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Asian Shares Retreat With Commodities as Haven Demand Boosts Yen

05/07/2016(0)
Aussie falls as RBA leaves key rate unchanged; yen advances Nickel slides from eight-month high as Brent crude below $50 Asian stocks dropped for the first time in a ... Read More
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U.S.-UK alliance seen outweighing Brexit trade concerns

28/06/2016(0)
The United States looks unlikely to follow through on a threat to relegate Britain to second-class trade status once its ally leaves the European Union, as it weighs the ... Read More
Pound

Pound Rises to Highest in 2016 Hours Before Brexit Vote Begins

23/06/2016(0)
Polls had indicated vote on EU membership is too close to call Foreign-exchange traders are bracing for heightened volatility The pound climbed to the strongest level this year as ... Read More
European-Stocks

European Stocks Near One-Month High, Set for Third Weekly Gains

27/05/2016(0)
European stocks hovered near a one-month high, set for a third weekly advance, on growing optimism that the global economy can withstand higher U.S. borrowing costs. The Stoxx Europe 600 ... Read More
scotland

No Matter the Outcome, Scottish Vote Will Shake U.K.

05/09/2014(0)
Until this week, almost nobody outside Scotland took very seriously the possibility that Europe’s most stable and durable nation, the only big country on earth not to have suffered ... Read More
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London’s Latest Boom Is in Billionaires

13/05/2014(0)
Tucked into the U.K, the world’s seventh-richest country with an annual GDP of about $2.5 trillion, is an island of rich people with its own subculture, customs, habits and ... Read More
Bank-of-England

Bank of England: rate at 0.50%, QE steady at £375B

08/05/2014(0)
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee at its meeting today voted to maintain Bank Rate at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to maintain the stock of purchased assets ... Read More
UK

U.K.’s Transaction Tax Plan on hold by the European court

30/04/2014(0)
The U.K. lost a bid to counter plans by 11 European Union nations for a common financial-transactions tax, after the bloc’s top court said it was too soon to ... Read More
London

UK economy is fast growing

30/04/2014(0)
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 ... Read More
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Buy London Mansions on Russia Sanctions

28/04/2014(0)
Targeted sanctions against Russians and pro-Russian Ukrainians are proving a boon to London’s real estate market. Some of the $51 billion that fled Russia in the first quarter of ... Read More
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