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Asia shares up after Wall St recovers from Ukraine-driven slide
August 18th, 2014
Asian stocks stalled and the dollar sagged against the safe-haven yen on Monday, as another bout of tensions in the Ukrainian conflict sapped investor confidence. Spreadbetters are picking European shares, which already had a chance on Friday to absorb ...
Yen Falls as Russia Eases Ukraine Tension
August 11th, 2014
The yen fell versus 14 of its 16 major peers as concern eased about tensions in Ukraine after reports last week that Russia’s warplanes ended drills and the nation is seeking to mediate between Kiev and rebel forces. The ...
Tax fraud in Catalonia advances talks
July 28th, 2014
Jordi Pujol, the patriarch of Catalan politics, has admitted conducting tax fraud by hiding money offshore. Mr. Pujol, 84, founded Catalonia’s governing party, Convergence, and was its leader from 1980 to 2003. During that period, he acted as a ...
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 ...
Credit Suisse to report biggest loss since 2008 linked on Tax Fine
July 21st, 2014
Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) is poised to report its biggest quarterly loss since the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. after being fined $2.6 billion for helping American clients evade taxes. The bank will tomorrow post a loss ...
New sanctions cause Russian shares and rouble to tumble
July 17th, 2014
The United States imposed its toughest sanctions yet on Moscow on Wednesday, and Russian stocks and the rouble tumbled on Thursday. Safe-haven assets such as gold, yen and German bonds rose. The rouble-traded MICEX stock market dropped 2.5 percent ...
European Stocks Advance With Asia as Gold, Oil Retreat
July 14th, 2014
European and Asian stocks advanced with U.S. equity-index futures after a gauge of global shares suffered its biggest weekly loss in three months. Gold fell from a four-month high, corn slid a 10th day and oil dropped as the ...
Dukascopy Group expands in Shanghai
July 4th, 2014
Dukascopy Bank has officially announced the opening of Dukascopy (Shanghai) Business Consulting Co., a member of Dukascopy Group in Shanghai, China, on 15th of May 2014. This office aims at supporting non-regulated activities of Dukascopy Group such as financial ...
Europe Stocks Rebound From Four-Day Loss as Dialog Jumps
June 26th, 2014
European stocks rose, rebounding from a four-day losing streak, as investors awaited data to assess the health of the U.S. economy. U.S. index futures were little changed, while Asian shares advanced. Dialog Semiconductor Plc and AMS AG climbed more ...
ECB extends US dollar liquidity-providing operations
June 17th, 2014
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB), in cooperation with the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank, has decided to continue to offer one-week US dollar liquidity-providing operations after 31 July ...
