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Oil jumps to nearly $104 as Ukraine crisis spirals
July 18th, 2014
The price of oil continued to climb on Friday, reaching nearly $104 a barrel on concerns that the tensions over Ukraine and new sanctions against Russia could disrupt global supplies. Benchmark U.S. crude for August delivery was up 51 ...
Google earnings miss; revenue jumps at Play
July 18th, 2014
Google, still the king of online advertising, reported surging second-quarter revenue, but heavy spending pushed its earnings below Wall Street expectations. ”This is a quarter that has something for everyone: the bulls and the bears,” BGC Partners analyst Colin ...
Asian shares fall as Malaysia jet downing hits sentiment
July 18th, 2014
Asian shares sagged and a drop in Treasury yields pressured the dollar on Friday after news of a downed Malaysian airlines jet at the Ukraine-Russia border sent investors scurrying into defensive assets. The United States believes a surface-to-air missile ...
Alibaba Plans IPO for After Labor Day
July 18th, 2014
Investors will have to wait a little longer for a chance to buy into the year’s most-anticipated initial public offering. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. on Thursday decided to push back its IPO—which could raise more than $20 billion—until after ...
5 Russian stocks you should be watching
July 18th, 2014
Investors remain largely in the dark about what happened with the fallen Malaysia Airlines flight and the affect of recently announced U.S. sanctions against Russia. But three Russian stocks are suffering mightily over what the fallout for Russia could ...
Profit Surges at Morgan Stanley
July 17th, 2014
Morgan Stanley said on Thursday that its second-quarter earnings surged, driven largely by growth in the firm’s wealth management operations and by strong performances in investment banking and equity sales. Excluding certain charges relating to its debt and a ...
SEC Announces Charges in Scheme to Secretly Enable Lawbreakers to Run Microcap Company
July 17th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced fraud charges against four individuals and a microcap company for concealing from investors that two lawbreakers ran the company. According to the SEC’s orders instituting administrative proceedings, the mission of Natural Blue ...
Gold Steady Ahead of Key US Numbers
July 17th, 2014
Gold is trading just shy of the key $1300 level on Thursday. In the European session, the spot price stands at $1299.07 per ounce. On the release front, it’s a busy day with three key events, Building Permits, Unemployment ...
Europe Stocks Slide With Russia’s Ruble as Gold Advances
July 17th, 2014
European stocks dropped while gold and the yen rallied as new sanctions sent Russia’s ruble and bonds plunging amid efforts to curb violence in Ukraine. Chinese shares fell as new offerings locked up funds and a potential onshore-bond default ...
Technical Analysis GBP/USD wallows beneath 1.72
July 17th, 2014
Technical Analysis GBP/USD 17/07/2014 Pair’s Outlook Although at the beginning of the week it seemed that GBP/USD has finally received a strong upward impetus after a test of the 2009 peak, the pair remains unable to surpass this month’s ...
