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Chinese state-owned enterprise investment in Australia
August 25th, 2014
As the negotiation of the Australia–China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) moves into what is hopefully its final phase, there is intense focus on how the investment chapter of the FTA will treat the access of Chinese state-owned enterprises to ...
S&P 500 Tops Record, Nears 2,000 Amid Confidence in Fed
August 22nd, 2014
Optimism that the Federal Reserve is committed to supporting a strengthening economy sent the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to an all-time high and within eight points of the 2,000 milestone. The S&P 500 jumped 0.3 percent to a ...
Germany approves RWE unit sale to Russian investor
August 22nd, 2014
Germany’s economy ministry will approve the sale of utility RWE’s (RWEG.DE) oil and gas unit DEA to a Russian investor despite tensions and sanctions between Russia and the West over the Ukraine crisis, two people familiar with the matter ...
Shares, stocks and corporate news overview
August 22nd, 2014
European markets are set for a lower open this morning ahead of a long weekend here in the UK. The day will be fairly low-key with no major economic data being released, and investors have turned their attention to ...
Free Money for Germany is Bad News for Euro
August 21st, 2014
When investors are willing to lend money to Germany for two years for free, at a zero interest rate, you know the euro project is in trouble again. Germany yesterday sold 4.04 billion euros ($5.3 billion) of notes that ...
Bond Traders React to Fed Minutes
August 21st, 2014
U.S. Treasury prices hit session lows on Wednesday after the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting showed the central bank was surprised at the quick progress in the labor market. Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes lost 10/32 in ...
Oil prices drop puts at risk Moscow’s Budget
August 21st, 2014
Oil and gas are at the heart of the Russian economy and are largely responsible for keeping Moscow’s government budget in balance. But the recent decline in the price of oil from the North Sea and Texas has now ...
China August HSBC Flash PMI Slips to Three-Month Low
August 21st, 2014
Growth in China’s vast factory sector slowed to a three-month low in August as output and new orders moderated, a preliminary private survey showed on Thursday, reinforcing concerns about increasing softness in the economy. The HSBC/Markit Flash China Manufacturing ...
Two Bank of England officials voted August rate rise
August 20th, 2014
Bank of England policymakers broke ranks over interest rates for the first time in three years this month, when two unexpectedly voted to tighten policy and revived speculation about a 2014 rate hike. Former academic Martin Weale and business ...
Gold Prices Steady Ahead of Federal Reserve Minutes
August 20th, 2014
The US economy has been moving in the right direction, but inflation numbers in the US remain at very low levels. On Tuesday, CPI and Core CPI, the primary gauges of consumer inflation, both posted paltry gains of 0.1%. ...
