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Germany to introduce legal quotas for women on company boards
November 26th, 2014
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition parties agreed on Tuesday to a draft law that would force Germany’s leading listed companies to allocate 30 percent of the seats on non-executive boards to women from 2016 onward. Although Europe’s biggest economy has a female ...
RBI under rate cut pressure as growth slips back
November 26th, 2014
India’s economic growth probably slowed to around 5 percent in the three months to September, slipping from 5.7 percent in the previous quarter, two senior finance ministry sources said, putting pressure on the central bank to cut interest rates. ...
Technical Analysis: Indices– Nov 26
November 26th, 2014
Technical Analysis for November 26, 2014 SPX has break over 2070 and entered the 2050 – 2080 trading range. Next target for the higher movement will be 2100 but a lower leg to 2040 will send SPX back into ...
What Greek accounting woes can teach Asia
November 26th, 2014
Asia should care about Greece, because it offers two important lessons. One, that “Greek accounting” triggered the European crisis and weakened an important trading partner to Asia. Two, that weak Greek government financial management and reporting impaired trust and ...
Technical Analysis: Commodities – Nov 26
November 26th, 2014
Technical Analysis for November 26, 2014 XAU/USD (GOLD) has broken 1205 but still trading sideways around 1180-1205 level for now. Although the next target for the higher level is 1240, a lower leg under 1175 will target 1150 next. ...
Santos Flags ‘Prudent’ Capital Raising After Oil Price Falls
November 26th, 2014
Santos Ltd. (STO), set to start output at its $18.5 billion natural gas project in the second half of next year, is studying a sale of hybrid notes in European markets after a slide in oil prices. “It’s prudent capital management to ...
Technical Analysis: Currency pairs – Nov 26
November 26th, 2014
Technical Analysis for November 26, 2014 EUR/USD is trading around 1.2475 level and trying to break higher ad the next target is 1.25. If it breaks 1.25 then it will target 1.26 next and if it breaks lower under ...
Aussie Near 4-Year Low as Lowe Says It May Weaken; Won Advances
November 26th, 2014
Australia’s dollar traded 0.3 percent from a four-year low after central bank Deputy Governor Philip Lowe said yesterday the currency will probably depreciate in line with commodity export prices. The yen was near the weakest level in seven years ...
Stocks Rise With Oil After China Rates as Euro Falls
November 21st, 2014
Global stocks climbed, and oil and metals gained after China cut interest rates. The euro weakened and bonds in the region rose after Mario Draghi said the European Central Bank must drive inflation higher. The MSCI All-Country World Index advanced 0.2 percent at 11:21 a.m. ...
Draghi throws door to QE wide open as recovery wanes
November 21st, 2014
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi threw the door wide open on Friday for more dramatic action to rescue the euro zone economy, saying “excessively low” inflation had to be raised quickly by whatever means necessary. Draghi said there was now ...
