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Cyprus: A Mediterranean island slowly rebuilding after crisis
April 11th, 2014
Cyprus, the tiny Mediterranean island bailed out a year ago, remains “in difficulty…but not as bad as one would have expected,” its finance minister Harris Georgiades told CNN during an interview in the capital city Nicosia. The country, which ...
Europe Stock Futures Follow Asia Down on Tech; Lira Falls
April 11th, 2014
European index futures and emerging-market currencies slid as a gauge of Asian stocks dropped the most in three weeks amid a selloff in technology shares that’s cut demand for riskier assets. Nickel extended its longest rally since 2010. Contracts ...
Asia Stocks Cut Gain as Emerging Currencies Fall on China
April 10th, 2014
Asian stocks pared gains, while emerging-market and commodity producers’ currencies slipped as a surprise drop in China’s trade tempered optimism after the Federal Reserve eased concern about U.S. rate rises. Indonesian equities tumbled after elections failed to show a ...
European Stocks Rise After Two-Day Drop; Kingfisher Gains
April 9th, 2014
European stocks advanced, after the region’s equities posted their first back-to-back losses in more than three weeks. U.S. index futures were also little changed, while Asian shares outside Japan rose. Kingfisher Plc (KGF) added 1.5 percent as UBS AG ...
Europe Index Futures Rise With Asia as Yen Retreats
April 2nd, 2014
European index futures climbed with Asian stocks, Treasuries fell and the yen retreated before reports that may signal the U.S. economic recovery is gathering pace. New Zealand’s dollar weakened and gold rebounded. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index added 0.4 ...
European Stocks Climb After Weekly Gain; Novartis Gains
March 31st, 2014
European stocks rose, after the biggest weekly gain in more than a month, as investors awaited economic data out of Europe and America later this week. U.S. stock-index futures and Asian shares climbed. Novartis AG advanced 2.8 percent after ...
Siemens CEO Rebuked as German Business Defends Putin Partnership
March 31st, 2014
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s deputy chided Siemens AG (SIE) Chief Executive Officer Joe Kaeser for traveling to Moscow, saying German companies shouldn’t sell out European values to protect business with Russia. The conflict over Kaeser’s meeting with President Vladimir Putin ...
CySec: Council Regulation
March 31st, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) informs, the Cyprus Investment Firms, the Management Companies and the Administrative Services Companies (‘the Regulated Entities) about the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of the Council Implementing Regulation ...
European Stocks Climb Before Euro-Area Confidence Report
March 28th, 2014
European stocks advanced, paring their monthly loss, as investors awaited data that may show euro-area economic confidence rose in March. U.S. index futures and Asian shares also climbed. Intesa Sanpaolo SpA gained 1.9 percent as it forecast dividend payouts ...
European Stocks Fall After Two-Day Rally; H&M, RBS Drop
March 27th, 2014
European shares fell, halting a two-day rally, on concern that the crisis in Ukraine may escalate. U.S. stock-index futures and Asian shares rose. Hennes & Mauritz AB fell 2.9 percent after reporting quarterly profit that missed analysts’ estimates. Royal ...
