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KPMG forecasts more pain for Dubai housing
February 15th, 2016
House prices in Dubai will continue to suffer this year as cheap oil and the strong US dollar push properties beyond the means of many overseas investors, according to the latest report from consultants KPMG. The low global price ...
KPI Kuwait said oil prices could reach a range of $50 to $60 a barrel by mid-2017
February 15th, 2016
Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) said on Saturday oil prices could reach a range of $50 to $60 a barrel by mid-2017, the official state news agency and Reuters reported. The agency quoted the company’s top executive Bakheet Al-Rashidi as ...
Europe open: Stocks rally on strong Asian cues; IAG flies higher on upgrade
February 15th, 2016
European stocks kicked the week off on an upbeat note, taking their cue from a strong session in Asia, despite the release of disappointing Chinese and Japanese data. At 0840 GMT, the benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 index was up ...
Here’s what the future of bitcoin looks like — and it’s bright
February 15th, 2016
Bitcoin has been proclaimed dead 89 times. It has been labeled a Ponzi scheme and a failed experiment. Writers have argued for it to be forgotten and for developers to move on to greener pastures. But moving beyond this ...
Shock slump in European industry bodes ill
February 11th, 2016
Europe‘s top four economies suffered steeper drops in industrial output during December than any analyst had forecast, a grim sign for the global economy as it struggles to sustain momentum. Wednesday’s industrial output data for Britain, France and Italy ...
CBI downgrades forecast for UK economic growth
February 11th, 2016
Employers’ organisation reduces forecast for GDP increases in 2016 and 2017 to 2.3% and 2.1% respectively Britain’s leading employers’ organisation, the Confederation of British Industry, has warned that the growth prospects for the UK economy have dimmed since George ...
Goldman Sachs Abandons Five of Six ‘Top Trade’ Calls for 2016
February 11th, 2016
New York bank closes bet on dollar strength versus euro, yen Divergent-rates policy still favors greenback, Himmelberg says Goldman Sachs to clients: whoops. Just six weeks into 2016, the New York-based bank has abandoned five of six recommended top trades for the ...
Gold demand resilient in 2015 as central banks and consumers spur strong H2 recovery
February 11th, 2016
Global gold demand in 2015 was virtually flat compared to 2014 at 4,212 tonnes (t), according to the World Gold Council’s latest Gold Demand Trends report. Despite a challenging start to the year, gold demand rebounded in the second half ...
Oil prices fall on U.S. storage glut, ongoing economic woes
February 11th, 2016
Oil prices slid on Thursday as record U.S. crude inventories at the Cushing delivery point and worries about a global economic slowdown weighed on markets, and Goldman Sachs said prices would remain low and volatile until the second half ...
The five fears stalking the global banking industry
February 10th, 2016
China, emerging markets, the eurozone, oil and commodities all pose a threat to the banking sector this year Banking shares have come under pressure this week as investors express fears that the sector will be badly hit by a global ...
