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Australia 200 – Bounces Strongly Off Support at 5100
October 15th, 2014
Australia 200 for Wednesday, October 15, 2014 Since the beginning of September the Australia 200 Index has declined strongly from its multi-year high after running into resistance around 5650 back to enter its previously established trading range between 5400 ...
Converse sues firms over trademark shoe
October 15th, 2014
US shoemaker Converse is suing 31 companies, arguing they are copying the design of its trademark shoe. The company filed lawsuits against big retailers such as Wal-Mart and Ralph Lauren for allegedly selling imitations of its famous Chuck Taylor ...
Gold – Eyes on Previous Key $1240 Level
October 14th, 2014
Gold for Tuesday, October 14, 2014 For the last few weeks Gold has enjoyed solid support at $1215 after falling strongly a couple of weeks ago from $1240 to just below $1215, however a couple of weeks ago it ...
New Chinese coal import tax causes disaster for Australian miners
October 14th, 2014
China’s bombshell decision to impose tariffs on coal imports could prove to be the tipping point for Australian miners already struggling to stay afloat. The move by the economic powerhouse to introduce the new duty of between 3% and ...
Italy on Sale to Chinese Investors as Recession Bites
October 13th, 2014
Clotilde Narzisi and Luca Soliman have run the Caffe Orefici, 200 feet from Milan’s iconic Duomo Cathedral, for 10 years. Forced to sell their business because of high taxes, they say their only hope now is to leave it ...
Emerging markets enter slow growth era
October 13th, 2014
Growth in emerging markets is slowing to its lowest ebb since the aftermath of the financial crisis due to a combination of China’s fading dynamism, a sputtering performance in eastern Europe and Latin America’s slowdown. Evidence that emerging economies ...
Agile’s Chairman placed under custody
October 13th, 2014
Agile Property Holdings Ltd. tumbled the most on record after its billionaire founder and chairman Chen Zhuolin was placed under the control of Chinese prosecutors and amid reports it assisted in money laundering in legal news. The stock plunged ...
I.M.F. warns of Global Financial Risk
October 13th, 2014
Policy makers at a meeting of the International Monetary Fund said that high debt in China and a lack of spending in Europe, among other factors, could provoke a market convulsion. A more immediate concern drew the attention of ...
Asian shares, oil prices tumble on growth worries
October 10th, 2014
Asian shares shuddered and Brent crude oil prices tumbled to their lowest since 2010 on Friday after weak German export data raised fears that Europe’s economic woes could drag down the global economy. “European markets face the prospect of ...
Hong Kong protests about economics as much as democracy
October 10th, 2014
For years, Beijing has feared colour revolutions. Now, it has one on Chinese soil. The Occupy Central movement has morphed into the Umbrella Revolution. Tens of thousands of Hong Kong citizens, including students as young as 13, have taken ...
