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Gold Prices Steady Ahead of Federal Reserve Minutes
August 20th, 2014
The US economy has been moving in the right direction, but inflation numbers in the US remain at very low levels. On Tuesday, CPI and Core CPI, the primary gauges of consumer inflation, both posted paltry gains of 0.1%. ...
Asian Stocks Fall as BHP Billiton Drags Index Lower
August 20th, 2014
Asian stocks fell after valuations reached the highest level this year and as BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) slumped, dragging materials shares to the largest decline on the regional gauge. BHP, the world’s largest miner, tumbled 3.9 percent in Sydney ...
Rich Russians in U.K. Think About Sanctions, but Keep Buying Mansions
August 20th, 2014
A lunchtime crowd of around 60 real-estate agents and property developers tucked into champagne, caviar and canapés last week at a new six-bedroom mansion in St. George’s Hill, a gated community in London’s leafy suburbs popular with ultrawealthy foreigners. ...
Lehman Brothers pension scheme payout agreed
August 19th, 2014
Members of the Lehman Brothers Pension Scheme will receive their benefits in full after a £184m settlement was reached in the six-year legal battle that followed the firm’s insolvency. The Pensions Regulator (TPR) announced today that a settlement had ...
Microsoft Cloud Service Azure Experienced Global Outage
August 19th, 2014
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)’s Azure cloud-computing service, a critical part of Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella’s plan to remake the software company, experienced a major global outage yesterday that lasted for around five hours. Azure, which lets businesses access computing ...
Singapore Dollar’s Losses to Ringgit Seen Widening: Asean Credit
August 19th, 2014
The diverging economic fortunes of two Southeast Asian neighbors are prompting PineBridge Investments to favor Malaysia’s ringgit over Singapore’s dollar. The ringgit has gained 4% to 2.53 per Singapore dollar since reaching a 16-year low of 2.63 in February, ...
Gold – Eases Below $1300
August 19th, 2014
Gold for Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Over the last couple of days Gold has been easing lower back towards the $1300 level and has just slipped just below that level of the last day or so. In the last ...
Australia 200 – Threatening to Break Higher Again
August 19th, 2014
Australia 200 for Tuesday, August 19, 2014 The Australian 200 Index has enjoyed a solid move higher over the last week bouncing off the support level at 5400 up to a two week high above 5550. In its typical ...
Gold Under Pressure, Testing Support at $1300
August 18th, 2014
Gold is flat on Monday, continuing to show little activity as we start the new week. The spot price stands at $1302.67 per ounce in the European session. There is only one US release on Monday, NAHB Housing Market ...
European Stocks Rise as Ukraine Concern Eases
August 18th, 2014
European stocks advanced, after equities climbed the most in more than a month last week, as Ukraine and Russia met for talks. U.S. index futures rose, while Asian shares were little changed. United Internet AG added 3.3 percent as ...
