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Stock futures mixed Thursday
July 24th, 2014
Stock futures were mixed Thursday ahead of the opening bell. Here is where major market indexes stood before the start of regular trading (Last updated 4:10 a.m.) Dow: – 0.13% S&P 500: – 0.11% Nasdaq: +0.02% Asian markets were ...
PayPal targets UK small businesses for cash advances
July 24th, 2014
Online payments firm PayPal is to start advancing cash to UK small businesses, the company has announced. The PayPal Working Capital fund is due to launch later this year, the firm said. The eBay-owned company said it would only ...
U.S. Stocks Rise as Apple Rallies With Health-Care Shares
July 23rd, 2014
U.S. stocks roes, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index at an all-time high, as Apple Inc. results boosted technology companies and health-care shares rallied amid earnings. Apple surged to the highest since 2012 after signaling the long wait ...
Lithuania to join euro area and single supervisory mechanism (SSM) on 1 January 2015
July 23rd, 2014
European Central Bank has issue a press release today about Lithuania to join euro area and single supervisory mechanism (SSM) on 1 January 2015. Conversion rate of the litas is fixed at 3.45280 = EUR 1 Lithuanian banks will ...
Stock futures tick up on earnings, world conflicts eyed
July 23rd, 2014
U.S. stock index futures edged up on Wednesday, boosted by bullish earnings from companies like Microsoft and Boeing, though conflicts in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip weighed on investor confidence. Microsoft (MSFT.O) shares rose 2.4 percent in premarket trading ...
Research: Trends & Conclusions
July 23rd, 2014
The insolvency and restructuring business remains slow-moving thanks to the improving economy and low interest rates. Lawyers note increased competition and a fight for the limited work available. But this period may soon be at an end as the ...
Cypriot firm launches legal action against EU over ‘bail-in’
July 23rd, 2014
Cypriot firm Dr K Chrysostomides & Co has filed a lawsuit against the EU on behalf of 51 claimants seeking compensation for losses suffered when Cyprus agreed to a ‘bail-in’ on two Cypriot banks. The case, filed before the ...
Lawyers trained to help deal with transnational cases
July 23rd, 2014
More training will be offered to law firms and lawyers specializing in cross-border lawsuits to expand their presence in an area dominated by foreign competitors, a senior official from the Justice Ministry said. By next year, the All-China Lawyers ...
Gold Flat As Markets Eye US Housing, Employment Data
July 23rd, 2014
Gold is flat on Wednesday, as the spot price stands at $1307.44 per ounce late the European session. There is just one event on today’s schedule, Crude Oil Inventories. Investors are waiting for new economic data, and on Thursday ...
Watch what markets don’t do as world politics turns nasty
July 23rd, 2014
Like so much in the investment world of late, it’s what financial markets are not doing right now that is most intriguing. Over the course of the past month, conflicts, superpower standoffs and economic sanctions have flared in ...
