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Bank of Japan: Statement on Monetary Policy
April 8th, 2015
1. At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by an 8-1 majority vote, to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank of Japan ...
BG Group agrees to £45bn takeover by Royal Dutch Shell in oil mega-merger
April 8th, 2015
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell is to announce a takeover of BG Group today, in a deal valuing gas producer BG at around £45bn. Shell is expected to pay a premium of around 50 per cent on BG’s shares, which closed up ...
Alexis Tsipras flies to Moscow amid speculation of bailout from Putin
April 8th, 2015
Greek prime minister to sign accords with Russia, including gas price discount and possible loans in return for Greek assets, that would alarm EU creditors The Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras, began a controversial visit to Moscow on Tuesday as ...
Oil down on U.S. stock build, record Saudi output
April 8th, 2015
Oil prices fell more than a percent on Wednesday as industry data showed a larger-than-expected weekly build in U.S. stockpiles and as Saudi Arabia reported record output in March. The decline in prices followed a rally on Tuesday, when U.S. crude approached 2015 highs ...
Japanese shares near a 15-year high
April 8th, 2015
Japan’s shares neared a 15-year high on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) maintained its asset purchase program in an effort to boost the economy. In Tokyo, benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.4% at 19,723.42. The central bank has ...
Wednesday April 08: OSB Commodities & Equity Indices Cheat Sheet & Key Levels
April 8th, 2015
OSB Commodities & Equity Indices Cheat Sheet & Key Levels April 08. Gold Open 1214.70, High 1215.90, Low 1207.50, Close 1210.60, -0.66% Change. Silver Open 16.96, High 16.98…View table below
Wednesday April 08: OSB G10 Currency Pairs Cheat Sheet & Key Levels
April 8th, 2015
OSB Daily G10 Currency Pairs Cheat Sheet & Key Levels for April 08. EURUSD Open 1.0922, High 1.0954, Low 1.0803, Close 1.0814, -0.98% Change. GRBUSD Open 1.4873, High 1.4920… View table below
Bitwage launches first international Bitcoin payroll debit card
April 7th, 2015
Bitwage, a California-based Bitcoin payroll firm, has released the first international Bitcoin payroll debit card. With the release of this card, employees and contractors using the Bitwage system can withdraw and spend US dollars, Euros, and British Pounds directly from ...
NinjaTrader Launches Forex Brokerage Services
April 7th, 2015
NinjaTrader Group, LLC has announced the addition of forex trading to the services available through NinjaTrader Brokerage. Users of the awardwinning NinjaTrader platform can now access the world’s largest and most liquid market directly through a NinjaTrader Brokerage trading ...
Bitcoin Marketplace is shutting its doors
April 7th, 2015
US bitcoin marketplace Buttercoin is shutting its doors, despite launching with at least $1.3m in investor backing just four months ago. In a farewell post to customers today, the Buttercoin team announced the service will go offline this Friday (April 10th) at ...
