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GoPro plans to list on the Nasdaq stock exchange
May 20th, 2014
Wearable camera-maker GoPro has filed documents for a public share sale in the US. Money raised from the initial public offering (IPO) will go towards repaying debt and future acquisitions. The filing did not reveal how many shares the ...
Draghi Sets Clock Ticking for June Stimulus by ECB
May 9th, 2014
Mario Draghi has given himself a month to craft a new fix to the European Central Bank’s deflation angst. Cutting the euro area’s benchmark interest rate to a record tops the list of options for the ECB President after ...
Barclays, Credit Suisse Battle Banker Exodus, Legal Woes
May 5th, 2014
Barclays Plc (BARC), Credit Suisse Group AG and UBS AG (UBSN) will face questions this week about key banker departures, legal challenges and their efforts to boost profitability. Barclays last week lost three top bankers in the U.S. and ...
Wall Street’s Top Banks To Keep Lower Profile At Russian Investment Meeting Amid Growing Sanctions
April 30th, 2014
Wall Street’s top firms are walking an increasingly fine line between business as usual and growing political pressure to shun Russia for its annexation of Crimea and meddling in Ukraine, believing that their business ties are more important than ...
UK economy is fast growing
April 30th, 2014
The U.K. now has one of the fastest-growing economies in the developed world. With growth expanding at a 3 percent annual rate as a strong housing market and manufacturing lead the way, the country’s economy is the envy of ...
European Stocks Climb Amid Earnings as Fed Meeting Starts
April 29th, 2014
European stocks rose for a second day as companies from Deutsche Bank AG to ABB Ltd. reported earnings and the Federal Reserve begins a two-day policy meeting. U.S. stock-index futures advanced, while and Asian shares were little changed. Deutsche ...
Bank of America Lost $2.7 Billion in a Maze of Accounting
April 29th, 2014
Last month, Citigroup failed the Fed’s stress test because, even though it would meet minimum capital requirements in a severely adverse scenario, the Fed wasn’t comfortable with Citi’s capital planning process. Meanwhile, Bank of America passed the stress test ...
5 companies worried about Ukraine
April 25th, 2014
The crisis in Ukraine is making itself felt in corporate earnings reports. Tensions escalated on Thursday as Russia said it would hold military exercises along the Ukrainian border. The move put pressure on the broader stock market. Some companies ...
Wall Street Bond Dealers Whipsawed on Bearish Treasuries Bet
April 22nd, 2014
Betting against U.S. government debt this year is turning out to be a fool’s errand. Just ask Wall Street’s biggest bond dealers. While the losses that their economists predicted have yet to materialize, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Citigroup ...
Japan exports growth slows sharply, keeps pressure on BOJ to act
April 22nd, 2014
Japan suffered its worst annual trade deficit in March as exports growth slowed to its weakest in a year, suggesting a rapid loss of economic momentum that may prompt policy makers into early action as a national sales tax ...
