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Australia 200 – Not Getting ‘Carried Away’ Above 5500
July 8th, 2014
Australia 200 for Tuesday, July 8, 2014 So will the Australia 200 Index be able to maintain its break through the key resistance level at 5500 having enjoyed a solid week last week? It reversed a little yesterday after ...
Technical Analysis AUD/USD – Resistance at 0.9425 Looms Large Again
July 8th, 2014
Technical Analysis AUD/USD for Tuesday, July 8, 2014 To start this week the Australian dollar is slowly trying to edge higher and regain some of the lost ground from late last week. The Australian dollar enjoyed a solid surge ...
Gold Extends Drop From 3-Month High as Dollar Strengthens
July 7th, 2014
Gold extended a decline from a three-month high as the outlook for higher borrowing costs in the U.S. strengthened the dollar. Silver also dropped. Gold ended a 12-year rally last year on expectations the Federal Reserve would reduce stimulus ...
Rupee retreats from lows as cbank steps up dollar purchases
July 4th, 2014
Rupee was trading at 59.80/81 versus its close of 59.73/74 as the central bank steps down dollar purchases while a fall in the domestic sharemarket also hurts. Dealers say the central bank has been spotted buying dollars sporadically via ...
Six banks sued over trustee roles
June 19th, 2014
A group of big investors including Blackrock and Pimco are suing six different banks including Deutsche Bank and HSBC for their role as trustees of mortgage-backed securities in the lead up to and during the financial crisis. In six ...
Australia Employers Cut Workers in May as Unemployment Holds
June 12th, 2014
Australian employers unexpectedly cut payrolls in May, underscoring the likelihood interest rates will remain at a record low for an extended period. The number of people employed fell by 4,800, the statistics bureau said in Sydney today. That compares ...
Microsoft fights U.S. search warrant for customer e-mails held in overseas server
June 11th, 2014
Microsoft, one of the world’s largest e-mail providers, is resisting a government search warrant to compel the firm to turn over customer data held in a server located overseas. In what could be a landmark case, the Redmond, Wash., ...
Will Russia’s friendship with China work?
June 6th, 2014
When Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping signed a huge gas deal last month, the timing couldn’t have been better. It was on the eve of the Putin’s St Petersburg Forum, and just weeks after ...
China’s Yuan edges lower on Dollar demand for dividend payments
June 4th, 2014
China’s yuan weakened marginally against the dollar on Wednesday as overseas-listed Chinese companies bought dollars to pay interim dividends, traders said. Spot yuan stood at 6.2552 per dollar at midday, easing 0.02 per cent from Tuesday’s close as the ...
Australian GDP Pickup Suggests RBA Transition Working
June 4th, 2014
Australia’s economy grew at the fastest pace in two years as surging exports and home building showed record-low borrowing costs are sustaining a 22-year expansion even as mining investment slows. First-quarter gross domestic product advanced 1.1 percent from the ...
