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Asia markets close mostly down; Japan, Australia near bear markets
January 18th, 2016
Markets in Asia closed mostly lower Monday, on the back of another Wall Street sell-off Friday. Major indexes in Australia and Japan were nearing bear market territory, down over 18 percent from their 52-week highs. Down Under, the Australian ...
BHP Billiton:Onshore US Asset Review
January 15th, 2016
BHP Billiton expects to recognise an impairment charge of approximately US$4.9 billion post-tax (or approximately US$7.2 billion pre-tax) against the carrying value of its Onshore US assets. This charge will be recognised as an exceptional item in the financial ...
ECB policymakers divided over China risks
January 15th, 2016
Policymakers at the European Central Bank disagreed at their last meeting over how big a threat turmoil in China and other emerging markets pose to Europe’s modest economic recovery. The result of the Dec. 3 debate, for which a ...
Switzerland Weathers the Superstrong Franc
January 15th, 2016
It was in a small, wood-paneled boardroom overlooking Lake Zurich that Thomas Jordan and his colleagues at the Swiss National Bank made a decision that caught global markets unawares, infuriated Swiss industrial leaders, and tipped the economy dangerously close ...
Asia stocks retrace gains; Shanghai tumbles 3.7%
January 15th, 2016
Major Asian stock markets struggled to hold onto their morning gains Friday, despite a positive finish from Wall Street overnight. In another late spate of sell-offs, the Shanghai composite down 3.97 percent and Shenzhen composite 2..85 percent lower in afternoon trade. The ASX 200 closed ...
Planned valued added tax of up to 5% in 2018 awaits GCC approval
January 14th, 2016
A planned value added tax on goods and services will range between 3 to 5 per cent when it comes online in 2018. It could help to replenish regional coffers following a steep decline in the price of oil, ...
European Investment Bank puts loans to Volkswagen on hold
January 14th, 2016
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has stopped loans to Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) pending an investigation into whether some of its previous funding could been used by the German carmaker to cheat diesel emissions tests. Volkswagen (VW) has been embroiled in ...
J.P. Morgan’s Earnings and Revenue Rise, Beating Expectations
January 14th, 2016
The New York firm kicks off earnings season for big U.S. banks J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. said its fourth-quarter profit beat expectations thanks in part to cost-cutting and higher earnings within its investment banking division. The largest U.S. bank ...
Bank of England maintains Bank Rate at 0.5% and the size of the Asset Purchase Programme at £375 billion
January 14th, 2016
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy in order to meet the 2% inflation target and in a way that helps to sustain growth and employment. At its meeting ending on 13 January 2016, the ...
Pound Slumps as BOE Rate-Rise Expectations Recede
January 14th, 2016
China-linked market turmoil has made Bank of England rate increase less likely, investors say The British pound tumbled to a more than 5½-year low this week, as concerns about China help push back expectations of a long-anticipated interest-rate increase ...
