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...The US currency edged lower and major Asia currencies strengthened amid expectations Jay Powell will be Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as the next chair of the Federal Reserve....
...In Sydney the S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.1 per cent while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was down 0.3 per cent....
...number of new attractive retail markets in London and the wealthiest catchment areas in the United States....
...The US dollar index — which measures the currency against a basket of peers — was flat through most of the Asian trading day....
...The term “vsmall” referred to a specific trade volume, while the letter “v” buried in the middle of the US dollar-Swiss franc currency pair identified the particular BNP client that traded....
...The Japanese yen is 0.6 per cent softer at ¥113.88, its weakest since March 15, as demand for such currency havens wanes, and this action leaves the dollar index up 0.5 per cent to 99.57....
...The dollar index, a measure of the US currency against a basket of global peers, was flat at 95.284 today, while the yield on the benchmark 10-year US Treasury was flat at 1.6907 per cent....
...It is not immediately obvious that there will be closer economic ties with the United States, although Trump may well aim for that....
...Japan’s Nikkei is up 1.4 per cent in late trading, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is 0.6 per cent higher, while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 is up 0.9 per cent....
...the world’s biggest non-state oil group, according to some analysts....
...This suggests close to $200 billion of all service payments are in reality permanent exports of capital. That number could double in 2015....
...But Beenz.com’s extravagance barely touched that of Respond.com of Palo Alto, which spent $200,000 for its February 2000 party, including $50 bottles of champagne as parting gifts....
...the United States dollar value of $10,000 in one day, by one Person, the Licensee shall also notify the Department, in a manner prescribed by the superintendent, within 24 hours....
...“The state of Iraq is in imminent collapse,” said Faisal Istrabadi, Iraq’s former deputy ambassador to the UN....
...In June, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency noted that the average amount of an auto loan was greater than the value of the car during the fourth quarter of 2013, as lenders bundled the costs...
...GSK is looking to divest the mature products in a bid to improve its growth profile and wants to dispose of off-patent drugs marketed in North America and western Europe with annual sales of around 1 billion...
...Instead, it was the dollar that weakened against most emerging markets currencies....
...(FT’s Global Markets Overview) Kerry tours middle easy seeking support for new Iraq gov: John Kerry, the US secretary of state, started a week-long tour of the Middle East and Europe on Sunday to try and...
...The program, run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, covered losses for American commodities exporters in cases where their import partner failed to make a payment.”...
...(WSJ) Judge considers dismissing U.S. fraud case against Bank of America: “While not issuing a formal ruling, U.S....
...(Financial Times) Sprint, the US mobile phone operator, has abandoned its takeover pursuit of rival carrier T-Mobile US, bringing to an end a long-running attempt to create a new force in America’s highly...
...Indonesia’s currency added 0.4 percent versus the dollar before the result of presidential elections is announced. Corn slumped 1.3 percent on U.S. production. Natural gas slid 1.9 percent.”...
...Shares in Japanese exporters reacted negatively, as a higher domestic currency erodes the value of their local currency earnings....
...(Financial Times) George Osborne’s plan to raise £20bn from state privatisations by the end of the decade has been thrown into doubt, with some proposed sales expected to drift beyond the next election....
...Examples include Rolls-Royce, Europe’s largest aircraft engine-maker, which receives most of its money in foreign currencies and issued a profit warning this year after a decade of unimpeded growth....
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