Search Results for: U.S. interest rates
Euro off highs, China shares swing to new peak
June 5th, 2015
Asian shares were mostly lower on Friday while bonds snapped a vicious losing streak and the euro retreated as investors braced for U.S. jobs data and another day of drama over Greece. The main exception was China where stocks ...
Asia stocks subdued, euro and Aussie stand tall
June 3rd, 2015
A spike in U.S. and German debt yields reduced the appetite for riskier assets to keep Asian share markets subdued on Wednesday, while the euro held gains made on upbeat euro zone inflation data and on hopes that Greece ...
Charter Strikes $55 Billion Deal for Time Warner Cable
May 26th, 2015
Including debt, deal is valued at $78.7 billion Charter Communications Inc. has struck a $55 billion cash-and-stock deal for Time Warner Cable Inc., giving cable mogul John Malone the prize he has been chasing for two years. The offer is valued at about $195 a share, ...
Asian shares turn higher as China rallies, dollar up
May 26th, 2015
Asian shares turned higher on Tuesday, reversing earlier losses on the back of gains in Hong Kong and China, while the dollar extended highs scaled in holiday-thinned trading in the previous session. European shares marked a weak finish in ...
It Is Mathematically Impossible To Pay Off All Of Our Debt
May 25th, 2015
Did you know that if you took every single penny away from everyone in the United States that it still would not be enough to pay off the national debt? Today, the debt of the federal government exceeds $145,000 ...
Libor Case Comes to Trial
May 25th, 2015
U.K. prosecutors to contend Tom Hayes led conspiracy to manipulate rates Is a 35-year-old mathematician the modern face of financial crime? In a trial starting Tuesday in London, British prosecutors will contend that the answer is yes. They are ...
Asian shares little changed, Fed views hurt some markets
May 25th, 2015
*CPI data, Yellen speech revive U.S. rate increase expectations * Nikkei underpinned by upbeat export data, weaker yen * Crude oil steadies after Friday’s losses ahead of U.S. holiday Asian shares got off to a slow start on Monday after U.S. ...
Bank of Japan: Statement on Monetary Policy
May 22nd, 2015
1. At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by an 8-1 majority vote, to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank of ...
Barclays to Pay $400 Million Penalty to Settle CFTC Charges
May 21st, 2015
CFTC Also Took Action Today Against Barclays and its Affiliates for Attempted Manipulation and False Reporting of the ISDAFIX Benchmark, an Interest Rate Benchmark — the First Enforcement Action Addressing Abuse of ISDAFIX Barclays Has Now Been Subject to ...
Japan shares set fresh 15-year high, dollar holds gains after Fed minutes
May 21st, 2015
Japanese shares hit a new 15-year high on Thursday on hopes that its long-moribund economy was finally coming to life, but weak China factory activity capped stock market gains in much of the rest of Asia. The dollar held ...
