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CFD COMMODITIES – Weak USD and Inventories Boost Oil
August 28th, 2014
Commodities overview Crude rose after US gas inventories shrank by 960,000 barrels Sugar Lobby in US wins higher import duty as global supply pushes prices down Gold supported by geopolitical risk and USD weakness The Energy Information Administration ...
Microsoft CEO Nadella might visit China amid antitrust probe
August 28th, 2014
Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella is set to visit China in late September, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday, as the Chinese government conducts an antitrust investigation into the world’s largest software company. It ...
Asia shares steady as rally fades, euro clings to gains
August 28th, 2014
Asian shares held steady after pulling back from a 6-1/2 year high as the recent rally in risk assets petered out for now, while the euro clung to modest gains after rebounding from 13-month lows. The Australian dollar rose ...
Rosneft gains relief from sanctions
August 28th, 2014
Rosneft, Russia’s largest oil company, has received a new loan from Promsvyazbank to help it weather U.S. and European Union sanctions, and may yet get financial help from the Kremlin. Yet, the assistance doesn’t add up to the amount ...
ECB speculation drives down yields, weighs on euro
August 27th, 2014
Euro zone government bond yields plumbed record lows on Wednesday and the euro fell to its weakest in a year against the dollar on expectations the European Central Bank will act soon to counter low growth and slowing inflation. ...
Gold Showing Little Movement After Mixed US Data
August 27th, 2014
Gold is stable on Wednesday, as the pair trades at $1284.27 per ounce in the European session. It’s a quiet day on the release front, with no major releases out of the US. On Tuesday, the Russian and Ukrainian ...
Video game tax relief comes into force
August 26th, 2014
British companies developing video games will be able to claim tax relief of up to 25% on their production costs from this week. The video game tax relief legislation, which came into force officially on 1 April 2014 can ...
Interview with Danièle Nouy, Chair of the SSM
August 26th, 2014
Interview with Danièle Nouy, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), conducted by Theano Theiopoulou from Phileleftheros newspaper: 1. How is preparatory work for the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) progressing? Will everything be ready by 4 November? As ...
Asian shares firm, euro struggles on ECB easing hopes
August 26th, 2014
The euro hit its lowest level in nearly a year against the dollar and euro zone government bond yields fell on Tuesday on growing expectations the European Central Bank could ease monetary policy as soon as next week. The ...
Gold at $1275 on Stronger U.S. Dollar
August 26th, 2014
Gold settled near its lowest in two months on Monday, pressured by a stronger U.S. dollar and a rally in global financial markets. U.S. gold futures ended $1.30 lower at $1,278.90 an ounce. Spot gold was down 0.2 percent ...