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Rosneft struggles to grow as sanctions hit Russia’s oil champion
September 9th, 2014
The Kremlin’s prized oil firm Rosneft is cutting staff and production and selling stakes in Siberian fields in the strongest evidence to date that Western sanctions are hurting what was the world’s fastest growing oil firm in recent years. ...
Shifting Polls in Scotland Send Investors Rushing for Shelter
September 9th, 2014
Scotland, home to just five million people, has never weighed on the minds of currency traders and market investors the way that Russia or China or the eurozone has — until now. A poll this weekend showed Scottish voters ...
Legislative on cheque imaging and payment systems access updated
September 8th, 2014
FCA has announced changes on legislation which has recently been introduced to British Parliament affecting payment systems. As part of FCA’s commitment to transparency, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has set out below details of these latest developments in ...
West TX Oil Below $94 as Market Awaits Chinese Data
September 8th, 2014
Brent crude fell on Monday for a third day of losses even though Chinese trade data showed both better-than-expected exports and weak imports that might prompt help for the economy, but it remained below $101 a barrel after poor ...
Gold Steady Below $1270 on Weak Jobs Data
September 8th, 2014
Gold extended gains to a second session on Monday, boosted by a disappointing U.S. non-farm payrolls report that eased concerns about an early interest rate increase, with investors also eyeing developments in the Ukraine crisis. Spot gold had ticked ...
Alibaba announces share sale details
September 8th, 2014
China’s biggest e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding says it expects to price its initial public offering (IPO) at between $60 and $66 per a share. It has filed to sell up to $24.3bn (£15bn) stock, which would make it ...
U.S. Trade Deficit Shrinks
September 5th, 2014
The good news? The overall U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly shrank a bit less than 1 percent in July from June. It was the smallest gap in half a year, and exports broke a record. The bad news? The U.S. ...
Goldman Sachs wins role stabilizing early trade in Alibaba IPO
September 4th, 2014
Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) will be the bank in charge of overseeing early share trading in China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s (IPO-BABA.N) initial public offering, according to a source. Other banks working on the e-commerce company’s IPO were ...
Caution dominates Asia bourses ahead of ECB meeting
September 4th, 2014
Asian bourses retreated from multi-month highs in a mixed session as investors took a cautious stance ahead of a keenly anticipated monetary policy update from the European Central Bank. Coming off a seven-month high, Japan’s Nikkei 225 Average fell ...
West TX Oil Surges Back to $96 on Data
September 4th, 2014
Crude oil prices climbed by more than $2 a barrel on both sides of the Atlantic on Wednesday, as oil markets bounced off multi month lows hit in the previous session. Prospects for peace between Ukraine and Russia, as ...
