Search Results for: India
Fed Is Expected to Shift on Municipal Bonds
April 17th, 2015
In a change of heart, the Federal Reserve will allow big U.S. banks to use some municipal bonds to meet new rules aimed at ensuring they have enough cash during a financial-market meltdown, according to people familiar with the ...
Nokia Agrees to $16.6 Billion Takeover of Alcatel-Lucent
April 15th, 2015
The Finnish telecommunications company Nokia said Wednesday that it had agreed to an all-share takeover of Alcatel-Lucent that valued its French rival at 15.6 billion euros, or about $16.6 billion. The combined company is expected to become the world’s second-largest telecom equipment manufacturer ...
OECD Taxing Wages 2015 Report
April 14th, 2015
Taxes on wages have risen by about one percent for the average worker in OECD countries between 2010 and 2014, even though the majority of governments did not increase statutory income tax rates, according to the Organisation for Economic ...
ACCA-X: New online learning venture lunched by ACCA
April 8th, 2015
ACCA-X, edX and Epigeum collaborate to open-up access to the accountancy profession Details of a series of digital, high quality and open access courses are announced today by global accountancy body ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) with ...
SGX sees volume growth in both securities and derivatives markets in March
April 6th, 2015
Singapore Exchange (SGX) saw strong growth in trading volumes and market activities across securities and derivatives, and a 30% increase in bond listings. There were 22 trading days in March 2015 as compared with 18 days in February 2015 ...
Brokers under SEBI’s scanner for moving investors’ money abroad
April 6th, 2015
At least five stock brokers have come under regulatory scanner for siphoning off securities and funds worth over Rs 500 crore from investor accounts for personal gains to foreign locations, including Switzerland and Singapore, as also for private ventures ...
Asian central banks back in action this week
April 6th, 2015
The week ahead starts with Asian markets digesting the crucial U.S. nonfarm payrolls report, which continued to fuel the ongoing debate over when the Federal Reserve will launch its first interest rate hike. After digesting the U.S. jobs data, ...
Asian stocks higher after US gains as jobs data awaited
April 3rd, 2015
Asian stock markets were mostly higher in holiday-abbreviated trading Friday following gains on Wall Street as investors awaited American jobs data. Keeping Score: Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.3 percent to 19,377 points and Seoul’s Kospi was up 0.5 percent ...
Abu Dhabi’s FGB completes stake sale in brokerage
March 27th, 2015
First Gulf Bank, the second largest lender by market capitalisation in the UAE, has said a deal to sell its 45 percent stake in brokerage First Gulf Financial Services to an Abu Dhabi investment company has been completed. FGB, ...
Asia stocks down on weak data, Wall Street dive
March 26th, 2015
Asian stock markets mostly fell Thursday, battered by weak U.S. economic data and Wall Street’s retreat from near record highs. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.2 percent to 19,508.88 while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 0.1 percent to ...
