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Citibank’s new UAE customers will now need to keep more than 10 times as much money in bank accounts
November 12th, 2015
Citibank’s new UAE customers told to have Dh35,000 minimum account balance Citibank said new customers in the UAE will now need to keep more than 10 times as much money in bank accounts than previously required as it focuses ...
Gold price extends gains on Diwali eve, silver slides
November 11th, 2015
Rising for the second straight day, gold prices in India edged up by Rs 5 to reach Rs 26,235 per 10 gram on the eve of Diwali at the bullion market on Tuesday on increased buying by jewellers to ...
Asian stocks mixed after China data deluge
November 11th, 2015
Asian stocks turned mixed on Wednesday following fresh economic data from China that largely met expectations. China’s fixed-asset investment (FAI) increased 10.2 percent in the January-October period compared with the year-earlier period, in line with expectations, slightly coming down from the ...
Emerging market slowdown and drop in trade clouding global outlook
November 10th, 2015
A further sharp downturn in emerging market economies and world trade has weakened global growth to around 2.9% this year – well below the long-run average – and is a source of uncertainty for near-term prospects, says the OECD. ...
Goldman’s BRIC Era Ends as Fund Folds After Years of Losses
November 9th, 2015
BRIC fund loses 21% in five years, leading to investor exodus Acronym-based investment strategy comes under greater scrutiny The BRIC era is coming to an end at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The bank’s asset-management unit folded its money-losing BRIC ...
IBM Unveils Matchmaking Technology to Navigate API Economy
November 6th, 2015
Prepares Clients for the Coming API Economy with Comprehensive Portfolio of Products and Services to Build Business Applications Unleashes New Intelligent Matchmaking Software for Finding and Leveraging the Best APIs New Linux Foundation Collaborative Project to Advance Open API ...
Virtusa Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire a Majority Interest in Polaris Consulting & Services, Ltd.
November 5th, 2015
Virtusa and Polaris would together create a leading global provider of end-to-end IT services and solutions to banking and financial services (“BFS”) industry segment. Virtusa and Polaris collectively will have approximately 18,000 (1) employees, generating $826 million of pro ...
Standard Chartered seeks £3.3bn from shareholders
November 4th, 2015
Bank posts first loss in years, and says it will cut 15,000 jobs and withdraw from riskier lending Standard Chartered is asking shareholders to stump up £3.3bn while axing 15,000 jobs after reporting its first quarterly loss in 15 years. ...
Trading Indices: Matters Arising
November 2nd, 2015
Indices are a measure of the performance of a certain set of listed stocks in a stock exchange. In a previous article, we had classified indices and described what they represent. In this piece, we shall consider a ...
Mario Draghi Interview: We must propose a way forward to Europeans
November 2nd, 2015
Interview with Il Sole 24 Ore Interview with Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, conducted by Alessandro Merli and Roberto Napoletano, published on 31 October 2015 President Draghi, in Malta last week, you stressed the downside risks for both ...
