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...“We doubt that the replacement of Ali al-Naimi will lead to a drastic change in the Kingdom’s oil strategy,” said Jason Tuvey at Capital Economics....
...+1.28%) at 17,749 Nasdaq unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 5,071 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +29.31 (+2.08%) at 1,441 FTSE100 up +129.76 (+2.16%) at 6,148 CAC 40 up +99.31 (+2.15%) at 4,724 Dax up +220.53...
...Copper (Comex) down -0.80% at 2.37 10-year government bond yields (%) US 2.27% UK 2.00% Germany 0.74% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe -1.88bps at 21.82bp Markit iTraxx Europe +0.02bps...
...For a company like Rural that is traded on a major exchange, ―[t]urnover measured by average weekly trading of . . . 1% would justify a substantial presumption‖ of market efficiency. 5 Bromberg et al., Bromberg...
...(FT) Video of the day Martin Wolf on Grexit The Greek state is running out of cash and there may be no rescue this time. Martin Wolf talks about what happens in the case of a default....
...(Asharq Al-Awsat) Video of the day Do board quotas work? The number of women on company boards has hit the 25 per cent target in the UK....
...Verso trades now at just over $3.00, way better than $0.80, but not as good as above $4.00. Which brings us to this stock price chart of the casino company, Caesars Entertainment Corporation....
...(FT) Protests and deaths on anniversary of Egypt uprising At least17 people were killed yesterday in the bloodiest protests since Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was elected, as security forces fired at protesters...
...While in New York he talked about Citgo, the US-based subsidiary of his country’s state oil company PDVSA, which is supposedly up for sale....
...US officials have defined the advances made by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (known as Isis) – an offshoot of al-Qaeda – as a potential direct threat to US national security....
...at 104.33 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,265...
...will test investor hopes for a pick-up in the U.S. and global economies… Bulls are hoping to see evidence of an economic rebound in the United States in this week’s busy calendar of data that includes the...
...Since multiple media agencies have distribution points in Chicago and New York, the simultaneous release of the Fed announcement last week at 2:00 pm ET sharp in Chicago and New York (and simultaneous moves...
...(Reuters, Al Jazeera — breaking at pixel) “Fidelity Investments, the nation’s largest money market mutual fund manager, has sold all of its short-term U.S. government debt — the latest sign that investors...
...Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index up +1.25% at 967.67 Europe FTSE up -0.41% at 6,520 RTS up +2.00% at 1,373 Warsaw Wig up +1.06% at 47,213 FTSE 300 Eurotop down -0.35% at 1,226 Americas DJIA down -0.10%...
...No surprise to see GMO et al flag up “impact on third parties” from the start....
...(Reuters) - Philip Stephens: A taxing problem for Google et al. (Financial Times) - Analysis: The challenges facing Anglo American’s new chief....
...He won with help of a unmatched grass-roots campaign and his direct appeal to a broad cross-section of America’s ever-changing demographics....
...One segment of the market (Open U, U of Phoenix, et al) specialise in delivering online courses for large audiences....
...“[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...
...prime minister defects The regime of Bashar al-Assad was hit by its most serious defection so far on Monday as activists said Syria’s recently appointed prime minister had joined the revolution and state...
...Gulf Cartel drug gang * Markets: down Clinton brings to Beijing plea for maritime solution US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Chinese President Hu Jintao today on a mission aimed partly at...
...Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index down -0.83% at 924.66 Americas DJIA down -0.38% at 12,605 S&P 500 down 0.00% at 1,341 Bovespa down -0.25% at 53,569 Asia Nikkei 225 down -0.90% at 8,772 Topix...
...Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America....
...The company’s stock, which had settled around $660 after its latest iPhone was unveiled minutes ago, jumped to a high of $668.57, up 1.2 per cent for the day. 10.53am IDC analyst Al Hilwa has a first take...
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