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Bank of Thailand: Monetary Policy Committee’s Decision on 29 April 2015
April 29th, 2015
Mr. Mathee Supapongse, Secretary of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), announced the outcome of the meeting on 29 April 2015 as follows. The committee voted 5 to 2 to reduce the policy rate by 0.25 percentage point from 1.75 ...
Twitter Reports First Quarter 2015 Results; Lowers Full-Year 2015 Expectations
April 29th, 2015
Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, and outlined lower 2015 expectations. Q1 revenue of $436 million, up 74% year-over-year, slightly below the previously forecast range of $440 million to $450 ...
IFAC Group: Better Public Sector Financial Reporting, Accountability. Now.
April 28th, 2015
Accountability. Now. Coalition Meets for First Time to Drive Campaign Forward Convened by the International Federation of Accountants® (IFAC®), the Accountability. Now. coalition, comprising civil society organizations, major international bodies, and the accountancy profession, met for the first time to ...
Nomura Misses Goal of Returning to Profit Abroad
April 28th, 2015
Nomura Holdings Inc. missed its goal of returning to profit outside Japan last fiscal year, people with knowledge of the matter said. The pretax loss in Europe, the Americas and Asia for the year ended March was due to ...
Greek goverment drafting multi-bill after overhauling negotiating team
April 28th, 2015
The Greek government on Monday announced a shake-up of the team negotiating with the country’s international creditors, after Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis came under fierce criticism from his eurozone peers at a summit in Riga last week due to ...
Apple Reports Record Second Quarter Results
April 28th, 2015
Strong performance of iPhone, Mac & App Store drives 27% revenue growth & 40% EPS growth, setting new second quarter records Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2015 second quarter ended March 28, 2015. The Company posted ...
Fitch Downgrades Japan to ‘A’; Outlook Stable
April 27th, 2015
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Japan’s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to ‘A’ from ‘A+’. The issue ratings on Japan’s senior unsecured foreign and local currency bonds are also downgraded to ‘A’ from ‘A+’. The Outlooks ...
Central Banks Will Be Busy This Week, But Their Ability To Boost Global Business Is In Doubt
April 27th, 2015
Most big central banks have been easing policy since the beginning of the year and are set to do more, but it still isn’t clear whether that new activism, which has pushed stock markets to record highs, will help ...
Dollar on defensive after more weak U.S. economic data
April 27th, 2015
The dollar started the week on the defensive on Monday after more disappointing U.S. economic data reinforced expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve will not hike interest rates any time soon, while concerns about Greece‘s debt talks pressured the euro. ...
MAS Strengthens Regulations against Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing
April 24th, 2015
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today issued revised Notices to financial institutions (FIs) on anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT). The revisions are benchmarked against international best practices and the latest recommendations of the ...
