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China Stocks Jump in Last Hour of Trading on State Support Signs
September 16th, 2015
Government buying may be trigger for rebound, IG Asia says ChiNext small-caps index jumps 7.2% for biggest one-day gain China’s stocks surged after the Shanghai Composite Index slid below the key 3,000 level, with gains coming in the ...
The president of China’s biggest brokerage is under investigation
September 16th, 2015
The president of China’s largest brokerage has been caught in Beijing’s widening probe of insider trading. Cheng Boming, the president of Citic Securities, is being investigated for “insider dealing and leaking inside information,” the company said in a stock ...
U.S. oil extends gains on stock-draw, Brent lags with Asian economies
September 16th, 2015
U.S. oil prices extended gains in Asia on Wednesday on an unexpected stockpile draw and higher gasoline prices, while international crude markets were weaker on the back of low Asian economic growth expectations. Front-month U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) ...
UBS reveals its interest in Sidechains as well as Ethereum
September 15th, 2015
There is an air of confidence about UBS at this time concerning the bank’s exploration of distributed ledger technology and smart contracts. Recently, UBS demonstrated how a bond could be automated on a blockchain, the shared ledger system similar ...
Asian Markets Brace for Fed Decision
September 15th, 2015
Stocks in Shanghai deepened losses ahead of possible U.S. rate increase Shares in Japan pared gains after the Bank of Japan tempered its assessment of the country’s economy, while elsewhere, China led markets lower ahead of a decision on interest ...
Innovate Finance and IBM to open blockchain lab
September 14th, 2015
UK fintech champion Innovate Finance is to establish a blockchain lab in partnership with the Hartree Centre, the high performance computing and data analytics research facility founded by the UK Government in association with IBM. Blockchain has become one ...
PwC UK achieves strong growth: 2015 financial highlights
September 14th, 2015
Firm launches innovative digital annual report PwC, the professional services firm, has today (14 September) reported revenue growth of 10 percent to £3,083 million for the year ended 30 June 2015, up from £2,814 million the previous year. Profits ...
Traders’ Phones Are Becoming a Zone of Total Surveillance
September 14th, 2015
At large banks, regulatory requirements and new technology change how conversations are conducted Wall Street has a message for its traders: Watch what you say. At large banks in the U.S. and Europe, traders’ everyday activities are being recorded ...
Chinese shares lead Asia lower on economic fears
September 14th, 2015
Mainland Chinese shares led the rest of the region lower as a raft of government data over the weekend pointed to more signs of weakness in the Chinese economy. Growth in both fixed-asset investment, up 10.9% in August from a ...
Gold holds near four-week low on india’s bullion plan before fed
September 11th, 2015
India’s government on Wednesday approved a gold monetisation plan and sale of sovereign bonds by the Reserve Bank of India Gold held near a four-week low on concern that India will reduce bullion imports and as US jobs data ...