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USD/JPY contained by 102.35/10
May 15th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook As suspected, USD/JPY failed to gain a foothold above 102.35/10, which is a necessary condition for the long-term sustainable recovery. But at the same time the currency pair is currently well-supported (mainly by the 200-day SMA and ...
Geithner Must Give S&P Documents in U.S. Fraud Suit
May 14th, 2014
Ex-U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner must comply with Standard & Poor’s demand that he provide documents related to its claim the U.S. sued the company in retaliation for downgrading government debt. Harold W. McGraw III, chairman of S&P parent ...
SFC resolves concerns over Citigroup’s algorithmic trading system
May 14th, 2014
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited (Citigroup) for its failure to ensure that certain securities orders executed through its algorithmic trading system between April 2009 and May 2010 would not cause undue ...
Investors May Have Gained Early Word on Fed Policy, Study Finds
May 14th, 2014
Some investors may have gotten early word of changes to Federal Reserve policy between 1997 and 2013 and profited by trading before the policy shifts were publicly announced, according to Singapore-based researchers. Trading records show abnormally large price movements ...
What the Kenya Railroad Says About China’s Approach to Africa
May 14th, 2014
When China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang announced a deal with Kenya to establish a new railroad, whose first stage will link the port city of Mombasa to the capital, Nairobi, he framed the arrangement in terms familiar to Sino-African ...
Reserve Bank of N.Zealand: Financial system sound, but risks remain
May 14th, 2014
Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler said today when releasing the Bank’s May Financial Stability Report that New Zealand’s financial system remains sound, and well placed to support the expansion in the economy. However, Mr Wheeler warned several risks to the ...
London’s Latest Boom Is in Billionaires
May 13th, 2014
Tucked into the U.K, the world’s seventh-richest country with an annual GDP of about $2.5 trillion, is an island of rich people with its own subculture, customs, habits and proclivities. London now has more billionaires than any other city ...
Ex-Barclays chief to be quizzed by fraud office over alleged bribes
May 13th, 2014
Former Barclays boss Bob Diamond is to be grilled by the Serious Fraud Office over alleged bribes paid by the bank to Middle East investors during the financial crisis. The tainted former chief executive is among a dozen former ...
Election optimism boosts India stocks to record high
May 13th, 2014
India’s benchmark index surged to a record high Tuesday after exit polls indicated that voters will deliver a mandate to Narendra Modi and the pro-business Bharatiya Janata Party. Mumbai’s Sensex index advanced more than 1.5% in early trading as ...
China Slowdown Deepens
May 13th, 2014
China’s industrial-output, investment and retail-sales growth unexpectedly slowed, suggesting the government’s efforts to counter an economic slowdown have yet to gain traction. Factory production rose 8.7 percent in April from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said ...
