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Yahoo Provides Update on Planned Spin Off of Remaining Stake in Alibaba Group
December 9th, 2015
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) today announced that its Board of Directors, after careful review and consideration of how to best drive long-term value for shareholders, has unanimously decided to suspend work on the pending plan, announced in January of 2015, ...
Investors Keep Pulling Cash Out of Turkey
December 8th, 2015
Foreign investors withdrew $7.6 billion from stocks, bonds Capital Economics sees lira, bonds extending declines Foreign investors look set to keep pulling their money out of Turkey after dumping a record amount of stocks and bonds this year. Investors from ...
JP Morgan AMC sells Amtek Auto debentures
December 8th, 2015
Move comes after more than three months since Amtek Auto episode broke in late August JP Morgan Asset Management Company (AMC) has managed to sell the debt papers of Amtek Auto to a private equity firm at a 15 per cent ...
Euroclear: Tougher rules push collateral management in Asia Pacific
December 8th, 2015
Uncertainty remains over how the Asian markets will implement new rules governing collateral movement in the trading of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives as they move to trading on exchanges next year. The rules on collateral movement are part of broader ...
HSBC looks to global loan book to boost profits
December 8th, 2015
HSBC is looking to boost investment banking profits by packaging more of its loans into bonds and selling them to investors in the United States. Post-crisis regulations have made it more expensive for banks to retain loans on their ...
China Forex Reserves Fall to Lowest Level in More Than Two Years
December 8th, 2015
Numbers suggest Beijing is struggling to control capital outflows as a U.S. rate increase looms China’s foreign-exchange hoard fell in November to its lowest level in more than two years, reigniting concerns about Beijing’s ability to stem the outflow ...
Asian stocks at three-week lows on oil drop; Fed eyed
December 8th, 2015
Asian stocks hit three-week lows on Tuesday as a rout in oil prices knocked energy company shares lower and many investors moved to the sidelines ahead of next week’s meeting where the Federal Reserve is expected to raise U.S. ...
Vatican appoints PricewaterhouseCoopers to audit accounts
December 7th, 2015
The Vatican has ordered the first ever external audit of its accounts as part of Pope Francis’ efforts to reform the Roman Catholic Church. The auditor, accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers, will start work immediately, a papal spokesman said. Pope Francis ...
Bitcoin Fund Linked to Currency’s Rally
December 7th, 2015
Heavy trading in Bitcoin Investment Trust may have contributed to bitcoin price spike After months at $250, the price of the digital currency bitcoin took flight in early November, peaking above $450 before falling back to $360 more recently. ...
Asian markets close near flat, economic data eyed
December 7th, 2015
Asian stocks lost much of their gains from the morning session to close near flat on Monday, as investors eye a host of economic data due this week. Last week, nonfarm payrolls data showed the U.S. economy created 211,000 ...
