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Reputation: The Hardest Risk to Manage
April 8th, 2014
GlaxoSmithKline’s unfolding bribery scandal is an object lesson in how a direct hit to its reputation can devastate a company’s finances. Protecting an organization’s reputation is the most important and difficult task facing senior management teams and boards of ...
European Stocks Are Little Changed Amid Ukraine Tension
April 8th, 2014
European stocks were little changed, after dropping yesterday from a six-year high, as investors weighed escalating tensions between America and Russia over the future of eastern Europe. U.S. index futures and Asian shares were also little changed. Suedzucker AG ...
U.K. Industrial Output Surges More Than Forecast
April 8th, 2014
U.K. industrial production rose more than economists forecast in February bolstered by a surge in factory output that points to a continuing economic recovery. Production increased 0.9 percent from January, when it was unchanged, the Office for National Statistics ...
USD/CHF capped by 0.8940/23
April 8th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook A resistance zone at 0.8940/23, mainly formed by the monthly R1 and 100-day SMA, proved to be tough yesterday by throwing USD/CHF beneath the 2012 lows at 0.89. Now, if the 55-day SMA fails to underpin the ...
USD/JPY to face 102.72/70
April 8th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook It seems that the 100-day SMA will be insufficient to stop the U.S. Dollar from falling lower. However, there is a formidable support level at 102.72/70 (consisting of the monthly PP, weekly S1 and 20-day SMA) and ...
Cable Recovers From Last Wednesday’s Loses
April 8th, 2014
GBP/USD Open 1.6607 High 1.6625 Low 1.6561 Close 1.6604 On Monday Pound/Dollar increased with almost 65 pips. The Cable appreciated from 1.6561 to 1.6625 yesterday, in line with the positive money flow sentiment at around +8%, closing the day ...
Age of Gas Seen as Sideshow to U.S. Producers Prizing Oil
April 8th, 2014
The “golden age of gas” that the International Energy Agency foresees as a result of the U.S. energy boom is hardly the future being embraced by industry executives. At least based on comments from company officials presenting at the ...
Barclays Settles U.K. Libor Case Weeks Before Trial to Start
April 8th, 2014
Barclays Plc (BARC) settled the first U.K. lawsuit filed over allegations the bank manipulated Libor, weeks before the trial was scheduled to start. Barclays agreed to restructure the debt of Graiseley Properties Ltd., which filed the lawsuit, as part ...
Asian Stocks Fall Second Day as Health-Care Shares Drop
April 8th, 2014
Asian stocks fell for a second day, following the biggest three-day rout in U.S. shares in more than two months, as health-care to technology companies retreated in Japan. Chinese equities rose. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. lost 5.2 percent after a ...
CFOs enter spend mode as risk appetite increases
April 7th, 2014
CFOs are looking to take more risk onto their balance sheets, as optimism and appetite to grow hit the highest levels in several years. Seven in ten of the senior CFOs interviewed by Deloitte said it was a good ...
