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Asia Stocks Climb as Xi-Trump Meeting Approaches: Markets Wrap
April 3rd, 2017
Chinese and Taiwanese markets are both closed for a holiday Event-laden week also includes U.S. jobs report on Friday Stocks in Asia rose at the start of a busy week that includes a meeting between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump ...
Asia Stocks Mixed on Final Day of Stellar Quarter: Markets Wrap
March 31st, 2017
Rand extends loss after South Africa finance minister fired Dollar maintains gains after Fed officials adopt hawkish tone Asian stocks retreated as investors pulled back on the final day of the biggest quarterly advance in five years for the ...
Oil rises on Libyan supply disruptions, likely OPEC output cut extension
March 29th, 2017
Oil prices on Wednesday extended gains from the previous session, lifted by supply disruptions in Libya and expectations that an OPEC-led output reduction will be extended into the second half of the year. Prices for front-month Brent crude futures, ...
Tesco to pay redress for market abuse
March 28th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today announces that Tesco plc and Tesco Stores Limited (Tesco) have agreed that they committed market abuse in relation to a trading update published on 29 August 2014, which gave a false or misleading ...
Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, South Korea stock indexes gain
March 28th, 2017
Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, South Korea stock indexes gain Yen higher after earlier loss, Australian bonds continue rally The selloff in riskier assets eased after U.S. stocks staged a recovery, with most Asian equity markets resuming their upward trajectories ...
Tesco and Serious Fraud Office near to deal over accounting scandal
March 28th, 2017
The Serious Fraud Office and Tesco are within days of announcing a settlement that could mean Britain’s biggest supermarket chain will pay a multimillion-pound fine over an accounting scandal. Under the deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), Tesco would pay a ...
A Bitcoin civil war is threatening to tear the digital currency in 2 — here’s what you need to know
March 27th, 2017
There’s a civil war in the bitcoin community over the digital currency’s future. Developers, miners, and other stakeholders are locked in a heated debate over how best to scale the network, with chances steadily rising of irreconcilable differences causing ...
European banks stashing billions in tax havens
March 27th, 2017
Europe’s largest banks are draining public coffers by stashing billions of profits offshore. A 52-page report, by international aid agency Oxfam out on Monday (27 March), estimates €25 billion of banker money ended up in tax havens in 2015. ...
US grassroots coalition calls for end to FATCA
March 27th, 2017
A coalition of 23 US taxpayer protection and grassroots organisations is campaigning for the repeal of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), labelling the regulations ‘unacceptable and un-American’ on the grounds they fail to tackle tax avoidance by ...
Oil dips as rising US drilling offsets talk of an OPEC-led cut extension
March 27th, 2017
Oil prices fell on Monday as rising U.S. drilling activity outweighed talks that an OPEC-led production cut initially due to end in mid-2017 may be extended. Benchmark Brent crude futures LCOc1 eased 22 cents, or 0.4 percent, from their ...
