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Asian Currencies in Longest Weekly Declining Streak in Six Years
December 5th, 2014
Asian currencies dropped for a sixth week, the longest declining streak since 2008, as economic data boosted demand for the dollar and supported the case for higher U.S. interest rates. Malaysia’s ringgit led losses, falling to a five-year low ...
Dollar Gains a 7th Week Before Jobs; Yen Drop Spurs Bankruptcies
December 5th, 2014
The dollar headed for a seventh weekly gain, after rising above 120 yen yesterday for the first time since July 2007, as economists predicted U.S. job growth quickened while Japan is in recession and Europe struggles. The U.S. currency has gained ...
Enforcement Directorate probes Rs.20,000 crore hawala link in India-Iran trade, UCO Bank under scanner
December 4th, 2014
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has begun an open enquiry under FEMA Act, in perhaps – one of the biggest hawala scam – against all those export-import (exim) companies that deals with Central Asian nations, specifically Iran and Azerbaijan. The ...
Europe feels sting in the tail of Russia sanctions
November 26th, 2014
At a technology fair in Moscow last month, European executives faced the new reality of doing business in Russia since the West imposed sanctions: the number of companies at the international showcase had shrunk by half from a year ago. “The ...
India Rebounding?
November 25th, 2014
India has a population of more than 1.2 billion, more than one-sixth of world population. A coupole of decades ago, economic growth started surging in India. For example, the share of the population that was essentially destitute, below the ...
Yen Strengthens on Kuroda Comments as Energy Stocks Slip
November 25th, 2014
Japan’s yen climbed after a speech by central bank Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, and the cost of insuring Japanese debt against default fell the most in two weeks. Asian energy producers retreated as oil held declines before a meeting of ...
Ruble Recovers Slightly as Exporters Sell U.S. Dollars for Tax Payments
November 18th, 2014
The ruble strengthened on Tuesday as Russian exporters converted part of their foreign-currency earnings to meet tax payments, but weak oil prices capped gains. At 0830 GMT, the ruble was around 0.8 percent stronger against the dollar at 46.72 ...
Global markets ‘living on borrowed time’: Wilbur Ross
November 17th, 2014
Global financial markets are living on borrowed time with geopolitical crises and deflationary risks still a concern, private-equity billionaire Wilbur Ross told CNBC. “I think are living on borrowed time because investors have no alternatives,” the chairman and ...
OPEC’s Colluders Are in a No-Win Situation
November 12th, 2014
Economists will tell you that cartels are hard to keep alive. They work when everyone in the cartel holds down production to keep the price artificially high (and punish customers). But there’s a huge incentive to exceed one’s quota. ...
Investors eye opportunities as Republicans take U.S. Senate
November 5th, 2014
The Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday could lead to new legislative measures that directly affect the energy sector and other slices of the equities market. Republican Senate candidates picked up formerly Democratic seats in Iowa, North ...
