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Asian stocks higher after US gains as jobs data awaited
April 3rd, 2015
Asian stock markets were mostly higher in holiday-abbreviated trading Friday following gains on Wall Street as investors awaited American jobs data. Keeping Score: Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.3 percent to 19,377 points and Seoul’s Kospi was up 0.5 percent ...
CME Group Volume Averaged 15.0 Million Contracts per Day in First-Quarter 2015
April 2nd, 2015
CME Group Volume Averaged 15.0 Million Contracts per Day in First-Quarter 2015, up 10 percent versus First-Quarter 2014, Representing Second-Highest Quarterly Volume Ever March volume averaged 13.7 million contracts per day, down 3 percent Monthly FX volume increased 27 ...
Oil retreats from large jump as focus returns to Iran talks
April 2nd, 2015
Oil prices fell on Thursday as attention returned to nuclear talks with Iran, with the prospects for a deal and an increase in Iranian crude exports helping to keep pressure on prices. Major powers and Iran have stretched talks on Tehran’s nuclear ...
Banks Are Poised to Profit From Forex Tumult
April 2nd, 2015
Swiss central bank’s surprise January move led to volatility that can help Wall Street The big currency swings of the past three months have whipsawed many investors. Wall Street may end up loving the action. As U.S. banks closed ...
Asia shares higher ahead of holiday
April 2nd, 2015
Asian shares headed higher on Thursday but investors were cautious ahead of a Good Friday public holiday tomorrow in some major markets. Japan’s shares were up despite a central bank survey showing firms expect inflation to rise 1.4% a ...
Ex-federal agents charged with stealing Silk Road-related bitcoins
March 31st, 2015
Two former federal agents have been charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin during the investigation of the Silk Road dark web marketplace. Carl Force, a special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and ...
Petrobras Investors Claim PwC Ignored Red Flags of Fraud
March 31st, 2015
Investors in Petroleo Brasileiro SA, the state-run oil company at the center of a kickback scandal in Brazil, expanded their lawsuit against the company by adding claims that auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP turned a “blind eye” to the fraud and ...
Mexico central bank sells $52 mln in currency auction
March 31st, 2015
The central bank of Mexico sold $52 million on Monday at an average price of 15.2456 pesos per dollar, the bank said, part of an auction program to boost foreign exchange liquidity following a recent slide in the peso currency. Monday’s ...
Oil extends losses as deadline for Iran nuclear deal looms
March 31st, 2015
Oil futures extended losses on Tuesday, as Iran and six world powers ramped up the pace of negotiations to reach a preliminary deal that could ease sanctions and allow more Iranian crude onto world markets. With a deadline less than 24 ...
Bank of England publishes details of 2015 stress test for largest UK banks and building societies
March 30th, 2015
Today, the Bank of England is publishing the scenario for the 2015 stress test, which will be applied to the largest UK banks and building societies. The scenario has been agreed by the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) and Prudential ...
