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Asian Stocks Fall After HSBC China Manufacturing Drops
August 21st, 2014
Asian stocks outside Japan fell for the first time in nine days after a private gauge of Chinese manufacturing dropped more than economists forecast. The MSCI Asia Pacific excluding Japan Index slid 0.8 percent to 509.13 as of 2:23 ...
Asian Stocks Fall as BHP Billiton Drags Index Lower
August 20th, 2014
Asian stocks fell after valuations reached the highest level this year and as BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) slumped, dragging materials shares to the largest decline on the regional gauge. BHP, the world’s largest miner, tumbled 3.9 percent in Sydney ...
Corporate Asia May Struggle with Rate Rise
August 19th, 2014
Corporate Asia has taken advantage of ultra-low interest rates over the past few years, loading up on debt, but with rates set to rise, there may be risks ahead. “With the U.S. Federal Reserve expected to begin normalization of ...
Abe finding it hard to get his way on defence
August 19th, 2014
On 1 July, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a decision to broaden the interpretation of the Japanese Constitution to enable Japan to exercise its right to collective self-defence. But to what extent will the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) ...
Lawmakers criticize Fed’s crisis lending program
August 19th, 2014
Federal Reserve was urged to limit its crisis lending programs for big banks from a bipartisan group of lawmakers. During the crisis, the Fed invoked its emergency lending powers to pump cash into Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and other banks ...
PwC takes on Aussie legal market
August 18th, 2014
Former King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) partners Tony O’Malley and Tim Blue, who set up a Sydney boutique earlier this year, have joined accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to launch an Australian legal services arm. PwC Australia chief executive Luke ...
European Stocks Rise as Ukraine Concern Eases
August 18th, 2014
European stocks advanced, after equities climbed the most in more than a month last week, as Ukraine and Russia met for talks. U.S. index futures rose, while Asian shares were little changed. United Internet AG added 3.3 percent as ...
Asia shares up after Wall St recovers from Ukraine-driven slide
August 18th, 2014
Asian stocks stalled and the dollar sagged against the safe-haven yen on Monday, as another bout of tensions in the Ukrainian conflict sapped investor confidence. Spreadbetters are picking European shares, which already had a chance on Friday to absorb ...
Asia shares up as investors bank on more stimulus
August 14th, 2014
Asian shares pushed higher on Thursday after a flood of soft economic data led investors to wager on a ceaseless fountain of stimulus from major central banks, sending bond yields tumbling across the globe. An economic contraction in Japan, ...
Goldman Sachs a final bidder for $1.6 billion Tokyo building
August 13th, 2014
A Goldman Sachs Group Inc unit is a final bidder for a Tokyo office tower in a deal that could fetch about 165 billion yen ($1.6 billion), said people familiar with the deal, which could be the biggest office ...
