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...The Japanese yen firmed 0.1 per cent to ¥108.71 per dollar after strengthening past the ¥109 mark overnight....
...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....
...The Japanese yen was slightly firmer, up 0.1 per cent on the greenback at ¥109.44. The dollar index tracking the US currency against a basket of peers was flat at 93.515....
...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...
...After the FTSE Asia-Pacific index jumped 0.8 per cent, the pan-European Stoxx 600 is up 0.5 per cent....
...Currency markets bore the brunt of sentiment surrounding the US presidential debate, with the Mexican peso, Canadian dollar and Japanese yen among the high-profile movers....
...Specifically, they expect the CBI to report that the balance of retailers reporting a year-on-year increase in sales to have edged back to +5 in June after recovering to +7 per cent in May from -13 per cent...
...Beyond the Square Mile Roche, the Swiss pharmaceuticals group beat expectations in the first quarter as first quarter sales rose 5 per cent year-on-year to SFr12.4bn, just ahead of estimates of SFr12.3bn...
...The Japanese yen, for example, a currency often sought at times of turmoil, is down 0.4 per cent to Y118.12 per dollar, its retreat hastened by data showing a sharp 14.4 per cent year-on-year drop in Japan...
...Apple points to a study by Analysis Group, a consultancy, that found it supported 361,000 jobs at US suppliers in 33 states....
...This recorded a 5 per cent increase in operating profits at constant currencies....
...A) Japanese yen B) Canadian dollar C) Norwegian krone D) Australian dollar E) New Zealand dollar 5....
...But the currency benefits are starting to fade as dollar costs rise from a decline in the euro and other emerging market currencies....
...(Bloomberg) In the news Baltimore riots The US state of Maryland declared a state of emergency and deployed national guard troops as rioters clashed with police in the city of Baltimore....
...To be precise, 155,000 people in Benin got a vaccination against meningitis, with a vaccine kept in temperatures of up to 39°C....
...(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...
...10,000 people and displaced more than 600,000.”...
...(Financial Times) Cisco cuts jobs, sees poor Asia demand continuing : The company’s shares fell almost 10% in after-hours trade after it announced it was cutting 5% of its workforce, or 4,000 jobs. the...
...Markets: Asian stocks dropped, dragging down the benchmark gauge from a four-month high, as Japanese exporters retreated on a stronger yen....
...(Wall Street Journal) Abenomics watch: The yen value of Japan’s exports rose by the biggest margin in three years in May, aided by policies that have softened the country’s currency, in the latest evidence...
...(Financial Times) Panasonic said it would cut about 5,000 workers from its automotive and industrial division, which employs a total of 110,000, in a bid to bolster its operating profit margin to at least...
...“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...
...Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index up +0.35% at 1,077 Americas DJIA up +0.13% at 13,488 S&P 500 down 0.00% at 1,472 Bovespa down -0.29% at 61,497 Asia Nikkei 225 up +1.40% at 10,802 Topix up +1.09% at...
...(Reuters) JP Morgan to cut 17,000 jobs, a 6.5% headcount reduction in 2013 and 2014, the majority of which will come from its consumer banking and mortgage groups....
...(Reuters) EDF wants state backing for UK reactors: EDF Energy has asked the Treasury to guarantee some of the costs of the new nuclear reactors it will build in the UK, in a move likely to spark controversy...
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