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...a ‘U’ or ‘V’ shaped recovery,” said Jane Foley, senior currency strategist at Rabobank....
...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....
...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...
...(Financial Times) Currency manipulation should be part of trade talks, Senators say: “A bipartisan majority of the US Senate demanded that US President Barack Obama address “currency manipulation” in trade...
...(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...
...“The deal valuing the portfolio at about $2.7bn will give Blackstone a majority stake in apartment complexes with roughly 30,000 units in the southern United States, according to people familiar with the...
...Abe et al are keen on ending deflation — but they are going to hinder that push with a fiscal tightening. No tension there, then....
...(Wall Street Journal) OVERNIGHT MARKETS: UP Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +111.50 (+1.30%) at 8,689 Topix up +7.31 (+1.01%) at 730.30 Hang Seng up +60.53 (+0.29%) at 21,209 US markets S&P 500 up +11.54...
...Currencies €/$ 1.23 (1.23) $/¥ 78.37 (78.49) £/$ 1.57 (1.57) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.45 at 106.92 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.61 at 90.74 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,618 Copper...
...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 down -1.05% at 749.32 Hang Seng down -1.60% at 19,110 Shanghai Composite...
...Crude (Nymex) down -2.00 at 94.13 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,584...
...Market Index up +0.27% at 1,000 Americas DJIA down -0.26% at 12,676 S&P 500 down -0.10% at 1,315 Bovespa up +0.16% at 62,486 Asia Nikkei 225 up +1.08% at 8,880 Topix up +1.32% at 767.41 Hang Seng up +...
...DJIA down -1.13% at 11,771 S&P 500 down -1.68% at 1,216 Bovespa unchanged 0.00% at 56,989 Asia Nikkei 225 down -1.23% at 8,375 Topix down -1.06% at 719.98 Hang Seng down -1.73% at 18,491 Shanghai Composite...
...China steps up condemnation of U.S. over Taiwan arms China stepped up its condemnation of the United States on Thursday for selling arms to Taiwan saying they could disrupt military exchanges, a warning...
...up +1.44% at 10,809 S&P 500 up +2.25% at 1,124 Bovespa unchanged 0.00% at 50,686 Asia Nikkei 225 down -0.86% at 8,383 Topix down -1.35% at 726.25 Hang Seng down -3.40% at 16,250 Shanghai Composite down...
...dollars of petrochemical equipment to Iran, a country the U.S. identifies as a sponsor of global terrorism....
...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...
...Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (on behalf of) suing in NYC and DC: Bassman v. Syron, et. al (FRE) Agnes v....
...The database industry in the United States is flourishing....
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