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Portugal Bonds Drop With Europe Stocks as Gold Advances
July 9th, 2014
Portugal and Italy led declines in European bonds and stocks dropped while gold climbed. Emerging-market shares fell from a 16-month high. The yield on Portugal’s 10-year bond jumped 19 basis points to 3.84 percent by 9:53 a.m. in London. ...
Samsung Finds It Costly to Keep Up with China
July 9th, 2014
We were warned. Samsung Electronics (005930:KS) is facing tougher competition in the No. 1 market for smartphones—China—and has made it clear that no one should expect much from its latest quarterly results. The world’s largest maker of smartphones expected ...
Asian Equities Lower with Eyes on China
July 9th, 2014
Asian equities extended losses into a third session on Wednesday following a selloff on Wall Street overnight and steady Chinese inflation data. Consumer prices in the mainland rose an annual 2.3 percent last month, versus estimates for a 2.4 ...
U.S. Dollar Remains Lower Before Fed Minutes
July 9th, 2014
A gauge of the dollar remained lower before the Federal Reserve releases minutes of its most recent meeting amid speculation an uneven economic recovery will prompt policy makers to hold borrowing costs near zero. The greenback held losses from ...
China says GSK-linked trial being handled according to law
July 8th, 2014
The trial of a couple arrested last year following work they did for British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK.L) in China will be handled according to the law, China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday, brushing off U.S. concern about the ...
Hong Kong shares slip on weakness of casinos, China stocks off too
July 7th, 2014
Hong Kong shares fell on Monday with Macau casinos under selling pressure after last week’s strong rebound, while China markets were also weaker as investors await major economic data later this week. At midday, the Hang Seng Index was ...
Singapore Says More Overseas Criminals Seek Bank Accounts
July 2nd, 2014
Singapore prosecuted a record number of money laundering cases and seized more than S$115 million ($92 million) of suspected criminal proceeds in 2013 as more overseas offenders seek out bank accounts in the city. “Singapore’s openness as an international ...
Sex Video Is New Twist In GSK China Bribery Scandal
June 30th, 2014
GlaxoSmithKline GSK.L on Sunday confirmed the existence of an intimate video recording of its former China head, Mark Reilly, which the Sunday Times reported kicked off a bribery investigation that has damaged the drugmaker’s business in China. The Sunday ...
China Finds $15B of Loans Backed by Falsified Gold Trades
June 26th, 2014
China’s chief auditor discovered 94.4 billion yuan ($15.2 billion) of loans backed by falsified gold transactions, adding to signs of possible fraud in commodities financing deals. Twenty-five bullion processors made a combined profit of more than 900 million yuan ...
Emerging Markets: What Has Changed
June 20th, 2014
1) Russia continues to liberalize the currency and move to an inflation targeting regime 2) Political risk is rising in Poland 3) South Africa came under renewed rating downgrade pressures 4) The Chinese yuan’s one-way depreciating bet appears to ...
