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Standard Chartered to close MidEast branches
November 13th, 2014
Standard Chartered is set to cull an unspecified number of branches in the Middle East, as part of plans to cut up to 100 locations in emerging markets next year in a bid to save $400 million. The global ...
FCA warning against unauthorised firms
November 13th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulator, has issued a warning against: ‘Ignite Boilers Limited’ (Address: 138 Barcombe Road, London SW2 3BB) ‘Aberdeen Trust’ (www.aberdeentrust.com), ‘Capital Resource Development Company’ (www.crdevelopmentcompany.com ) The warning recommends that the public exercises ...
Gold Demand in China Slumps 37% Amid Drive to Root Out Graft
November 13th, 2014
Gold demand in China shrank for a third quarter as slumping prices failed to boost the purchases of bars, coins and jewelry in the world’s biggest user and officials pressed on with a nationwide anti-graft campaign. Buying by Asia’s largest economy ...
U.S. stocks slip from records; oil falls
November 13th, 2014
U.S. equity prices edged off record highs on Wednesday led by weakness in the financial sector after six global banks were fined a total of $4.3 billion for currency rigging, while the oil market sagged on concerns about a ...
Forex traders plotted strategy in secret chats
November 13th, 2014
Traders of major banks fined $4.3 billion Wednesday for attempted manipulation of foreign exchange markets used electronic chat rooms to plot their moves. Transcript excerpts of conversations released Wednesday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission show traders from U.S. banks Citibank(C) ...
Thursday November 13: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Indices
November 13th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for November 13, 2014 S&P 500 The S&P 500 sold off briefly on Wednesday finding support in the 2025 area and managed to close just above 2030. This suggests bullish traders supporting the index at ...
Thursday November 13: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Commodities
November 13th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for November 13, 2014 Gold tried to rally on Wednesday but found resistance at the $1170 area too strong. Gold is likely to consolidate in this region and build a base at the $1150 area ...
Thursday November 13: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Currency pairs
November 13th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for November 13, 2014 EUR/USD rallied into the 1.25 handle which proved too resistive to climb over. The pair has tried and failed to remain above for three sessions in a row which suggests that further ...
AAT Corporation Limited fined for failing to lodge financial reports
November 13th, 2014
Australian public company, AAT Corporation Limited, has been convicted and fined $27,000 for failing to lodge annual and half-yearly financial reports. AAT Corporation Limited was charged by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) after failing to lodge its ...
Technical Analysis : Indices – Nov 13
November 13th, 2014
Technical Analysis for November 13, 2014 SPX The uptrend from SPX remains intact and it shows no sign for a major change. Currently SPX is trading around 2020-2050 level and the next support could be seen around 2015 level ...