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Latest News Headlines
Bloomberg: Asia Stocks Slide; Rising Yields Spur BOJ to Act: Markets Wrap
Asian shares dipped, with technology stocks leading declines after some disappointment with U.S. corporate earnings. Rising pressure on bond yields round the world stirred the Bank of Japan into action to keep rates from getting out of whack with policy targets. [more...]
Bloomberg: Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day
Bitcoin suffers its worst month on record, Alibaba buys into Ant Financial and Indian groceries, and the rout in Treasuries picks up steam. Here are some of the things people in markets are talking about. [more...]
Bloomberg: Apple Forecast Falls Short After iPhone Sales Miss Estimates
Apple Inc. forecast lower-than-expected revenue for the current quarter and reported iPhone sales from the crucial holiday period that missed analysts’ forecasts, suggesting waning demand for its most-important product. [more...]
Bloomberg: Japan Authorities Raid Coincheck After $500 Million Heist
Japan’s Financial Services Agency raided Coincheck Inc.’s offices a week after the cryptocurrency exchange lost about $500 million to hackers, hauling out documents and computers as evidence. [more...]
Bloomberg: The U.S. Poses a Bigger Danger Than China to Asia’s Markets
Asia’s economies may be increasingly bound to China, but the risks to the region’s markets may be more linked to the U.S. as Chinese policy makers make progress in arresting a record run-up in the country’s debt. [more...]
Bloomberg: Deutsche Bank Sees Contagion Risk Growing in Financial Markets
The concerted selloff that landed on stocks and bonds this week may be a taste of what’s to come for financial markets. [more...]
Reuters: Texas shale challenges North Sea crude as world oil benchmark
Surging shale oil production in Texas and North Dakota is being felt on trading desks in Chicago, Houston and New York, where a brisk business in West Texas Intermediate crude futures is far outpacing contracts for London-based Brent crude. [more...]
Reuters: Blowout in bond yields rattles Asian stocks, buoys euro
The euro neared multi-year peaks on Friday as talk of policy tightening in Europe and expectations that inflation is set to gear up boosted borrowing costs globally, a move that sparked a sell-off in Asian equities. [more...]
CNBC: Deutsche Bank posts $2.75 billion Q4 earnings loss, blames U.S. tax reform
German lender Deutsche Bank posted a net loss of 2.2 billion euros ($2.75 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2017 — worse than the net loss of 1.25 billion euros that Reuters analysts had forecast. [more...]
CNBC: UK businesses seek opportunities in China after Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May embarked on a trip to China on Wednesday with a 50-strong business delegation, featuring sectors ranging from health care to clean energy, in her bid to cement Britain-China ties. [more...] |
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