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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 ...
High-Speed Trading Rules Coming From SEC
June 6th, 2014
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White unveiled the regulator’s most sweeping plan yet for reining in high-frequency trading and monitoring dark pools and other secretive trading practices in the world’s largest equity market. Proprietary traders who ...
Asian Stocks Rise With Ringgit; U.S., Europe Futures Gain
June 6th, 2014
Asian stocks rose for the fourth straight week and emerging-market currencies strengthened after the European Central Bank cut interest rates to fight deflation. The dollar headed for its best week since April versus the yen and U.S. and European ...
Little Change for U.S. Stock-Index Futures Before ECB
June 5th, 2014
U.S. stock-index futures remained relatively unchanged, after equities climbed to a record, while investors awaited the European Central Bank’s decision on stimulus today and the monthly jobs report tomorrow. Sprint Corp. advanced 4.2 percent in German trading after people ...
Irish Tax Reform needs further improvements
June 5th, 2014
The European Commission has described Ireland’s system of labor taxation as fragmented and complex, has criticized its range of value-added tax (VAT) rates, and called for improvements to environmental taxes. The comments are made in the Commission’s latest package ...
Goldman Sachs Bolsters Asia Mergers Team Amid Rising Volumes
June 5th, 2014
Goldman Sachs (GS.N) has named John Kim as its new head of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for Asia ex-Japan and will relocate Christos Tomaras from London to join that team, amid surging deal volumes in the region. Kim takes ...
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. ...
Yen Rebounds as Most Asia Stocks Drop With Oil Before ECB
June 5th, 2014
Japan’s yen rebounded from a one-month low while Euro Stoxx 50 Index futures were little changed before a European Central Bank monetary-policy announcement. Most Asian stocks retreated with oil, and platinum dropped amid talks to end a South African ...
European Commission urges UK to tax expensive homes more
June 4th, 2014
The European Commission has called on the UK to raise taxes on higher value properties, build more houses and adjust the Help to Buy scheme. In a review of UK economic policies, it said council tax bands should be ...
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 ...
