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Brent Crude Falls; Oil Prices End at Nearly Seven-Year Lows
December 9th, 2015
Prices hit fresh seven-year lows on expectations that U.S. crude inventories rose Brent crude dipped below $40 a barrel Tuesday in a selloff that has raised a worrisome possibility: that oil prices could be even lower next year than ...
Opec bid to kill off US shale sends oil price down to 2009 low
December 8th, 2015
Oil falls by $2 a barrel with energy shares as Opec refusal to stop flooding the market with cheap oil and likely US rate hike sends Brent crude tumbling Oil prices have slumped by 5% after the latest attempt ...
China Forex Reserves Fall to Lowest Level in More Than Two Years
December 8th, 2015
Numbers suggest Beijing is struggling to control capital outflows as a U.S. rate increase looms China’s foreign-exchange hoard fell in November to its lowest level in more than two years, reigniting concerns about Beijing’s ability to stem the outflow ...
Vatican appoints PricewaterhouseCoopers to audit accounts
December 7th, 2015
The Vatican has ordered the first ever external audit of its accounts as part of Pope Francis’ efforts to reform the Roman Catholic Church. The auditor, accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers, will start work immediately, a papal spokesman said. Pope Francis ...
China Begins G-20 Leadership With Ideas to Reduce Dollar’s Role
December 7th, 2015
South Korea, France to lead working group exploring SDR use China exploring ways to make system more resilient to shocks As China takes the reins of the Group of 20 for the coming year, the first indications are emerging ...
OPEC 168th Meeting concludes
December 7th, 2015
The 168th Meeting of the Conference of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was held in Vienna, Austria, on Friday, 4th December 2015 under the Chairmanship of its President, HE Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, whom the Conference ...
Asian markets close near flat, economic data eyed
December 7th, 2015
Asian stocks lost much of their gains from the morning session to close near flat on Monday, as investors eye a host of economic data due this week. Last week, nonfarm payrolls data showed the U.S. economy created 211,000 ...
Gold sank to the lowest level in more than five years, Silver and platinum dropped to multiyear lows
December 3rd, 2015
Gold Drops as Top Bullion Forecaster Says Rate Rise Near Certain Fed Chair Janet Yellen signals her confidence in U.S. economy Holdings in SPDR shrink by most since 2011 as dollar climbs Gold sank to the lowest level in ...
Money Is Becoming Unmanageable: Hedge Funds Post Losses, Face Outflows
December 3rd, 2015
Some of the money managers who made names (and billions of dollars) for themselves in the past decade are suddenly failing: ” Hedge Funds Brace for Redemptions (Bloomberg) – When BlueCrest Capital Management told investors Tuesday ...
VW Scandal: Top law firms competing for lead assignment in expected multibillion-dollar case
December 3rd, 2015
Top law firms competing for lead assignment in expected multibillion-dollar case Lawyers from across the country will descend Thursday on a courthouse in New Orleans to jockey for a potentially lucrative assignment: a role in the massive consumer-fraud litigation facing Volkswagen AG over ...
