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Brent Oil Drops Before OPEC Meeting, Iran Nuclear Talks
November 18th, 2014
Brent crude dropped for a second day as investors weighed the possibility that OPEC will reduce output next week, or that talks over Iranâs nuclear program could result in an agreement. West Texas Intermediate was little changed in New ...
Yen Drops as Abe Delays Sales Tax, Calls Early Vote; Ruble Rises
November 18th, 2014
The yen fell against the euro and touched its weakest in more than seven years against the dollar as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called an early election and suspended a planned sales-tax increase. Japan’s currency slipped against most ...
Lufthansa signs $1.25 billion outsourcing deal with IBM
November 18th, 2014
IBM (IBM.N) has won an outsourcing contract from Germany’s Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) worth 1 billion euros ($1.25 billion) that will see the U.S. company take over the airline’s information technology infrastructure services division and staff. The move is part of ...
Weidmann: “Government bond purchases harbour major moral hazard”
November 18th, 2014
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has spoken out against possible plans to expand the Eurosystem’s balance sheet by way of government bond purchases on the part of the euro-area central banks. “Such purchases might create new incentives to run up debt, ...
Technical Analysis: Currency pairs – Nov 18
November 18th, 2014
Technical Analysis for November 18, 2014 EUR/USD has broken over the 1.256 line and hold on 1.2575 line. It attempts to break up but eventually failed and bounced back to the Friday’s level around 1.245. A new attempt move ...
Draghi Says ECB Measures Could Include Buying Government Bonds
November 18th, 2014
Mario Draghi has explicitly cited government-bond buying as a policy tool officials could use to stimulate the economy should the outlook worsen. “Unconventional measures might entail the purchase of a variety of assets, one of which is sovereign bonds,” the ...
Pound Falls a Fourth Day as Carney Signals Disinflation Risks
November 17th, 2014
The pound fell for a fourth day against the dollar, approaching a 14-month low, as Bank of England Governor Mark Carney and Chief Economist Andy Haldane signaled they’re concerned that inflation is slowing. U.K. government bonds rose along with Treasuries, pushing 10-year gilt ...
Technical Analysis: Currency pairs – Nov 17
November 17th, 2014
Technical Analysis for November 17, 2014 EUR/USD As the weekend shows us a break over 1.252, a short term bullish movement is expected in EUR/USD and it would target 1.256 next. A break over 1.256 will target 1.26 next too ...
Oracle, SAP settle long-running TomorrowNow lawsuit
November 14th, 2014
Oracle Corp and SAP SE have settled long-running copyright litigation for $356.7 million over improper downloads of Oracle files, ending a fierce legal battle between the two enterprise software rivals. The case involved SAP’s TomorrowNow unit, which the German company bought to ...
Technical Analysis: Currency pairs – Nov 14
November 14th, 2014
Technical Analysis for November 14, 2014 EUR/USD pair still moving sideways and a break to this triangle chart pattern will be soon. A break higher than 1.252 will bring a heavy buy and a break under 1.24 level will target ...
