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Bank of England maintains Bank Rate at 0.5%
February 4th, 2016
Bank of England maintains Bank Rate at 0.5% and the size of the Asset Purchase Programme at £375 billion The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% inflation target and in a ...
Iran appears keen to start mining its substantial metals reserves
February 4th, 2016
Iran Looking To Ramp Up More Than Just Oil Production As the oil markets remain focused on the re-emergence of Iran as a major oil producer following the recent lifting of sanctions, another oversupply storm is brewing as the ...
Greece: fears for more cuts and tax increases will be needed to unlock bailout loans
February 4th, 2016
Greece Fears More Austerity Pain Ahead to Unlock Bailout Loans Nationwide strike called to protest cuts as talks progress with creditors The outlook for Europe’s most depressed economy hinges on how talks progress between the Greek government and its ...
Laiki Bank case: Vgenopoulos rubbishes claim of Laiki ignorance of loan exchange
February 4th, 2016
Embattled former Laiki Bank boss Andreas Vgenopoulos insisted on Wednesday that a loan exchange worth $217 million must have been approved by Laiki’s board of directors, especially when such a decision required approval from the Central Bank of Cyprus. ...
Credit Suisse announces full-year and 4Q15 results
February 4th, 2016
Credit Suisse reported Group FY2015 pre-tax loss of CHF 2,422 million and 4Q15 pre-tax loss of CHF 6,441 million, including substantial charges which are not reflective of our underlying business performance: goodwill impairment of CHF 3.8 billion, restructuring costs ...
Russia is now China’s biggest oil partner — and it’s a huge problem for Saudi Arabia
February 4th, 2016
Saudi Arabia has long trumped Russia in the Chinese oil market. The Saudi share of Chinese crude imports at the beginning of the decade was about 20%, while Russia’s was below 7%, according to data cited by RBC Capital ...
SEC Charges Lending Company and Brokerage Firm With Fraud
February 4th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced fraud charges against a Manhattan-based lending company and its owner accused of repeatedly lying to investors purchasing high-yield securities. The SEC also charged the brokerage firm that acted as the placement agent and two ...
Moscow Exchange registers more than 95 thousand individual investment accounts
February 4th, 2016
The Moscow Exchange has issued a press release to inform that: As of 1 February 2016 Moscow Exchange had registered 95,020 individual investment accounts (IIAs) opened by private investors with brokers and asset management companies. “IIAs are a popular ...
Lower oil prices hit UAE and Saudi Arabia economies, latest PMI survey shows
February 4th, 2016
The economies of the UAE and Saudi Arabia slowed further last month, according to monthly trackers of business activity published yesterday, as falling oil prices and a stumbling global economy hit the region. The UAE purchasing managers’ index, which ...
Dow, S&P 500 rally with energy; Alphabet drops
February 4th, 2016
U.S. stocks staged a late-day rally on Wednesday as an 8-percent jump in oil prices lifted beaten-down energy shares and financials rebounded. The Nasdaq stayed weaker but ended well off the day’s lows. Oil prices LCOc1 CLc1 snapped a ...
