the trilateral dialogue ...
Accounting threshold shifts risk lasting damage to audit profession
April 29th, 2015
Earlier this month, on 6 April, a new EC directive quietly slipped into force. The less than snappily titled Companies, Partnership and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2015 – the UK’s implementation of the EU Accounting Directive – passed onto the ...