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USD/JPY probes resistance at 104
April 2nd, 2014
Pair’s Outlook The U.S. Dollar disregards the daily and weekly technical indicators and strengthens relative to the Japanese Yen. As the supply at 103.34 is now out of the way, USD/JPY is facing the resistance at 104.00/103.79, which should ...
China Mulling Implementing FATCA-Like Law To Reduce Tax Evasion On Mainland; Hong Kong Agreed To Share Tax Information Of US Expats Earlier This Week
March 31st, 2014
China is to looking to formulate a law similar to one in the U.S., which now requires financial institutions worldwide to disclose information on American taxpayers to the U.S. government, South China Morning Post, or SCMP, reported Friday. China ...
FSA: Guidelines for Supervision of Financial Market Infrastructures
March 27th, 2014
The Financial Services Agency (FSA), the Japanese regulatory authority, has issued a series of Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Financial Market Infrastructures, as part of the efforts toward “better regulation”. The Guidelines can be downloaded here. Source: FSA
Why Companies Suffer Large, Unexpected Credit Losses
March 26th, 2014
For companies that sell business-to-business products and services, many things can contribute to a company incurring a loss from a bad debt. The most important factor is probably the quality of the organization’s finance and credit management process. But ...
Stocks: Preparing for a rush of IPOs
March 24th, 2014
By all indications, Monday could be a quiet trading day, but don’t let the placid mood in the markets fool you — investors are preparing for a rush of initial public offerings this week. The company behind the popular ...
Flight 370: When facts are few, imaginations run wild
March 24th, 2014
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777 on the way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, simply vanished from the sky on March 8. In the two weeks since, the mystery of what happened to its 227 passengers and 12 ...
Asia Stocks Rise as Copper Slips Amid China Stimulus Talk
March 24th, 2014
Asian shares rose, with the regional index rebounding from its biggest two-week decline since June, and the yen fell. Nickel slid after a seventh weekly gain as a preliminary Chinese manufacturing gauge unexpectedly fell, while gold and silver retreated. ...
Mt.Gox finds 200,000 bitcoins in old wallet
March 21st, 2014
Embattled exchange Mt.Gox said Friday that it has found 200,000 bitcoins in a “forgotten” digital wallet — a haul worth $116 million at current prices. Mt.Gox CEO Mark Karpeles said in a statement that the bitcoins had been uncovered ...
Asian Stocks Rebound From Biggest Decline in Seven Months
March 21st, 2014
Asian stocks rose, with a regional index of shares outside Japan rebounding from the biggest loss yesterday since August. Li & Fung Ltd. surged 18 percent in Hong Kong after the world’s largest supplier of clothes and toys to ...
Asia Stocks Drop on Fed; H-Share Index Near Bear Market
March 20th, 2014
Asian stocks fell, with a gauge of Chinese shares in Hong Kong poised to enter a bear market, after the Federal Reserve signaled it may raise U.S. interest rates from the middle of next year. Newcrest Mining Ltd. (NCM), ...
