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oil

Oil Companies Turning Away From The Middle East

20/08/2014(0)
The violence and cutthroat politics of the Middle East, combined with declining oil and gas production levels, has triggered a subtle but significant shift away from what has long ... Read More
Real estate in Russia

Rich Russians in U.K. Think About Sanctions, but Keep Buying Mansions

20/08/2014(0)
A lunchtime crowd of around 60 real-estate agents and property developers tucked into champagne, caviar and canapés last week at a new six-bedroom mansion in St. George’s Hill, a ... Read More
yen

Japan trade deficit grows

20/08/2014(0)
Japan’s trade deficit rose in July from the month before to a wider than expected 964 billion yen ($9.4 billion), though exports were higher for the first time in ... Read More
citigroup

Citigroup considers sale of Japan retail unit

20/08/2014(0)
Citigroup Inc is considering the sale of its Japanese retail unit and has approached about 10 banks, according to a source, as the U.S. banking company struggles to turn ... Read More
oil

Oil prices drop and investment in Canadian oil sands is risky

20/08/2014(0)
A new study says the recent increase in global oil production and the ensuing drop in price may threaten the profits of energy companies that have invested in Canadian ... Read More
greece

Greek Stock Recovery dims as Europe Turmoil Flattens ASE

19/08/2014(0)
The curtain is coming down on Greece’s star turn with international equity investors. Among the best-performing Europe gauges in 2013 after the government carried out the world’s biggest-ever debt ... Read More
Microsoft logo at the 2014 Computex exhibition in Taipei

Microsoft Cloud Service Azure Experienced Global Outage

19/08/2014(0)
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)’s Azure cloud-computing service, a critical part of Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella’s plan to remake the software company, experienced a major global outage yesterday that lasted ... Read More
People walk past a Sprint store in New York

Sprint cuts rates, CEO says more new plans to come

19/08/2014(0)
Sprint Corp (S.N) on Monday unveiled a new pricing plan that offers customers 20 gigabytes of data and up to 10 lines for $100, doubling its data offerings, the ... Read More
singapore

Singapore Dollar’s Losses to Ringgit Seen Widening: Asean Credit

19/08/2014(0)
The diverging economic fortunes of two Southeast Asian neighbors are prompting PineBridge Investments to favor Malaysia’s ringgit over Singapore’s dollar. The ringgit has gained 4% to 2.53 per Singapore ... Read More
ATM-corporate asia

Corporate Asia May Struggle with Rate Rise

19/08/2014(0)
Corporate Asia has taken advantage of ultra-low interest rates over the past few years, loading up on debt, but with rates set to rise, there may be risks ahead. ... Read More
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