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Yuan Bears Say Record Dollar Debt to Fuel Decline: China Credit
November 7th, 2014
Yuan bears have added Chinese companies’ record dollar borrowings to the list of reasons why the currency may weaken. Chinese firms raised $196 billion from loans and bonds this year, 11 times more than the $17.7 billion of 2008, ...
Putin Ally Denies Knowledge of U.S. Money Laundering Investigation
November 7th, 2014
A commodities firm under investigation by federal prosectors on suspicion of money laundering and improper oil trading said on Thursday that it had no knowledge of the inquiry and called allegations of wrongdoing “baseless and false.” The investigation, first reported by The ...
Singapore Returns Up to $9 Billion to Banks in Rate Probe
November 7th, 2014
Singapore’s central bank gave back as much as S$12 billion ($9.3 billion) that it took from 19 lenders last year as a penalty for trying to manipulate benchmark interest rates. The banks have taken steps to prevent a recurrence ...
Gold Slumps With Silver to Lowest Since ’10 as Platinum Retreats
November 7th, 2014
Gold and silver tumbled to the lowest level in more than four years as a gauge of the dollar headed for the biggest weekly advance in more than 12 months, curbing demand. Platinum dropped to the lowest since 2009. ...
Friday November 7: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Currency pairs
November 7th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for November 7, 2014 EUR/USD sold off breaking and closing below the 1.24 handle on Thursday making a new two year low. Support at 1.2350-30. A close below extends to 1.22 in the short term. ...
Australia 200 – Consolidates Above Support at 5500
November 7th, 2014
Australia 200 for Friday, November 7, 2014 The Australia 200 index has enjoyed a solid resurgence over the last month after getting much needed support from the 5200 level, which has resulted in it moving back above the 5400 ...
UK banks face break-up threat as competition probe launched
November 6th, 2014
Britain’s big banks could be broken up after the country’s competition watchdog launched a full-blown investigation into services for small business customers and personal accounts because of a lack of competition. It marks the latest step by authorities to break the dominance of ...
Bitcoin ATM Goes Live at Google’s London Co-Working Space
November 6th, 2014
Visitors to Google’s ‘Campus London’ co-working space will now be able to buy bitcoin and spend the cryptocurrency on a coffee or muffin thanks to its new bitcoin ATM. Conveniently, the UK’s first BitAccess-made machine is located in the ...
Thursday November 6: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Currency pairs
November 6th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for November 6, 2014 EUR/USD The EURUSD closed below the 1.25 handle for the first time. This suggests more downside for the pair. Support below at 124.35-15 which is likely to be tested in the ...
Euro edges higher, stocks sag before ECB meeting
November 6th, 2014
The euro edged higher and European stocks pulled back on Thursday as investors waited to see how ECB chief Mario Draghi responds to another run of poor euro zone data and reports of disquiet about his leadership style. The ...
