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Central Asia Rues Dependency On Russian Fuel
October 7th, 2014
Weak links in Russia’s petroleum-refinery network and the Kremlin’s power play in Ukraine are shortchanging Central Asian petrol markets, importers complain. With alternatives expensive or unfeasible, and regional refining capacity severely limited, local energy executives are ruing Moscow’s traditional ...
Australia 200 – Drops Sharply to Eight Month Low Below 5200
October 7th, 2014
Australia 200 for Tuesday, October 7, 2014 Since the beginning of September the Australia 200 Index has declined strongly from its multi-year high after running into resistance around 5650 back to enter its previously established trading range between 5400 ...
Saxo Launches $9,000 Trading Competition on TradingFloor.com
October 7th, 2014
Saxo Bank, the trading and investment specialist, has launched Saxo Trade Challenge, a trading competition open to Saxo Bank A/S clients with a minimum funding of USD 2,000 equivalent by 26 October. Saxo Trade Challenge will reward the top ...
Rio turned down Glencore merger idea
October 7th, 2014
Rio Tinto said Glencore put forward the idea of a potential merger of the two companies to create the world’s largest miner and commodities trader, before Rio’s board rejected the idea. Glencore approached Rio in July regarding a potential ...
Tuesday October 7: OSB Daily Technical Analysis- Indices
October 7th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for October 7, 2014 S&P 500 Negative day for the S&P 500 which found support at 1950 level. Attempt to push above the 50 DMA at 1970 proved too ambitious for now and pushed price ...
German industry production slumps as fears mount
October 7th, 2014
German industrial production contracted 4 per cent in August, the biggest decline in over five years and much worse than expected – fuelling fears that even the eurozone’s economic powerhouse is now flirting with a recession. Germany’s economy unexpectedly ...
U.S. Oil Export ban no longer necessary says Exxon Chief
October 7th, 2014
Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil’s CEO, says the ban on exports of U.S. crude oil that’s been in effect for decades is no longer necessary and a lifting of regulatory constraints on liquefied natural gas (LNG) would increase America’s energy and ...
Herbalife hires former U.S. regulator to lead compliance team
October 6th, 2014
Herbalife Ltd, the marketer of weight-management products, energy drinks and nutrition supplements that has come under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission as well as other agencies, has hired a former FTC official as its chief compliance officer. Herbalife ...
Kobre & Kim Adds Hong Kong Law to Follow the Money
October 6th, 2014
Kobre & Kim LLP, a law firm that secured an acquittal for one of the defendants in the U.S.’s first foreign bribery sting operation, added a local legal practice to its Hong Kong office this month according to latest ...
IG Group obtains License for Swiss Banking Business
October 6th, 2014
IG Group Holdings Plc, the U.K. spread-betting firm, is set to start operations in Geneva, close to the private banks it hopes to win as customers. The London-based company chose Geneva partly because many institutional customers it wants to ...