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Stocks open higher as oil spikes
May 5th, 2016
U.S. stocks look set to get back on the winning track as equity prices opened higher Thursday, helped by a spike in oil prices caused by production outages in Canada due to wildfires. The Dow Jones industrial average kicks off trading ...
Kingdom of Bahrain Unveils New Tourism Identity
May 5th, 2016
– ‘Ours. Yours’ launched at the Arabian Travel Market – Six representative offices will be launched in the GCC The Kingdom of Bahrain launched today its new tourism identity under the slogan of ‘Ours. Yours’ in a step to ...
European Stocks Decline Fourth Day as Earnings Fail to Encourage
May 5th, 2016
BHP Billiton leads commodity producers lower on Brazil lawsuit Societe Generale advances as earnings beat estimates European stocks posted their longest losing streak in more than a month as the latest batch of earnings failed to lift investor sentiment. ...
Shares in London Stock Exchange crashed this afternoon
May 4th, 2016
Shares in London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSE) crashed this afternoon as the owner of the New York stock exchange pulled out of a potential rival bid. It now paves the way for the potential £21bn merger of LSE and the German Deutsche Börse AG ...
European stocks dragged lower
May 4th, 2016
European stocks capped their worst three-day decline since February as miners plunged and lenders fell on earnings reports. By the close in Dublin, the ISEQ Overall Index was down 1.94pc, or 119.25 points, to end the trading day at ...
ASX Group publishes Activity Report for April 2016
May 4th, 2016
The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, rose 3.2% in April 2016. This performance was stronger than all major markets including Hong Kong up 1.4%, the UK up 1.1%, Germany up 0.7% and the ...
Deutsche Börse launches FinTech hub in Frankfurt
April 28th, 2016
Yesterday evening marked the opening of Deutsche Börse’s FinTech hub in Frankfurt, making it one of the first major companies of the region to support the Hessian State Government’s FinTech initiative to set up a FinTech cluster in Frankfurt. ...
Volkswagen (VOW) Overtakes Toyota In Q1 Car Sales For Global Top Spot
April 27th, 2016
Even though an emissions-cheating scandal has rocked German car maker Volkswagen AG — expected to cost the company upward of $18 billion — the company’s sales were buoyed by China and Europe, allowing it to overtake its archrival Toyota ...
CVC Capital Partners acquires majority stake in betting operator Tipico
April 26th, 2016
CVC Capital Partners announced today that funds advised by CVC Capital Partners (“CVC”) have signed a binding agreement for the acquisition of a majority stake in Tipico Group (“Tipico”). The current proprietors will remain shareholders in the company. The ...
Eurostat released employment rate of people aged 20 to 64 in the EU
April 26th, 2016
Employment rate of people aged 20 to 64 in the EU above 70% in 2015 New peaks for women and those aged 55-64 In 2015, the employment rate of the population aged 20 to 64 in the European Union (EU) ...