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...The economic calendar for Friday is as follows (all London times): 07.00: Finland Q2 gross domestic product 07.00: Czech Republic Q2 GDP (preliminary) 08.00: Poland August purchasing managers’ index 08.15...
...(-0.47%) at 5,083 Dax down -84.13 (-0.72%) at 11,521 Currencies €/$ 1.09 (1.09) $/¥ 124.00 (124.06) £/$ 1.56 (1.56) €/£ 0.7003 (0.7002) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.02 at 56.11 Light Crude...
...(USA Today) Red scare The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has labelled China “the most dominant threat” to US companies....
...States under a Trump Presidency....
...19.05 (+0.38%) at 5,091 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +6.25 (+0.39%) at 1,620 FTSE100 up +6.21 (+0.09%) at 7,013 CAC 40 up +0.58 (+0.01%) at 5,147 Dax up +17.22 (+0.15%) at 11,882 Currencies €/$ 1.12...
...Friday 20:00 GMT....
...Currencies €/$ 1.11 (1.11) $/¥ 120.79 (121.02) £/$ 1.57 (1.57) €/£ 0.7106 (0.7094) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.15 at 66.39 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.15 at 60.57 100 Oz Gold (Comex) 1,204...
...Just because, you know, not everyone was around during Dotcom bubble V.1. Beenz.com TAKEOFF From a trade rag called Revolution, (June 9, 1998): “Don’t say loyalty, say currency,” says Letts....
...(Financial Times) Johnson & Johnson is to pay more than $2.2bn in fines to US federal and state authorities for kickbacks and promotion of its medicines for diseases beyond their approved uses over more...
...The PBoC and financial institutions sold a net Rmb41.2bn ($6.71bn) worth of foreign currency in June compared with net purchases of Rmb66.86 in May, according to WSJ calculations based on PBoC data....
...In neighbouring Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates meanwhile, oil production levels hit record highs. http://on.ft.com/16xOWOB Corporate debt risk in fresh EM sell off Emerging markets have regained some...
...“The deal valuing the portfolio at about $2.7bn will give Blackstone a majority stake in apartment complexes with roughly 30,000 units in the southern United States, according to people familiar with the...
...The court also says that it drew this rule from a United Nations convention on states’ immunity from jurisdiction....
...(Financial Times) Google eyewear to be ‘made in USA’: “Google will manufacture Project Glass, its futuristic digital eyewear, in Silicon Valley, in a high-profile example of the return of electronics manufacturing...
...everything from smartphones to guided missiles. http://on.ft.com/Tja8AU Oil heads for third weekly gain on mideast concern, US supply Oil headed for a third weekly gain in New York after fighting in Gaza...
...Asia ex-Japan up +0.61% at 439.19 S&P CNX Nifty Index up +0.39% at 5,620 Currencies €/$ 1.30 (1.30) $/¥ 79.83 (79.62) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.53 at 109.61 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.79 at 86.47...
...“[B]y being a passive investor in the $1.5bn equity investment in Cheniere led by Blackstone, alongside Government of Singapore Investment Corp, and the state of Louisiana, CIC hopes to avoid the sort of...
...€/$ 1.23 (1.23) $/¥ 78.29 (78.20) £/$ 1.57 (1.57) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.84 at 113.79 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.65 at 93.52 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,620 Copper (Comex) unchanged...
...ftcamp=rss Obama says reports Iran, US agreed to hold talks ‘not true’ President Barack Obama said on Monday that newspaper reports that Iran and the United States had agreed to hold one-on-one talks on...
...OVERNIGHT MARKETS: Mixed Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +87.51 (+1.00%) at 8,840 Topix up +4.31 (+0.58%) at 751.65 Hang Seng down -182.33 (-0.93%) at 19,337 US markets S&P 500 down -2.29 (-0.17%) at 1,356...
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...are “clearly” covered by a 1960 security treaty obliging the United States to come to Japan’s aid if attacked, a top U.S. diplomat said on Thursday, according to Reuters. http://in.reuters.com/article/2012...
...) at 11,478 Nasdaq up +15.51 (+0.60%) at 2,620 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -10.65 (-1.09%) at 966.37 FTSE100 down -38.42 (-0.71%) at 5,403 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 3,187 Dax unchanged 0.00...
...his 33-year rule before leaving Yemen for the United States on Sunday, paving the way for a transfer of power after a year of unrest, Reuters reports. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/22/us-yemen-idUSTRE80L0AS20120122...
...) unchanged 0.00 at 343.90 10-year government bond yields (%) US 1.97 UK 2.17 Germany 1.71 CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe +13.02bps at 340.55bp Markit iTraxx Europe +7.5bps at 182.96bp...
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