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Industrial Production Drops in Eurozone
July 14th, 2014
Industrial production in the eurozone slipped in May, according to data published on Monday, reinforcing concern that a tentative economic recovery is already stalling. Factory output fell 1.1 percent in the 18 countries of the currency bloc compared with ...
Interview with GoCoin’s Steve Beauregard
July 14th, 2014
I visited Los Angeles Bitcoin Incubator Bitropolis earlier this year, and I got to meet Steve Beauregard, the founder of GoCoin. While in his office in the scenic Santa Monica, CA, I had a few questions for him– and ...
Traders Flood U.S. With $3.4 Trillion of Bond-Auction Demand
July 14th, 2014
The intensifying debate over when the Federal Reserve raises interest rates is little more than a sideshow when it comes to the ability of the U.S. to borrow. For all the concern fixed-income assets will tumble once the central ...
Asian Stocks Slip With Won on Portugal as Gold Holds Gain
July 11th, 2014
Asia’s benchmark stock index headed for its first weekly loss since May 9, the cost of insuring bonds in the region climbed and the yen maintained gains with gold amid concern that Europe’s debt problems haven’t been resolved. South ...
Portugal Bonds Drop With Europe Stocks as Gold Advances
July 9th, 2014
Portugal and Italy led declines in European bonds and stocks dropped while gold climbed. Emerging-market shares fell from a 16-month high. The yield on Portugal’s 10-year bond jumped 19 basis points to 3.84 percent by 9:53 a.m. in London. ...
EU approves conditional Telefonica deal
July 2nd, 2014
Telefonica SA (TEF) won European Union approval to merge its German unit with Royal KPN (KPN) NV’s E-Plus after it pledged to bolster smaller rivals and divest spectrum, the European Commission said. Telefonica must sell as much as 30 ...
Gouging the Gauchos
July 2nd, 2014
Like individuals, corporations, and other private firms that rely on bankruptcy procedures to reduce an excessive debt burden, countries sometimes need orderly debt restructuring or reduction. But the ongoing legal saga of Argentina’s fight with holdout creditors shows that ...
Offshore Tax Crackdown Opens With 30% Penalties for Banks
June 30th, 2014
The Internal Revenue Service is about to get an unprecedented look at bank accounts and investments U.S. citizens hold abroad, through a law that is making it harder to hide assets from the tax collector. Tomorrow, the U.S. government ...
Japan reveals plans to cut corporate tax to below 30%
June 24th, 2014
Japan has unveiled plans to cut the country’s corporate tax to below 30% in several stages starting next year. The move is part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plan to revive the economy, a pledge made when he took ...
Emerging Markets: What Has Changed
June 20th, 2014
1) Russia continues to liberalize the currency and move to an inflation targeting regime 2) Political risk is rising in Poland 3) South Africa came under renewed rating downgrade pressures 4) The Chinese yuan’s one-way depreciating bet appears to ...
