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Burness Paull defends multi-million dollar claim relating to legacy business
November 18th, 2016
Burness Paull is defending a $210m claim relating to legacy business Paull & Williamsons, Legal Business has learned. The claim, filed by Robert Kidd, former chairman and principal shareholder of oil service firm International Tubular Services (ITS) relates to a private equity ...
Oil prices fall as strong dollar wipes out OPEC cut optimism
November 18th, 2016
Oil prices fell in early trading on Friday as the strengthening U.S. dollar snuffed out rekindled hopes that OPEC might agree production cuts. International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were trading down 13 cents at $46.36 per barrel at ...
Dollar Extends Weekly Surge on Yellen Commentary as Metals Drop
November 18th, 2016
Japan’s Topix climbing for a seventh day as yen languishes Fed Chair sees hike relatively soon, plans to serve full term The dollar extended its advance after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaled an interest-rate hike could be imminent, ...
Pound US Dollar Exchange Rate Advances as UK Retail Sales Trigger Rush for Sterling
November 17th, 2016
Pound US Dollar Exchange Rate Climbs after Forecast-Beating Retail Sales Results The Pound has been able to rise by 0.4% against the US Dollar today, primarily on account of the October retail sales results. On the month and the ...
Dollar stays near 13-and-a-half year peak; BOJ bond operation weighs on yen
November 17th, 2016
The dollar caught its breath on Thursday, after charging to a 13-1/2 year high against a basket of currencies on bets the Trump administration will adopt inflationary policies, while the yen sagged after a Bank of Japan bond-buying operation. ...
Asian Stocks Rebound Amid Dollar Retreat as Trump Shock Fades
November 16th, 2016
Zinc retreats from six-year high as yuan extends slide Major crude producers are holding talks to agree output cuts Asian stocks rose for the first time in four days and the dollar weakened versus most peers as investors questioned ...
Bonds Selloff Abates as Dollar Snaps Trump Rally; Oil Rebounds
November 15th, 2016
Emerging-market stocks, currencies have first gains in a week Japan bonds fall after auction; 10-year yield touches zero The fallout from Donald Trump’s election to the U.S. presidency showed signs of moderating in financial markets with benchmark Treasuries and emerging-market ...
Dollar climbs as U.S. yields spike; Asia shares divided
November 14th, 2016
The U.S. dollar hit a nine-month peak in Asia on Monday as the risk of faster domestic inflation and wider budget deficits sent Treasury yields ever higher, a painful mix for assets in many emerging market countries. The reflation trade saw ...
Dollar rides Trump rally, hovers near 3-1/2-month high vs. yen
November 11th, 2016
The dollar hovered near a 3-1/2-month high versus the yen on Friday, after making big gains overnight as the markets prepared for a Donald Trump presidency that could stimulate the U.S. economy fiscally and lift interest rates. The U.S. ...
Deloitte executive arrested in South Korea on charges for a multibillion dollar accounting fraud
November 7th, 2016
A former Deloitte Anjin executive was detained Wednesday on charges of deliberately ignoring a multibillion dollar accounting fraud involving embattled shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for the former ...
