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Markets advance in anticipation of the ECB meeting
January 20th, 2015
US stock markets were closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. When trading resumes today investor attention will likely be focused on earnings reports of big corporations like Morgan Stanley, Johnson & Johnson, IBM and Netflix. ...
Former directors of First China financial services group ordered to compensate the company
January 20th, 2015
SFC obtains court orders against current and former directors of First China to compensate the company RMB18.69 million The Court of First Instance has ordered three current and former directors of First China Financial Network Holdings Ltd (First China), ...
Markets retreated while oil rebounded
January 15th, 2015
US stock market ended the session lower for the fourth consecutive day as a weaker than expected December retail sales report released before the start of trading sparked investor concern over the pace of US economic growth. As retail ...
Markets mixed as oil slide continues
January 14th, 2015
World markets were mixed on Tuesday as oil continued falling. US stock market started the trading session with a rally but the early gains were reversed by midday and the market ended the session slightly lower, recording triple-digit swings ...
European markets rise on US futures lead
January 12th, 2015
World markets were traded lower on Friday. Average Hourly Earnings in December, released in the United States, indicated unexpected decrease and affected investor’s sentiment. Non-Farm Employment Change outperformed the outlook, Unemployment Rate dropped to the lowest level over 6.5 ...
Standard Chartered PLC today announced the closure of its institutional cash equities, equity research and equity capital markets “ECM” activities
January 8th, 2015
Standard Chartered PLC (“The Group”) continues to exit or reconfigure non-core and underperforming businesses This decision is in addition to a number of actions being taken to deliver at least US$400m of cost saves targeted for 2015, as communicated ...
HSBC survey: China’s GDP growth to fall to new low, Brazil seen heading back to recession
January 7th, 2015
Output growth picked up in major emerging markets in December led by India, but was subdued overall with China seen slowing further and Brazil likely falling back to recession, an HSBC survey showed on Wednesday. The HSBC Emerging Markets Index rose to a ...
Emerging market fixed-income and FX markets
December 19th, 2014
Emerging market fixed-income and FX markets are poised for a third year of volatility because of a slowing China, strengthening dollar, lower oil prices, the prospect of a US rate hike, and the shortage of investable high yielders, as ...
China foreign direct investment jumps 22%
December 16th, 2014
China attracted $10.36 billion worth of foreign direct investment in November, up 22.2% from a year earlier, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement Tuesday. The figure was also up from October’s $8.53 billion, which was 1.3% higher ...
Wal-Mart used questionable accounting, sales practices in China: report
December 11th, 2014
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s WMT, -0.69% retail business in China has been made to look better than it is, due to “questionable accounting and unauthorized sales practices,” Bloomberg News said in a report that published Wednesday. Citing internal documents and ...
