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3 Things Not To Like About Sony
April 25th, 2016
Apple (AAPL) camera components supplier Sony Corp. (6758.Japan/SNE) tumbled 6.3% today after the electronics maker said it would postpone its financial forecasts for the current fiscal year while assessing the damage from recent earthquakes that shut down its camera plants. Sony’s ...
Accountant defrauded companies and cost colleagues jobs
April 25th, 2016
Woman on six figure salary cons employers out of 1.8 million A Berkshire woman has been jailed for a catalogue of fraud against her employers in a case described by the judge as ‘about as bad a case as ...
Oil falls as traders cash in after three weeks of gains
April 25th, 2016
Oil prices dipped on Monday as traders took profits after three weeks of gains and as a jump in the dollar late last week was priced into fuel markets. Front-month Brent crude was trading at $44.80 per barrel at ...
Bank of Israel keeps the interest rate for May 2016 unchanged at 0.1 percent
April 25th, 2016
Inflation data: The Consumer Price Index for March declined by 0.2 percent, a slightly greater decline than the average of forecasters’ predictions for a decline of 0.1 percent. There was a seasonal price decline of 3.9 percent in the fruit ...
Asian Stocks Retreat as Oil Falls With Copper; Yen Strengthens
April 25th, 2016
Japanese currency advances after steepest drop since 2014 Crude retreats from five-month high; British pound gains Asian shares were set for the first back-to-back declines in a month as commodities prices retreated and the yen strengthened, reflecting investor caution ...
China’s biggest tax reform for 20 years set to buoy growth
April 22nd, 2016
China’s biggest tax overhaul in more than two decades starts on May 1, with changes set to reduce the burden on services companies and encourage factories to upgrade and innovate. Under the new system, taxes in the construction, property, finance and ...
KCG announces First Quarter 2016 Results
April 22nd, 2016
KCG ANNOUNCES CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS OF $0.41 PER DILUTED SHARE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2016 KCG reports consolidated revenues of $345.4 million and pre-tax earnings of $60.0 million for the quarter KCG increases book value to $16.42 per share ...
Asian Stocks Retreat as BOJ Negative-Rate Proposal Weakens Yen
April 22nd, 2016
Microsoft, Alphabet, Sony profits fall short of estimates Topix rebounds as currency weakens; Shanghai Composite falls Asian stocks retreated from a four-month high as companies including Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. reported earnings that missed estimates. Japanese shares rose ...
Now this car maker has admitted faking emissions test results
April 20th, 2016
Japanese car manufacturer Mitsubishi has admitted its employees falsified fuel economy tests data. The company confirmed that fuel efficiency tests broke Japanese rules in at least 600,000 of its vehicles, of which 157,000 part of its own-brand light vehicles and 468,000 ...
Asian Stock Rally Sputters as Crude Retreats; China Shares Slump
April 20th, 2016
Aussie, Kiwi fall from the strongest levels since June Oil slips to about $40 as Kuwait strike ends; silver gains A rally in Asian stocks stumbled as oil fell back to around $40 a barrel and Chinese equities slumped ...
