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Asian shares push higher, shrug off global tension
July 22nd, 2014
Asian stocks touched a three-year peak on Tuesday, despite lingering concerns about crises in Ukraine and Gaza, while the yen eased against the dollar and the euro. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.5 percent to ...
European Stocks Decline as Investors Weigh Earnings
July 21st, 2014
European stocks declined as investors weighed earnings reports and international tensions after the downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine and Israel’s offensive in Gaza. U.S. index futures were little changed, while Asian shares climbed. Aveva Group Plc and ...
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 ...
AbbVie-Shire Deal Is Expected, in a Flight to a Lower-Tax Locale
July 18th, 2014
The biggest deal of the year is set to be announced on Friday morning, as the pharmaceutical giant AbbVie plans to announce a $53 billion acquisition of Shire, according to people briefed on the matter. The deal will allow ...
SEC targets 10 firms in high frequency trading probe – SEC document
July 18th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been seeking information on 10 registered broker dealers as part of an ongoing investigation into high-frequency trading strategies, according to an internal SEC document reviewed by Reuters. The regulator told its ...
Tories ‘to challenge European court with British bill of rights’
July 17th, 2014
David Cameron is heading for a major showdown over Europe with a plan to assert the supremacy of parliament over the European court of human rights to avoid a repeat of the rows over the deportation of foreign criminals, ...
Litigation costs hit Bank of America quarterly profit
July 16th, 2014
Bank of America Corp (BAC.N), the second-largest U.S. bank by assets, reported a 43 percent drop in second-quarter profit as mortgage revenue fell and litigation costs soared. Earnings attributable to shareholders fell to $2.04 billion, or 19 cents per ...
Bank of China Hires in Hong Kong as High-Yield Bond Trade Starts
July 16th, 2014
Bank of China Ltd. is hiring traders and sales people in Hong Kong as it sets up a high-yield bond-trading platform to boost market share and cement its position as one of Asia’s top 10 debt underwriters. Surging sales ...
Imperial Tobacco to buy U.S. cigarette brands for $7.1 billion
July 15th, 2014
Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT.L) plans to buy U.S. cigarette brands including Winston and Kool for $7.1 billion as part of Reynolds American’s (RAI.N) $27.4 billion purchase of Lorillard (LO.N). Imperial’s purchase, meant to ease antitrust concerns from the marriage ...
Asian shares higher as earnings lift Wall Street
July 15th, 2014
Asian stocks markets were mostly higher Tuesday, fortified by Wall Street’s growing optimism over U.S. corporate earnings and hopes for encouraging economic data in China. China, the world’s No. 2 economy, is due to report its second quarter GDP ...