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...In the US, there will be a rise in preventable maternal deaths in those states implementing more restrictive regulations....
...Canada has agreed to join a US deal with Mexico to revamp the pact, ending months of uncertainty over trade in North America that had been hanging over the economies of all three countries...
...The index recorded its longest losing streak in 14 years after ending August in negative territory — its sixth straight month of declines. The Japanese yen was flat against the greenback at ¥110.00....
...In other major currencies, the moves are muted, with the Japanese yen 0.1 per cent softer at ¥110.57 per dollar and the euro off 0.1 per cent to $1.1268 ahead of the European Central Bank’s monetary policy...
...Hot topic Donald Trump will be sworn in on Friday as the 45th president of the United States of America, and investors are waiting to see if the property developer’s fiscal pledges can boost the world’s...
...The dollar index, a measure of the US currency against a basket of global peers, was flat at 95.284 today, while the yield on the benchmark 10-year US Treasury was flat at 1.6907 per cent....
...-24.00 (-0.47%) at 5,083 Dax down -84.13 (-0.72%) at 11,521 Currencies €/$ 1.09 (1.09) $/¥ 124.00 (124.06) £/$ 1.56 (1.56) €/£ 0.7003 (0.7002) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.02 at 56.11 Light...
...€/$ 1.36 (1.36) $/¥ 101.89 (101.93) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.26 at 110.28 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.22 at 104.33 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,265...
...(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...
...(Financial Times) “Business bankruptcy filings in the United States dropped 24 percent in 2013 to their lowest level since at least 2006, according to a report on Monday....
...(Financial Times) US jury rules against BoA in mortgage trial: Bank of America defrauded two government-backed mortgage companies by selling them defective home loans, a jury found on Wednesday, delivering...
...Heavy selling of the Australian currency saw it fall 0.44 per cent against the US dollar to $90.65, its lowest level since September 3....
.../¥ 98.49 (98.10) £/$ 1.60 (1.60) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.06 at 110.02 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.05 at 101.16 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,273 Copper (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at...
...€/$ 1.35 (1.35) $/¥ 98.60 (98.76) £/$ 1.60 (1.59) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.03 at 110.56 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.10 at 102.19 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,282 Copper (Comex...
...(+0.53%) at 4,114 Dax up +22.36 (+0.27%) at 8,438 Currencies €/$ 1.33 (1.33) $/¥ 97.76 (98.13) £/$ 1.55 (1.55) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.38 at 110.58 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.37 at 107.22...
...(WSJ) China has overtaken the US to become the world’s largest net oil importer, according to US estimates, as its steady increase in imports has crossed over with the steep decline in America....
...in a restive district in the state of Uttar Pradesh where at least 26 people, including a television camera man and a police photographer, were killed in a weekend of deadly communal riots between Hindus...
...A purchase of ICBC shares yesterday raised Temasek’s stake to 7.04% from 6.71%. The Singaporean state-owned investment company also bought a 10% stake in Markit yesterday....
...) down -0.52 at 94.66 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +1.70 at 1,279 Copper (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 3.03 10-year government bond yields (%) US 2.54% UK 2.55% Germany 1.82% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX...
...China offered on Tuesday to talk with the United States about cyber security amid an escalating war of words between the two sides on computer hacking, but suspicion is as deep in Beijing as it is in Washington...
...Sechin, the Russian state oil company’s chairman. http://on.ft.com/13IET8J US urges China to enact N Korea sanctions The US urged China on Thursday to implement a new round of UN sanctions on North Korea...
...0.00 at 341.40 10-year government bond yields (%) US 1.81% UK 1.80% Germany 1.31% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe -0.2bps at 101.95bp Markit iTraxx Europe -4.98bps at 110.02bp Markit...
...DJIA up +0.52% at 13,954 S&P 500 up +0.51% at 1,508 Bovespa up +0.63% at 60,406 Asia Nikkei 225 up +2.28% at 11,114 Topix up +1.51% at 934.67 Hang Seng up +0.71% at 23,822 Shanghai Composite up +1.00%...
...(Reuters) Big BP trial commences in New Orleans: The ‘Swiss cheese theory’ of accidents is at the heart of the case. The US is seeking the maximum penalty which could run close to $17.6bn....
...after requesting its second state bailout in just four years.”...
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