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...America creates about a quarter of global GDP, but well over half of the currency reserves of the world's central banks is socked away in dollars — $6.6tn of $11.4tn....
...(0.00%) at 5,071 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +29.31 (+2.08%) at 1,441 FTSE100 up +129.76 (+2.16%) at 6,148 CAC 40 up +99.31 (+2.15%) at 4,724 Dax up +220.53 (+2.11%) at 10,690 Currencies €/$ 1.09...
...borrowers owe remarkably little of their dollar debt to banks or investors that reside in the United States.”...
...(Nymex) up +0.21 at 48.66 100 Oz Gold (Comex) down -14.50 at 1,080 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...
...(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....
...(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....
...* Currency swings squeeze multinationals | A year of turbulence in emerging markets currencies is punishing multinationals who warn that adverse exchange rate movements will hit earnings ** FT Opinion...
...Good morning New York, FT ALPHAVILLE Naming and shaming in Japan: David notes another angry reflection of how important rising wages are to Abenomics’ success and how irritated Abe et al are at those big...
...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...
...(-0.53%) at 1,225 FTSE100 down -27.92 (-0.44%) at 6,338 CAC 40 down -6.48 (-0.16%) at 4,127 Dax down -39.20 (-0.46%) at 8,517 Currencies €/$ 1.35 (1.35) $/¥ 97.70 (97.33) £/$ 1.59 (1.60) Commodities (...
...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%...
...Although contrast GMO et al: That’s rather more convoluted. In fact, it’s a recipe for a sovereign bankruptcy regime in US courts....
...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...
...the completion of its $2.6bn takeover of AMC Entertainment, the FT reports. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/4ca35314-f6d8-11e1-827f-00144feabdc0.html Donors pledge $6.4bn in aid to Yemen International donors...
...“[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...
...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...
...will seek United Nations Security Council endorsement for a plan to peacefully end the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and pave the way for a democratically elected government within six months,...
...It also said it planned to buy a proposed 40 per cent stake in Cairn’s Indian subsidiary at a reduced amount of $6.02bn....
...CFM International, one of the world’s major aircraft engine makers, is a joint venture between Snecma — a subsidiary of Safran Group of France — and General Electric of the United States....
...feared that Islamabad would have warned Osama bin Laden of the US operation that killed the al-Qaeda leader, the FT reports....
...Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index down -0.80% at 1,176 Europe FTSE down -0.90% at 6,028 RTF down -0.54% at 1,966 Wig Index down -1.02% at 49,623 FTSE 300 Eurotop down -0.61% at 1,144 Americas...
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