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Brent Oil Drops Below $100 after Chinese Data
September 9th, 2014
Oil tumbled by $1 on Monday, with Brent sliding below $100 a barrel for the first time in more than a year and West Texas Intermediate tumbling to near its lowest of 2014, as Chinese and U.S. data pointed ...
Pound Suffers on Scotland Poll
September 8th, 2014
Sterling dropped as opinion polls highlighted the risk Scotland will vote for independence next week, potentially splintering the U.K.’s 307-year-old union. Britain’s currency slid to the weakest against the dollar since November after a poll by YouGov Plc showed ...
U.S. Trade Deficit Shrinks
September 5th, 2014
The good news? The overall U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly shrank a bit less than 1 percent in July from June. It was the smallest gap in half a year, and exports broke a record. The bad news? The U.S. ...
Down again! How low can Apple’s stock go?
September 5th, 2014
Apple (AAPL) shares got hit again Thursday following their colossal drubbing Wednesday. Shares of Apple closed down 81 cents, or 0.8%, to $98.12 in late-day trading Thursday as investors cool off from a remarkable bull run this year. Concerns ...
Goldman Sachs wins role stabilizing early trade in Alibaba IPO
September 4th, 2014
Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) will be the bank in charge of overseeing early share trading in China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s (IPO-BABA.N) initial public offering, according to a source. Other banks working on the e-commerce company’s IPO were ...
West TX Oil Surges Back to $96 on Data
September 4th, 2014
Crude oil prices climbed by more than $2 a barrel on both sides of the Atlantic on Wednesday, as oil markets bounced off multi month lows hit in the previous session. Prospects for peace between Ukraine and Russia, as ...
HSBC, Nomura Lose Bid to Block U.S. Regulator Lawsuits
August 29th, 2014
HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) and Nomura Holdings Inc. (8604) lost a bid to block claims by a U.S. regulator the banks say were brought too late, clearing the way for a trial of HSBC over questionable mortgage practices. U.S. ...
Irish Panel to Pick Privacy Regulator With Global Reach
August 29th, 2014
In the coming weeks, an Irish government committee is set to pick the country’s new data privacy regulator, a relatively obscure position but one with global sway. The five-person panel of civil servants and privacy experts will choose a ...
Mega-IPO to rekindle the ‘bromance’ behind Alibaba’s rise
August 28th, 2014
Masayoshi Son’s nose for an investment has turned a $20 million start-up punt on Alibaba into a stake worth maybe $50 billion or more as the Chinese e-commerce giant co-founded and led by Jack Ma heads to what could ...
Strong Demand for Australian Bonds
August 28th, 2014
The strongest demand at Australian bond auctions in a decade reflects yields in a sweet spot: more stable than those in the U.S. and higher than those in Europe. Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens has said he ...
