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European Stocks Climb After Weekly Gain; Novartis Gains
March 31st, 2014
European stocks rose, after the biggest weekly gain in more than a month, as investors awaited economic data out of Europe and America later this week. U.S. stock-index futures and Asian shares climbed. Novartis AG advanced 2.8 percent after ...
Siemens CEO Rebuked as German Business Defends Putin Partnership
March 31st, 2014
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s deputy chided Siemens AG (SIE) Chief Executive Officer Joe Kaeser for traveling to Moscow, saying German companies shouldn’t sell out European values to protect business with Russia. The conflict over Kaeser’s meeting with President Vladimir Putin ...
Littlewoods VAT court win leaves HMRC with £1.2bn bill
March 31st, 2014
LITTLEWOODS has won a VAT dispute with HM Revenue & Customs in the High Court, a ruling set to cost the taxman more than £1bn. The retailer contested HMRC should pay it compound interest on VAT overpayments that it ...
China Mulling Implementing FATCA-Like Law To Reduce Tax Evasion On Mainland; Hong Kong Agreed To Share Tax Information Of US Expats Earlier This Week
March 31st, 2014
China is to looking to formulate a law similar to one in the U.S., which now requires financial institutions worldwide to disclose information on American taxpayers to the U.S. government, South China Morning Post, or SCMP, reported Friday. China ...
Reserve Bank Bulletin Released
March 31st, 2014
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has released the March 2014 edition of the Reserve Bank Bulletin. The Bulletin’s first article provides an introduction to the Reserve Bank’s loan-to-value ratio (LVR) restrictions framework. The Bank imposed an LVR ‘speed ...
US stock market is rigged by high-speed traders
March 31st, 2014
The US stock market is rigged in favour of high-speed electronic trading firms, which use their advantages to extract billions from investors, according to the acclaimed author Michael Lewis. In his new book Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt, ...
USD/JPY tests 100-day SMA
March 31st, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Despite the resilience the 55-day SMA has recently demonstrated, in the end USD/JPY has managed to spike through the line and reach 103.03/102.76, which consists of the monthly R1 and 100-day SMA. Should the bulls continue pushing ...
GBP/USD pierced through 1.66
March 31st, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Following a rebound from the 100-day SMA and 2011 highs at 1.65 GBP/USD has breached a number of tough resistances, including the 55-day SMA and monthly pivot point. Accordingly, a chance of further appreciation of the Sterling ...
EUR/USD backed by 100-day SMA
March 31st, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Although the support at 1.3733/1.3680 is not letting the sell-off to carry on, EUR/USD at the same time is failing to gain a bullish momentum in order to leave this area. Still, as suggested by the weekly ...
Cuba acts to draw more foreign investors
March 31st, 2014
Few would say Cuba is an easy place to do business, but a new law aimed at bringing pep to an anemic economy may lure more foreign investors. Cuban lawmakers Saturday approved an international investment measure. Vice President Marino ...
