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India’s Tata Group marks $35 billion investment
July 30th, 2014
Unveiling a new blueprint for growth, the Tata group, India’s largest diversified business conglomerate, has communicated to the top brass of its 100-odd companies, a new vision to maximise synergies among group companies by focusing on four new clusters ...
Economic sanctions on Russia from EU and U.S.
July 30th, 2014
EU governments have agreed to impose sweeping sanctions on Russia, targeting state-owned banks, imposing an arms embargo and restricting sales of sensitive technology and the export of equipment for the country’s oil industry, in response to Moscow’s continued backing ...
Asian Equities Extend Six Year High
July 30th, 2014
Asian stocks rose for a fourth day, with the regional benchmark index extending a six-year high, before the Federal Reserve updates markets on monetary policy today and as the U.S. and European Union strengthened sanctions against Russia. Honda Motor ...
AFM warns for unauthorised firm
July 29th, 2014
The supervisory authority of Holland (Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets – AFM), reports that the company Matheson Wang Group (www.mathesonwang.com), with declared headquarters in Hong Kong, is offering investment services without the required authorisation. Source: consob
The Non-Eclipse of America
July 29th, 2014
The recent creation of a new international development bank by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – the so-called BRICS – is just the latest challenge to America’s global leadership. But, from an international business perspective, the United ...
Deutsche Bank Posts 29 Percent Net Profit Drop
July 29th, 2014
Deutsche Bank AG posted a 29 percent drop in second-quarter net profit Tuesday, hit by what it described as higher taxes, declining revenue and political instability affecting the markets. Germany’s largest bank said its net profit in the April-June ...
Zillow acquires Trulia
July 29th, 2014
With a $3.5 billion, online real estate giant Zillow will acquire rival Trulia in a, all-stock deal, Zillow announced Monday. The transaction is expected to close next year. Under the terms of the deal, Zillow will pay 0.444 shares ...
Argentine’s debt must be paid to holdouts
July 29th, 2014
Argentina’s battle in courts for over a dozen of years against the claims of holdout investors in its defaulted debt, did not turn out positively. The holdouts, led by Paul Singer’s Elliott Capital Management and Mark Brodsky’s Aurelius Capital ...
Shares, dollar steady ahead of key U.S. data, Fed meeting
July 29th, 2014
World stock markets remained almost unchanged on Monday while the U.S. dollar traded mostly flat against a basket of major currencies ahead of key U.S. economic reports and events this week. Wall Street ended flat as the latest deal ...
Asian stocks reach three-year peak, China holds gains
July 29th, 2014
Asian shares touched fresh three-year highs on Tuesday as investors in the region drew encouragement from a rally in Chinese markets, though caution was warranted given the torrent of U.S. economic news still to come this week. Hong Kong’s ...
