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IG Group today announces Interim Results for the six months ended 30 November 2014
January 20th, 2015
IG Group Interim Results six months ended 30 November 2014: Operating and Financial Summary Strong first half results following a very subdued first quarter Net trading revenue(1) up 8% at £197.4 million Profit before tax up(2) 2.8% to £101.4 ...
Asian Currencies in Longest Weekly Declining Streak in Six Years
December 5th, 2014
Asian currencies dropped for a sixth week, the longest declining streak since 2008, as economic data boosted demand for the dollar and supported the case for higher U.S. interest rates. Malaysia’s ringgit led losses, falling to a five-year low ...
Dollar’s Strongest Rally in Six Years Stalls Before Jobs Report
December 2nd, 2014
The dollar’s strongest annual rally in six years stalled amid speculation the currency’s advance has been too rapid before U.S. data tomorrow forecast to show job growth slowed. Australia’s currency rebounded from near the weakest in four years after ...
How a $5,000 IRA Can Grow to $196 Million in Six Years: GAO
November 21st, 2014
Individual retirement accounts were created to help ordinary Americans build a nest egg for later life. But the IRA has also enabled some affluent investors to accumulate multimillion-dollar tax-sheltered accounts, often by using assets that aren’t publicly traded. Unless ...
Permits Rise to Six-Year High as U.S. Housing Starts Decrease
November 19th, 2014
Residential-construction permits in the U.S. climbed in October to a six-year high, pointing to a pickup in homebuilding after activity cooled because of a slowdown in multifamily projects. Groundbreakings for single-family homes, condominiums and apartments fell 2.8 percent to a ...
Madoff Trials in Geneva Loom Six Years After Fraudster Confessed
November 13th, 2014
Almost six years after Bernie Madoff admitted his investment firm was based on “one big lie,” two European criminal cases linked to the convicted fraudster are working their way to trial in Geneva. Prosecutor Marc Tappolet is finishing an indictment of ...
Six Federal Agencies Jointly Approve Final Risk Retention Rule
October 23rd, 2014
Six federal agencies, namely the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Office of Comptroller of the Currency and the Securities and Exchange Commission have ...
China’s economic growth slows to 7.3 percent in third quarter, near six-year low
October 21st, 2014
China grew at its slowest pace since the global financial crisis in the September quarter and risks missing its official target for the first time in 15 years, adding to concerns the world’s second-largest economy is becoming a drag ...
Six Dow stocks actually up today
October 16th, 2014
Believe it or not — there are six huge U.S. stocks escaping the pain There are six stocks in the Dow Jones industrial average, including Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), DuPont (DD) and General Electric (GE) that are up Wednesday, ...
Dollar surges to six-year peak on yen, Tokyo stocks cheer
September 18th, 2014
Japanese shares jumped on Thursday after the dollar vaulted to a six-year peak on the yen as the Federal Reserve’s outlook for rising rates underlined the diverging path between the United states and the rest of the rich world. ...
