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India Hedge Funds Are World’s Best Performer on ‘Modi, the Hero’
August 27th, 2014
Hedge funds investing in India have become the world’s best performers this year on expectations that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will revive Asia’s third-largest economy. India-focused hedge funds, with a sixth of the $16.5 billion in assets of those ...
Scottish independence: Firms question “Yes” vote business case
August 27th, 2014
More than 130 businesses have signed a letter saying the business case for Scottish independence “has not been made”. Scotland will go to the polls in the referendum on 18 September, with voters being asked the “Yes/No” question: “Should ...
Supreme Court’s coal block ruling may cause further economic impact
August 26th, 2014
A mass cancellation of coal blocks awarded since 1993 could cost India up to $3 billion in additional imports and hurt financial firms that have lent to the sector, broking firms said on Tuesday. Apex court ruled on Monday ...
Brent Extends Drop as Mideast Oil Supply Stays Safe; WTI Steady
August 25th, 2014
Brent fell for a second day amid speculation that turmoil across the Middle East won’t threaten crude supplies. West Texas Intermediate was steady in New York after a technical issue disrupted electronic trading. “The region is in chaos but ...
Shares, stocks and corporate news overview
August 22nd, 2014
European markets are set for a lower open this morning ahead of a long weekend here in the UK. The day will be fairly low-key with no major economic data being released, and investors have turned their attention to ...
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 ...
King Digital is crushed by poor quarter results
August 13th, 2014
Candy Crush maker King Digital entertainment yesterday announced poor second-quarter revenue, sending its share price crashing by 21 per cent in after-hours trading. This was the UK-based, but New York-listed company’s second quarterly report as a public company since its ...
Royal Bank of Scotland to offload global Coutts arm
August 12th, 2014
Royal Bank of Scotland said it planned to sell the international operations of Coutts, its private bank for wealthy clients including Queen Elizabeth II and David Beckham, just months before the unit is expected to be fined for helping ...
Asia shares extend bounce, oil pinned near lows
August 12th, 2014
Asian shares nudged higher on Tuesday, tracking rallies in the United States and Europe as investors seemed to put aside geopolitical concerns, at least for the moment. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS added 0.3 percent ...
The Tricks of China’s Trade
August 11th, 2014
Last year, China ostensibly reached another milestone in its meteoric rise, surpassing the United States to become the world’s largest trading country, with its total trade turnover valued at CN¥25.83 trillion ($4.16 trillion). But this achievement is largely illusory ...
