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Iran nuclear talks: World powers to meet foreign minister
March 30th, 2015
Ministers from six world powers are expected to hold their first full session on Monday with Iran’s foreign minister over its nuclear programme. The deadline for reaching an agreement is Tuesday. The essence of an emerging deal is to ...
Greece’s Tsipras Meets Cabinet as Creditors Ponder Overhauls
March 30th, 2015
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is holding a cabinet meeting as Greek officials and creditors in Brussels discuss proposed overhauls for the country to secure more funds from the euro area and stave off fiscal collapse. Negotiations with Greece’s ...
Goldman Overtakes JPMorgan in Commodities After Mercuria Sale
March 27th, 2015
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. earned back its place as the largest bank by commodities revenue after JPMorgan Chase & Co. sold its physical raw-materials business. JPMorgan, which made the most money from commodities among the top 10 investment banks ...
Allen & Overy is IJGlobal’s Asia Pacific Law Firm of the Year
March 26th, 2015
Allen & Overy has been recognised as the “Law Firm of the Year” at the annual IJGlobal Asia Pacific Awards ceremony held in Singapore . Over 150 market professionals attended the ceremony, which recognises excellence, achievement and innovation in ...
Oil prices surge after Saudi air strikes in Yemen
March 26th, 2015
Brent crude oil shot up nearly 6 percent on Thursday after Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies began a military operation in Yemen, but the benchmark later came off its high near $60 as importers saw no immediate threat to supplies. The strike against ...
Asia stocks down on weak data, Wall Street dive
March 26th, 2015
Asian stock markets mostly fell Thursday, battered by weak U.S. economic data and Wall Street’s retreat from near record highs. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.2 percent to 19,508.88 while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 0.1 percent to ...
UK inflation rate falls to zero in February
March 24th, 2015
UK inflation rate fell to 0% in February, the lowest since records began, official figures show. Lower prices for food and computer goods helped to cut the rate from 0.3% in January, official figures show. February’s figure is the lowest ...
BOI: The Monetary Committee keeps the interest rate for April 2015 unchanged at 0.1 percent
March 24th, 2015
Inflation data The Consumer Price Index for February declined by 0.7 percent, while forecasters had projected a decline of 0.6 percent, on average. The decline in electricity prices, which came into effect in February, contributed 0.3 percentage points toward ...
Oil prices down as Opec remains stern about production levels
March 23rd, 2015
Oil prices declined further after Saudi Arabia’s oil minister said it is not the sole responsibility of Opec to raise oil prices in further indication that the biggest oil exporter has no plans to reduce oil production. Despite the ...
Asian markets up after Wall Street gains
March 23rd, 2015
Asian stock markets rose Monday following Wall Street’s gains amid expectations global central banks will hold off raising interest rates. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.2 percent to 3,659.11 points and Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 1.1 percent ...
