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Indonesia Stocks Rise to Record as Rupiah Falls After Rate Cut
February 18th, 2015
Indonesian stocks headed toward a record close and government bonds advanced, while the rupiah fell, after the central bank unexpectedly cut borrowing costs. The benchmark rate was lowered to 7.5 percent from 7.75 percent after local markets closed Tuesday, ...
Greek stocks fall as debt deal talks stall
February 17th, 2015
Yanis Varoufakis: “We are ready and willing to do whatever it takes” Greece’s stock market fell by more than 4% at its open after European finance ministers failed to reach a new deal to restructure the country’s debts. Greek ...
Greece defies creditors, seeking credit but no bailout
February 17th, 2015
Talks between Greece and euro zone finance ministers over the country’s debt crisis broke down on Monday when Athens rejected a proposal to request a six-month extension of its international bailout package as “unacceptable”. The unexpectedly rapid collapse raised doubts about Greece’s future ...
Italy’s Economy Fails to Rebound
February 13th, 2015
Italy’s economy stagnated in the three months through December, failing to rebound from its longest recession on record. Gross domestic product was unchanged from the previous quarter when it dropped 0.1 percent, national statistics institute Istat said in a ...
Greece, lenders appear to edge closer to deal
February 13th, 2015
There were hopes on Thursday that Greece and the eurozone might be edging toward a deal after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, attending his first European Union summit, agreed for government officials and representatives of the country’s lenders to find ...
Greek PM Tsipras in Brussels as clock ticks on EU bailout (Video)
February 12th, 2015
Greece‘s radical new prime minister Alexis Tsipras was in Brussels on Thursday to lay out his case for more financial help to fellow EU leaders following finance ministers’ failure to narrow differences overnight. The summit chairman, conservative former Polish ...
Cinnober to provide ASX with new trading system
February 12th, 2015
Australia’s major equities and derivatives markets will adopt a common technology platform architecture The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has now announced that it has selected Cinnober for a major upgrade to its trading technology. Cinnober’s state-of-the-art TRADExpress Trading System will replace ...
Varoufakis doesn’t rule out rift as Schaeuble warns time running out
February 11th, 2015
Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis did not rule out clashing with his eurozone counterparts at Tuesday’s Eurogroup meeting in Brussels as Germany’s Wolfgang Schaeuble warned that Greece would be offered no other deal than the extension of its existing bailout. ...
Central Banks Move to Drive Down Currencies, Yielding Domino Effect
February 9th, 2015
The central-bank stimulus spree of 2015 has the look of a global currency war. In quick succession, countries representing about a third of the world’s economic output—from the eurozone to China, Australia and Canada—have taken steps that have driven ...
U.S. Banks Say Soaring Dollar Puts Them at Disadvantage
February 9th, 2015
Firms Say They May Be Forced to Hold More Capital Than Foreign Rivals The strengthening U.S. dollar is rippling through the financial system in unexpected ways, revealing what bankers say is a hidden flaw in a Federal Reserve proposal ...