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...(FT) Markets Data 05:11 GMT Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -27.00 (-0.14%) at 18,800 Topix up +1.33 (+0.09%) at 1,526 Hang Seng up +4.81 (+0.02%) at 24,892 US markets S&P 500 up +12.89 (+0.61%) at 2,117...
...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....
...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 June payrolls report on Thursday, a day...
...) at 1,274 FTSE100 down -22.46 (-0.34%) at 6,510 CAC 40 down -23.92 (-0.57%) at 4,149 Dax down -82.77 (-0.90%) at 9,141 Currencies €/$ 1.36 (1.36) $/¥ 102.25 (102.35) £/$ 1.64 (1.64) €/£ 0.8304 (0.8295)...
...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 and...
...mod=WSJWorld__RIGHTTopStories Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index up +0.14% at 994.50 Americas DJIA unchanged 0.00% at 13,107 S&P 500 down -0.07% at 1,412 Bovespa up +0.89% at 57,684 Asia Nikkei...
...“[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...
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...Nymex) up +0.09 at 95.39 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,693...
...+0.50% at 9,045 Topix up +0.60% at 786.35 Hang Seng down 0.00% at 20,887 Shanghai Composite down -0.58% at 2,338 MSCI Asia ex-Japan down -0.29% at 520.45 S&P CNX Nifty Index up +0.34% at 5,409 Currencies...
...Mass anti-Assad protest in Homs as monitors visit Tens of thousands of Syrians have taken to the streets in the flashpoint city of Homs to rally against President Bashar al-Assad and plead for newly-arrived...
...India revises up trade gap estimate as exports struggle Indian imports continued to outpace exports in February as demand remained weak in major exports markets like the United States and Europe, nudging...
...uprising against the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the FT reports....
...at 18,011 Shanghai Composite down -0.83% at 2,372 MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +0.18% at 448.02 S&P CNX Nifty Index down -0.57% at 4,918 Currencies €/$ 1.36 (1.35) $/¥ 76.49 (76.53) Commodities Brent Crude (...
...down -2.11% at 738.56 Hang Seng down -0.92% at 19,193 Shanghai Composite down -1.00% at 2,445 MSCI Asia ex-Japan down -0.86% at 484.33 S&P CNX Nifty Index down -0.10% at 5,253 Currencies €/$ 1.37 (1.37...
...Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index down -0.76% at 1,177 Americas DJIA up 0.00% at 12,808 S&P 500 down -0.34% at 1,357 Bovespa down -1.75% at 64,318 Asia Nikkei 225 up +1.57% at 10,004 Topix up...
...US asked India for more data on fighter setback India has agreed to provide the United States with more information about its decision last week to drop two U.S. defence companies from an $11bn fighter competition...
...Dugong et al v Robert Gates, a lawsuit that has been playing out in a San Francisco court since 2003, gained fresh importance yesterday after Japan’s government agreed to build a replacement for the Futenma...
...As a former investment banker, Augar tells the story of the disaster in the financial markets. What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...The MSCI Asia Pacific Index had fallen 3.4 per cent to 107.57 by early evening in Tokyo, extending the drop of 4.9 per cent it made over the previous five days....
...Australia added 26,800 jobs in January, exceeding expectations for a rise of 15,000 and taking unemployment to its lowest level in more than 33 years....
...IPE Brent for January delivery added 68 cents to $57.73 a barrel in late afternoon London trade....
...Gold was up $2.30 to $440.30/1.00. Copper hit record highs in London and Shanghai as stocks fell to three decade lows....
...The August contract was down 57 cents at $55.20....
...In 1999 I had to stand before the membership and say if we trade 800,00 contracts a day financially we’ll be fine, because we had about $100m of debt....
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