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...Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific....
...Banco Popular Del Peru or Allied Bank Int’l v. Banco Credito Agricola de Cartago is your idea of fun....
...Celebrations will ring out across Asia and beyond this Saturday with the beginning of the next lunar year — the year of the dragon for most countries that mark the occasion....
...Volatility and insecurity have cast a dismal spell over global markets since the S&P 500 index peaked on September 2, he adds....
...Smart reads From Reddit to reality The platform’s r/WallStreetBets forum sent GameStop shares into hyperdrive and nearly brought down a hedge fund....
...That compared with 10.6 per cent in the US, 8.8 per cent in Asia-Pacific and 5.8 per cent in Europe....
...The company has announced an interim dividend of $101m ($0.9531 p/s) and is launching a new $67.3m share buyback today....
...The boom in debt issuance by corporate America has been good to S&P Global, the largest credit rating agency. Its shares have jumped a fifth in 2020, far outpacing its namesake S&P 500 index....
...This compares to the S&P 500’s YTD decline of 15% and a 19% decline below its all-time high on February 19th. Valuations have contracted in the past three weeks....
...It may be the case that Asia is a lead steer for the rest of the world. UBS also runs some quantitative stock screens based off the GFC performance....
...In Asia Pacific equities, Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 index is up 0.1 per cent in early trading, while futures tip Tokyo’s Topix to climb 0.5 per cent at the open and in Hong Kong the Hang Seng is expected to dip...
...The local robusta price hit a record of almost R$570 a kilogramme last November, up more than 50 per cent since the start of 2016, although it has since dropped back below R$440 on speculation about imports...
...Letter in response to this editorial: S-I-M-P-L-E R-E-A-L-L-Y / From Jonathan P Kahn...
...References Freeman, R. B. (1996). The minimum wage as a redistributive tool. The Economic Journal, 106 (436): 639-649.Draca, M., Machin, S. and Van Reenen, J. (2011)....
...The sell-off in European shares was sparked by concerns over the health of Banco Espírito Santo, a Portuguese bank....
...Photographs: Fendi; Catwalking; 2001 Snowbound; Fendi Adele S.r.l. — Rome...
...Still, Harold Thompson, an industry analyst at Deutsche Bank, thinks L’Oreál’s success comes less from its R&D budget – which is big compared with competitors, but still small as a portion of sales next...
...On Wednesday, Banco Do Brasil, Latin America’s largest bank by assets, said it was seeking to raise as much as R$12.15bn ($6bn) from the spinoff of its insurance and pension unit, BB Seguridade. http://on.ft.com...
...investigation at state oil company PetroSA, which reported “deviations” in financial procedures that a newspaper said involved millions of dollars of irregular payments. http://reut.rs/14Vc2zP Bangladesh...
...It also announced this week a new lower rate for subsidised loans from the government`s development bank, BNDES....
...The MSCI Asia Pacific index was 0.5% higher....
...P 500 up +1.99% at 1,387 Bovespa up +1.89% at 56,451 Asia Nikkei 225 down -0.12% at 9,143 Topix down -0.02% at 762.04 Hang Seng down -0.16% at 21,228 Shanghai Composite down -0.40% at 2,009 MSCI Asia ex-Japan...
...P 500 up +0.11% at 1,406 Bovespa up +0.18% at 58,189 Asia Nikkei 225 up +1.58% at 9,066 Topix up +1.23% at 756.48 Hang Seng up +0.28% at 20,108 Shanghai Composite down -0.08% at 2,117 MSCI Asia ex-Japan...
...Brazil unveils $66bn stimulus plan Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff has launched a R$133bn ($65.6bn) stimulus package to spur investment in the country’s creaking infrastructure and shore up ailing investor...
...: gathering steam Exchange Traded Funds are on the march in Asia and a new listing this week in Hong Kong highlights two of the main trends investors can expect to see. http://on.ft.com/VN1QRO Chinese industrial...
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