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U.S. Stocks Rise as Apple Rallies With Health-Care Shares
July 23rd, 2014
U.S. stocks roes, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index at an all-time high, as Apple Inc. results boosted technology companies and health-care shares rallied amid earnings. Apple surged to the highest since 2012 after signaling the long wait ...
SEC set to end $1 a share for some money funds
July 23rd, 2014
Regulators are expected to vote Wednesday to end a longtime staple of the investment industry — the fixed $1 share price for money-market mutual funds — at least for some money funds used by big investors. The idea is ...
New York Fed Censured Deutsche Bank Over Inaccurate, Unreliable Financial Reporting
July 23rd, 2014
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York found several deficiencies in the way German lender Deutsche Bank AG’s (NYSE:DB) U.S. unit was reporting its financial data, which, according to a Wall Street Journal report Tuesday, the company had known ...
U.S. SEC poised to adopt reforms for money market funds
July 23rd, 2014
U.S. regulators are expected to adopt rules on Wednesday that force “prime” money market funds used by large institutions to float their share price. Proponents have suggested that moving from the current stable $1 per share net asset value ...
Gold Posts Slight Gains on Ukraine Plane Crash, Gaza Hostilites
July 21st, 2014
Gold prices have moved slightly higher on Monday, as fighting rages in Gaza and tensions increase in Ukraine. In the European session, the spot price stands at $1316.03 per ounce. On the release front, there are no US releases ...
Gold Retreats From $1320 Line
July 18th, 2014
Gold started Friday trading just below resistance at $1320, and has dipped lower, losing much of the gains we saw a day earlier. In the European session, the spot price stands at $1309.60 per ounce. On the release front, ...
Alibaba Plans IPO for After Labor Day
July 18th, 2014
Investors will have to wait a little longer for a chance to buy into the year’s most-anticipated initial public offering. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. on Thursday decided to push back its IPO—which could raise more than $20 billion—until after ...
Gold Steady Ahead of Key US Numbers
July 17th, 2014
Gold is trading just shy of the key $1300 level on Thursday. In the European session, the spot price stands at $1299.07 per ounce. On the release front, it’s a busy day with three key events, Building Permits, Unemployment ...
Europe Stocks Slide With Russia’s Ruble as Gold Advances
July 17th, 2014
European stocks dropped while gold and the yen rallied as new sanctions sent Russia’s ruble and bonds plunging amid efforts to curb violence in Ukraine. Chinese shares fell as new offerings locked up funds and a potential onshore-bond default ...
Asia follows Wall St. higher, euro probes lows
July 17th, 2014
Asian equities gained on Thursday, lifted by another record-high close on Wall Street, while the euro probed recent lows against the dollar amid speculation the U.S. Federal Reserve is tilting toward tighter monetary policy in light of a stronger ...