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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 ...
CySec warning against unauthorised internet domain
July 17th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) warns the investors that the company ‘Forextradition Ltd’ (https://www.forextradition.com): 1. Is not permitted to provide investment and ancillary services in the Republic, pursuant to Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law, as: ...
Japan upgrades economic outlook
July 17th, 2014
Japan upgraded its overall assessment of the economy in July for the first time in six months as consumers reopened their wallets following an initial pullback in spending in the wake of a sales tax increase. In its monthly ...
Microsoft to Cut Up to 18,000 Jobs
July 17th, 2014
Microsoft announced on Thursday that it would eliminate up to 18,000 jobs over the next year as part of a major restructuring. Previously, the largest layoffs at the company were in 2009, when about 5,800 people were affected amid ...
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 ...
Silver futures up 0.63% on global cues
July 17th, 2014
Tracking a rising trend in global markets, silver futures prices today rose by 0.63 per cent to Rs 45,730 per kg as speculators built fresh positions amid covering-up of short positions. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, silver for delivery ...
ECB will reveal unprecedented amount of data after bank stress tests
July 17th, 2014
The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday laid out plans to publish a trove of data on individual banks – ranging from measures of their leverage to a standard level of non-performing loans – on individual banks when it ...
