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Dollar climbs on yen, BOJ passes baton to ECB
November 3rd, 2014
The U.S. dollar powered to seven-year peaks against the yen on Monday and a two-year high on the euro, a punishing trend for commodities priced in dollars as gold, silver and oil all fell. Disappointing surveys out of China’s ...
Citigroup sets aside $600 million more to cover legal costs
October 31st, 2014
Citigroup Inc (C.N) said it was setting aside an extra $600 million to cover legal expenses in the third quarter due to “rapidly evolving regulatory inquiries,” while also disclosing that it was subject to foreign exchange market probes. Citigroup ...
Australia 200 – Threatening to Return to Above 5500 Again
October 31st, 2014
Australia 200 for Friday, October 31, 2014 Throughout most of September the Australia 200 Index declined strongly from its multi-year high after running into resistance around 5650 back to enter its previously established trading range between 5400 and 5500, ...
The Opportunity in Weak Commodity Prices
October 31st, 2014
Commodity markets – especially for crude oil — continue to face headwinds from excess supply and uncertainties about divergent monetary policies. But nascent positive trends give commodity markets a more balanced outlook, in our view. Looking into the end ...
Asia shares edge up on brightening US prospects, BOJ awaited
October 31st, 2014
Japanese stocks soared 4.8 percent to their highest close since November 2007 and the yen skidded to near seven-year lows against the dollar on Friday, after the Bank of Japansurprised markets with fresh easing steps it called a pre-emptive ...
Inflation? Deflation Is New Risk
October 31st, 2014
A generation of economists and central bankers who lived through the 1970s learned that there is a large risk from runaway inflation and that steps must be taken to stop it before it gets out of control. In reality, ...
Ukraine and Russia Reach Deal on Natural Gas Supplies
October 31st, 2014
The agreement, under European Union auspices, ends a standoff over payments for gas Ukraine had already consumed, and terms for future deliveries. Russian and Ukrainian officials reached an agreement on Thursday night to resume Russian deliveries of natural gas ...
Japan’s Central Bank unexpectedly moves to stimulate economy
October 31st, 2014
The Bank of Japan will buy larger quantities of government debt in an effort to battle deflation. After insisting for more than a year that its aggressive monetary policy was sufficient to revive Japan’s economy and end deflation, the ...
Banque Internationale À Luxembourg Opens DIFC Branch
October 31st, 2014
Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL), the oldest bank in Luxembourg, announced on October 27, 2014, that it has opened its first United Arab Emirates (UAE) branch in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). The bank said the opening of ...
Russia: Court Rules Against Tycoon
October 31st, 2014
A Moscow court on Thursday ruled in favor of nationalizing a Russian billionaire’s majority stake in the oil producer Bashneft, one of the country’s largest private oil companies. Prosecutors last month placed the billionaire, Vladimir P.Yevtushenkov, the head of ...
