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S&P Lowers Russia’s Currency Ratings
April 25th, 2014
Standard and Poor’s Financial Services, or S&P, on Friday lowered Russia’s currency ratings, and hinted at the possibility of a further sovereign rating downgrade if the country’s failing creditworthiness, hurt by slowing economic growth and sanctions from the Ukraine ...
FCA Said to Observe Banks’ London Gold-Fixing Calls
April 25th, 2014
Regulators are stepping up their scrutiny of how gold prices are set, with officials from Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority visiting Societe Generale SA (GLE) to observe the so-called London fixing process, two people with knowledge of the matter said. ...
Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe Settle Antitrust Hiring Case
April 25th, 2014
Apple Inc. (AAPL), Google Inc. (GOOG), Intel Corp. (INTC), and Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) agreed to pay $324 million to settle an employee lawsuit over claims they conspired to suppress salaries by not recruiting one another’s workers, a person ...
Tokyo Inflation Quickens to Fastest Since 1992
April 25th, 2014
Tokyo’s consumer prices rose 2.7 percent in April from a year earlier, the biggest jump since 1992, pumped up by a sales-tax increase and a year of unprecedented stimulus from the Bank of Japan. Inflation excluding fresh food accelerated ...
5 companies worried about Ukraine
April 25th, 2014
The crisis in Ukraine is making itself felt in corporate earnings reports. Tensions escalated on Thursday as Russia said it would hold military exercises along the Ukrainian border. The move put pressure on the broader stock market. Some companies ...
BTC/USD Technical Analysis
April 24th, 2014
Bitcoin has been ranging for the past few days, and it looks like this may well continue for the rest of the week, due to a number of factors I’m observing, specifically on the Daily chart. I’m performing the ...
HKEx and Minsheng sign MOU
April 24th, 2014
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) and the Hong Kong branch of China Minsheng Banking Corp, Ltd (Minsheng) today (Wednesday) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for strategic cooperation on solutions for market users and product development. The ...
Reserve Bank raises OCR to 3 percent
April 24th, 2014
The Reserve Bank of N.Zealand has issued a press release informing on country’s economy as follows: New Zealand’s economic expansion has considerable momentum, with GDP estimated to have grown by 3.5 percent in the year to March. Growth is ...
FCA warning against unauthorised firms
April 24th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory authority, has issued a warning informing the investors that the following firms are not permitted to provide any financial services or products: Cash Pals (www.cash-pals.com) Business Finance World Ok-Loans Limited (www.ok-loans.co.uk) ...
GBP/USD confirms resistance 1.6222/14
April 24th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Although at first it seemed as if the resistance at 1.6822/14 is about to be breached, later in the day the bears moved GBP/USD away from the Feb high. But, unless the price falls beneath the nearest ...
