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Luxottica and Essilor agree €50bn merger
January 16th, 2017
Italy’s Luxottica and France’s Essilor have agreed a €50bn merger deal, one of the largest ever European cross-border transactions, creating a global leader in the fast-growing eyewear industry. The deal sees Luxottica, the world leading consumer eyewear group and ...
Eight men earn more than 3.6 billion people: our economics is broken
January 16th, 2017
Today, eight people have the same wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population. Stop and think about this. It is a mind-boggling concept. Last year we said we would have needed a double-decker bus to transport the ...
FTSE 100 continues record run, rising for 14th day in a row
January 13th, 2017
U.K. stocks gained for a 14th straight day on Friday, extending their record winning run as the weaker pound spurred investors to buy into British multinationals. The FTSE 100 index UKX, +0.30% rose 0.5% to 7,327.85, on track for ...
BILLING/ CUSTOMER SUPPORT OFFICER
January 12th, 2017
HIRING: New Billing/ Customer Support Officers: Overview: Trade Finance is in our DNA. For more than 10 years, XTrade has helped global traders with access to the world’s largest and most liquid market. By offering the most innovative trading ...
OANDA appoints new CEO
January 12th, 2017
OANDA Global Corporation’s Board of Directors has appointed Vatsa Narasimha, formerly CFO of OANDA, as its CEO. Mr. Narasimha succeeds Ed Eger who, alongside the Board, hand-selected Mr. Narasimha for the role. Mr. Eger will remain at OANDA to support ...
FTSE 100 extends a record-breaking run
January 11th, 2017
European stocks rose Wednesday, with London striking another record pinnacle on the sliding pound and rebounding commodity prices. Sterling fell as weak official trade data offset bright industrial output figures — and the currency’s slide gave a fresh impetus ...
EEX Group achieves yet another record year in 2016
January 11th, 2017
Double-digit growth on the core markets – Product portfolio expanded – PXE becomes part of EEX Group The European Energy Exchange (EEX) successfully continued its growth story and was able to significantly increase its trading volumes in 2016. On ...
Investing in Gold? What year 2017 shows
January 9th, 2017
Should you invest in gold in 2017? Gold investment demand tends to go up when the world economy is uncertain and volatile. 2016 was an archetypal game of two halves for gold investors. From January up until early June, ...
Oil prices start the week lower after jump in U.S. rig count
January 9th, 2017
Oil prices were lower early on Monday as drilling activities in the U.S. intensified last week, stoking concerns that the effort by global oil producers to curtail oversupply could be undercut by American shale producers. On the New York ...
Saudis expect 46% increase in oil revenue this year
January 4th, 2017
Saudi Arabia has forecast its revenue from crude oil will significantly rise in 2017, as prices show a positive trend after the deal between OPEC, Russia and other producers to cut output. Riyadh expects to collect 480 billion riyals ...
