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...The US currency jumped 1.2 per cent against the yen to ¥108.39, marking a 2.7 per cent retracement from an 18-month low of ¥105.52 struck less than a week ago....
...Shares in Japanese exporters reacted negatively, as a higher domestic currency erodes the value of their local currency earnings....
...But Brent crude settled at $105.82 a barrel, down 90 cents, as investors bet supplies from Libya might normalise. Gold was down $6 at $1,296 an ounce....
...(Bloomberg) GM “must turn over documents related to its subprime auto-lending under a subpoena issued by the U.S....
...(Financial Times) “FedEx was indicted on Thursday for shipping packages from illegal online pharmacies despite repeated warnings from U.S. drug enforcement officials, according to a court filing....
...Details here) Markets: “Asian share markets edged cautiously higher on Monday while the dollar stayed under pressure ahead of packed week of economic data that will test investor hopes for a pick-up in the U.S...
...The deal, which would mark an escalation in the U.S. crackdown on financial firms, could be announced early next week and would consist of a roughly $1.7 billion settlement with the Justice Department, a...
...(Financial Times) “U.S. prosecutors are seeking more than $13 billion from Bank of America to resolve federal and state investigations of the lender’s sale of bonds backed by home loans in the run-up to...
...Univar’s preparations for a possible public offering highlight the resurgence of the U.S. chemicals sector, which has benefited from cheap feedstock on the back of low natural gas prices.”...
...(Financial Times) “China’s yuan currency overtook the euro in October, becoming the second-most used currency in trade finance, global transaction services organization SWIFT said on Tuesday....
...€/$ 1.35 (1.35) $/¥ 98.62 (98.47) £/$ 1.61 (1.60) €/£ 0.8393 (0.8397) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.59 at 105.92 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.50 at 93.87 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +4.50 at 1,313 Copper...
...(Reuters) “The U.S....
...(Financial Times) “Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services escalated its legal battle with the U.S....
...the situation said, clearing the last hurdle in the Japanese company’s drawn-out battle to take control of the No. 3 U.S. wireless provider.”...
...€/$ 1.31 (1.32) $/¥ 99.30 (99.09) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.16 at 107.98 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.29 at 105.71 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,291...
...Daily U.S. dollar trading in 2013 has averaged $4.65 trillion.”...
...€/$ 1.31 (1.30) $/¥ 99.28 (99.64) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.36 at 108.15 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.77 at 105.75 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +34.60 at 1,282...
.... rebuke The U.N....
...(Wall Street Journal)(Reuters) ADM to buy GrainCorp for A$3bn: GrainCorp, the largest crop handler in eastern Australia, has agreed to a sweetened A$3bn (U$3.1bn) takeover offer from US-based Archer Daniels...
...(Financial Times) Bernanke says stress tests are great: “”The resilience of the U.S. banking system has greatly improved since [2009], and the more intensive use and greater sophistication of supervisory...
...€/$ 1.29 (1.29) $/¥ 96.18 (96.33) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.58 at 105.76 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.39 at 92.87 100 Oz Gold (Comex) down -0.80 at 1,551...
...were too harsh and he doesn’t see any point in keeping them behind bars, the WSJ reports. http://on.wsj.com/RTI5aW Officials probing whether al-Qaeda planned Libya attack The four-hour assault on the U.S...
...Anglo-Dutch giant Royal Dutch Shell, France’s Total and ConocoPhillips of the U.S. have acquired exploration rights in Poland, where current estimated reserves equal 35 to 65 years of the country’s demand...
...€/$ 1.23 (1.23) $/¥ 78.10 (78.11) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.47 at 105.39 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.12 at 88.18 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +1.40 at 1,612...
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