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Orix to buy software maker Yayoi for over $691 mln
November 13th, 2014
Japanese financial services provider Orix Corp said it would buy accounting software maker Yayoi Co from private equity firm MBK Partners for more than 80 billion yen ($691 million), as it tries to expand its customer base into smaller ...
Gold Demand in China Slumps 37% Amid Drive to Root Out Graft
November 13th, 2014
Gold demand in China shrank for a third quarter as slumping prices failed to boost the purchases of bars, coins and jewelry in the world’s biggest user and officials pressed on with a nationwide anti-graft campaign. Buying by Asia’s largest economy ...
U.S. and China Reach Deal on Climate Change after Months of Talk
November 12th, 2014
China and the United States made common cause on Wednesday against the threat of climate change, staking out an ambitious joint plan to curb carbon emissions as a way to spur nations around the world to make their own cuts in ...
Most Asian Stocks Climb as Topix Advances on U.S. Rally
November 11th, 2014
Most Asian stocks rose as Japan’s Topix index climbed after the yen extended losses and corporate earnings beat estimates. Nissan Motor Co. (7201), which gets 43 percent of its revenue in North America, gained 1.4 percent. Amorepacific Corp. surged 9.3 percent in ...
Stocks: Dow, S&P 500 close at record highs
November 11th, 2014
Wall Street continued to march further into record territory Monday as the Dow and S&P 500 closed at record highs again. Investors have been pushing stocks higher on signs the U.S. economy continues to improve and as corporate earnings come ...
Fed’s Rosengren says fight for higher inflation should be vigorous
November 11th, 2014
The Fed should fight low inflation as vigorously as it would a too rapid run-up in prices or risk the same sort of prolonged slow growth plaguing Japan and Europe, Boston Federal Reserve bank president Eric Rosengren said on Monday. Rosengren, ...
No Longer Business as Usual in China
November 10th, 2014
With heads of state and corporate chieftains in Beijing for a major economic summit meeting this week, China’s increasing economic nationalism is expected to be heavily debated. China is changing the rule book for business, forcing multinational companies to ...
China deal sends shares to one-month high, rouble surges
November 10th, 2014
A landmark deal to give global investors easier access to China’s $3.9 trillion stock market helped lift world shares to their highest in over a month on Monday, as renewed tensions in Libya and Ukraine pushed up oil prices. ...
Gold Slumps With Silver to Lowest Since ’10 as Platinum Retreats
November 7th, 2014
Gold and silver tumbled to the lowest level in more than four years as a gauge of the dollar headed for the biggest weekly advance in more than 12 months, curbing demand. Platinum dropped to the lowest since 2009. ...
Asian shares slump, euro wallows near lows
November 7th, 2014
Asian shares edged down on Friday ahead of U.S. employment data later in the session, while the euro wallowed around two-year lows after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi vowed to take more easing steps to spark growth in ...
