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Cyprus and India closer to resolving double-tax dispute
June 6th, 2014
Nicosia and New Delhi are inching closer to putting their double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) back on track, financial sources said yesterday. The sources, familiar with the subject but speaking on condition of anonymity, played down reports from India ...
European stocks hold six-year highs
June 6th, 2014
European stocks are holding six-year highs, while Wall Street is on course for another record, as investors continue to absorb the latest bout of central bank stimulus and attention turns to the health of the US jobs market. The ...
Russia-China Gas Pact Stirs Dream of Bridge Across Amur
June 6th, 2014
In winter, Russian shoppers drive cars across the frozen Amur River to buy knock-off Nike sneakers from Wu Haiou’s stall in the Chinese city of Heihe. In warmer months, they come by hovercraft and ferry. Russia’s $400 billion deal ...
Deutsche Bank cap hike delay due to court bottleneck
June 5th, 2014
Deutsche Bank’s (DBKGn.DE) plans for an 8 billion euro ($11 billion) capital hike came to an abrupt halt on Wednesday when a procedural bottleneck in a German court forced Germany’s flagship lender to delay the issue by several days. ...
Caution reigns as traders await Mr Draghi
June 5th, 2014
The euro is steady, benchmark bond yields nudging lower and bourses are mixed as investors wait to see if the European Central Bank will introduce a package of measures designed to tackle deflation concerns and boost the bloc’s economy. ...
Singapore follows China With Dangerous Debt Level
June 4th, 2014
Singapore companies’ indebtedness has swelled to the most in Asia after China and India as the city-state’s economic growth slows, according to GMT Research Ltd. Leverage among the Southeast Asian nation’s corporates is following counterparts in the two larger ...
Iran Eliminates US Dollar from Forex Reserves
June 3rd, 2014
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has practically rid the country’s foreign currency reserves of US dollar, replacing them with the United Arab Emirates’ dirham, an official said. Hossein Ya’qoubi, CBI governor for international affairs, told the Tasnim News ...
India slips to seventh spot on FDI confidence index
June 3rd, 2014
India has slipped to its lowest position in over a decade in the foreign direct investment confidence index, which has been topped by the United States for the second year in a row, a study has showed. The survey ...
Demographics, reforms, globalisation can make India a $5-trillion economy by 2025
June 3rd, 2014
Propelled by the three “success factors” of favourable demographics, globalisation and productivity-boosting reforms, India’s trend growth rates have been rising since the 1980s. Over the last decade, GDP growth has averaged 7.6%, compared with 6.1% in ’90s and 4.6% ...
India’s economic growth not as expected
June 2nd, 2014
India’s economic growth has remained subdued, due largely to a slowdown in the manufacturing sector, official figures have shown. The economy grew at an annual rate of 4.6% between January and March, below analysts’ forecasts and the same pace ...