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Asia stocks, euro hit as ECB takes hard line on Greek debt
February 5th, 2015
Asian stocks were mostly lower and the euro slipped on Thursday after the European Central Bank said it would not accept Greek bonds as collateral – a robust early response to Athens’s efforts to renegotiate bailout terms with creditors. ...
‘Currency war’ to be ‘lose-lose’ game: Strategist (video)
February 4th, 2015
With each fresh headline of a central bank cutting interest rates comes rising concerns over the global race to the bottom. As the U.S. contemplates coming off policies that suppressed the dollar’s value, its counterparts are heading in the ...
World’s Largest Retail Forex Broker by Volume for 2014!
February 4th, 2015
GMO CLICK SECURITIES, a member of GMO CLICK GROUP, announced that the group continues to maintain its position as the largest global forex broker by volume since 2012*, achieved world No.1 for the third consecutive year. Since the launch ...
Rising oil boosts investors’ optimism
February 4th, 2015
US markets surged on Tuesday as rising oil prices lifted energy shares. Energy issues gained 2.8%, marking fourth-straight advance. Investors’ optimism was boosted also by developments in Greece’s debt negotiations and automaker’s reports of increases in January car sales. ...
Asian shares at three-month peak, warily watching oil
February 4th, 2015
Asian shares took Wall Street’s lead to reach three-month peaks on Wednesday as revived risk sentiment dented the U.S. dollar and sovereign bonds, though it was unclear how long this latest mood swing would last. Much might depend on ...
Alstom Gets Break on Fine
February 2nd, 2015
Court Granted Delay in $772 Million Payment Because of Possible Business Impact When the U.S. Justice Department announced a record $772 million foreign-bribery settlement with Alstom SA in December, there was a hitch: The French engineering company couldn’t pay ...
KCG announces Consolidated Earnings
February 2nd, 2015
KCG One of the World’s Largest Independent Market Makers issued a press release for: Consolidated Earnings of $0.23 Per Diluted Share for the Fourth Quarter of 2014 Pre-tax income from continuing operations of $26.5 million includes a net charge ...
Oil Companies Draw on Creative Financing to Stay Afloat After Prices Tumble
February 2nd, 2015
North America’s small and mid-sized energy companies are searching for creative ways to stay afloat as investors smell blood in the water from the almost 60 percent fall in the price of oil since June. Oil and natural gas ...
Google’s ad revenue continues to struggle
January 30th, 2015
Google remains obsessed with doing everything — from developing phones to making self-driving cars to building high-speed Internet cables — but it’s still struggling with one of the most basic ways it makes money: online advertising. The company’s earnings ...
Standard Chartered CEO Is Under Pressure From Shareholders, Regulators, Staff
January 29th, 2015
Bank’s Top Shareholders Privately Push for New Leadership Amid Investor, Regulatory Anxiety Hundreds of Standard Chartered PLC’s most senior executives gathered earlier this month on Singapore’s Sentosa island to address the global bank’s dimming fortunes. From a lectern at ...
