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Asian shares edge up, wary of China volatility
July 31st, 2015
Asia markets record monthly loss after China drop U.S. GDP data reinforces bets that Fed is on track to hike Nikkei down after Japanese data disappoints Gold, copper record losses on stronger dollar Asian shares inched higher on ...
BNP Is Considering Its Biggest Bank Revamp Since the Crisis
July 30th, 2015
BNP Paribas SA is considering a reorganization of its securities unit that may bring the deepest cost cuts since the financial crisis. France’s largest bank enlisted Oliver Wyman and Boston Consulting Group to work on the revamp, dubbed “CIB ...
Asia stocks up as China steadies, wary of Fed
July 29th, 2015
Asian shares were mostly higher on Wednesday on hopes that Beijing could stem the rout in its markets without damage to the economy, though caution was the watchword ahead of a policy decision from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The ...
BP Has Worst Profit in 10 Years on Libya Write-Off, Trading
July 28th, 2015
BP Plc reported the lowest quarterly profit in at least 10 years after a boom in trading faded and the conflict in Libya forced almost $600 million of writedowns. Profit adjusted for one-time items and inventory changes dropped to ...
Asian stocks hit three-week lows as China gloom spreads
July 28th, 2015
Asian stocks fell to three-week lows on Tuesday as a deepening rout in Chinese stocks erased risk appetite – sending investors flocking to safe-haven instruments such as government bonds and the Japanese yen. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares ...
Copper, China And World Trade Are All Screaming That The Next Economic Crisis Is Here
July 27th, 2015
If you are looking for a “canary in a coal mine” type of warning for the entire global economy, you have a whole bunch to pick from right now. “Dr. Copper” just hit a six year low, Morgan Stanley ...
Square reportedly files for IPO
July 27th, 2015
Mobile payments startup Square has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, according to Bloomberg sources. People with “knowledge of the matter” have told newswire Bloomberg that Jack Dorsey’s firm has taken advantage of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, which ...
Asian shares skid as Fed monetary meeting looms
July 27th, 2015
Asian shares began the week on a plaintive note amid losses on Wall Street and worries over China, while investors braced for a Federal Reserve meeting that might take another small step toward lifting U.S. interest rates. Financial spreadbetters ...
Oil under $48-a-barrel, but analyst sees a bottom
July 27th, 2015
Oil prices are trading sideways on Monday after last week’s fall due to a supply overhang as well as a broadly strong dollar. Brent crude LCOU5, -0.16% , the global oil benchmark, rose 5 cents to $54.50 a barrel on London’s ICE ...
FBI Arrests Coin.MX Founders For Money Laundering Violations
July 24th, 2015
Anthony R. Murgio and Yuri Lebedev of West Palm Beach Florida were arrested today for running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange with the goal of helping individuals launder money. The press release the FBI put out charges the men of ...
