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Asian Shares Weaker, With All Eyes on U.S. Jobs Report

01/09/2016(0)
Asian shares were broadly weaker Thursday as investors cautiously await the release of U.S. jobs data on Friday that could jolt markets out of their summer malaise. Official Chinese ... Read More
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Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank Shares Rise on Report of Potential Merger

31/08/2016(0)
Shares in Commerzbank  (CRZBY)   and Deutsche Bank  (DB)  rose on Wednesday after Manager Magazin reported news of a potential merger of Germany’s two leading lenders. The weekly news publication said ... Read More
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MetLife joins R3 distributed ledger consortium

31/08/2016(0)
Insurance giant MetLife, Inc. has joined the R3 partnership, a consortium of 60 of the world’s largest financial institutions focused on designing and applying distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies ... Read More
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Dollar/yen hits one-month high as investors reassess stance, reverse bets

31/08/2016(0)
The dollar hit a one-month high against the yen on Wednesday as investors reversed bets made against the greenback on speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve would not hike ... Read More
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SWIFT Discloses More Cyber Thefts

31/08/2016(0)
SWIFT, the global financial messaging system, on Tuesday disclosed new hacking attacks on its member banks as it pressured them to comply with security procedures instituted after February’s high-profile ... Read More
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U.S. oil prices slide to near three-week low ahead of stockpile data

31/08/2016(0)
U.S. oil prices slid to a near three-week low in early Asian trade Wednesday on expectations that U.S. crude stocks expanded last week, exacerbating the already oversupplied market. On ... Read More
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Oil Falls to Two-Week Low as U.S. Supply Gain Seen, Dollar Rises

31/08/2016(0)
Crude stockpiles climbed 1.3 million barrels: Bloomberg survey Commodities drop, dollar rises to one-month high versus peers Oil dropped to a two-week low before a government report that’s projected ... Read More
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Hanjin Shipping Trading Halted After Plunge to Six-Year Low

30/08/2016(0)
Creditors decided not to provide fresh loans, Yonhap reports Shipping lines worldwide have posted losses amid slowing trade Hanjin Shipping Co. shares were suspended from trading after plunging to ... Read More
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Bitcoin Tipping Platform Zapchain to Shut Down

30/08/2016(0)
Another bitcoin-based content monetization startup has announced it will shut down. Social network Zapchain, launched in 2014 as part of accelerator Boost VC’s fourth batch of startups, has told users that it will ... Read More
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World Bank shake-up yields only half Kim’s target of $400m savings

30/08/2016(0)
The World Bank is set to make net savings that are half the size of a much-touted $400m target as administrative costs rise on a surge in lending, despite ... Read More
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