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European stocks slip at the open as oil falls
April 11th, 2016
European markets opened lower, following a mostly negative lead from Asia, as the oil price reversed its positive moves to trade in the red. The pan-European STOXX 600 was down 0.3 percent. Asia markets were mostly lower on Monday morning although Chinese ...
Oil rises on signs of tightening market, but economic worries weigh
April 11th, 2016
Oil prices rose on Monday, extending a sharp rally seen at the end of last week after a drop in U.S. inventories and drilling, while outages and hopes that exporters could freeze output also supported prices. Oil futures were ...
Asia markets broadly lower as risk-off sentiment settles in
April 8th, 2016
Asia markets were broadly lower on Friday, after U.S. equities sold off overnight amid renewed concerns over global growth and the effectiveness of central bank policy. Australia’s ASX 200 retraced some of the early losses to trade down 0.4 percent, as ...
CFTC Announces Whistleblower Award of More Than $10 Million
April 7th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced an award of more than $10 million to a whistleblower who provided key original information that led to a successful CFTC enforcement action. The award is the largest made by ...
Asia markets mostly higher; Nikkei edges up despite yen strength
April 7th, 2016
Most Asian markets rose on Thursday, with Japan’s benchmark index snapping a seven-day losing streak despite fresh strength in the yen. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 closed up 34.48 points, or 0.22 percent, at 15,749.84, after wavering between positive and negative territory ...
SFAT affirms SFC decision to reprimand and fine Moody’s over Red Flags Report
April 6th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded Moody’s Investors Service Hong Kong Limited (Moody’s) and fined it $11 million for various failures relating to its preparation and publication of the special comment report entitled “Red Flags for Emerging-Market ...
Can A Divided OPEC Agree On Anything In Doha?
April 6th, 2016
Only two weeks remain until the fated meeting between the OPEC countries and their counterparts from outside the organization, scheduled to take place in the Qatari capital of Doha on the coast of the Persian Gulf. The meeting could ...
Asia markets higher; Nikkei turns up on slightly weaker yen
April 6th, 2016
Asia markets turned higher on Wednesday, shrugging off a global sell-off in equities overnight, as oil prices advanced and activity in China’s services sector showed signs of pick-up. Australia’s ASX 200 was up 0.54 percent. Japan’s Nikkei 225 wavered before trading up 0.28 ...
Amazon Payments Launches Global Partner Program
April 5th, 2016
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced the launch of the Amazon Payments Partner Program, a new global program designed to help ecommerce platform providers and developers extend the trust and familiarity of Amazon Payments to their merchant customers. The Amazon Payments ...
RBI:India Cuts Rates,First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2016-17
April 5th, 2016
Part A: Monetary Policy Monetary and Liquidity Measures On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, it has been decided to: reduce the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 ...
