For centuries, trading with raw material has been an integral part of economic life. Stock exchanges started everywhere and eventually developed into the stock exchanges that exist today, dealing with shares, too. The first stock exchange ...
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Rhodium prices continued to rise this week on buying by investment banks on behalf of industrial consumers and improved market sentiment. The Platts New York Dealer rhodium price range on Friday rose to $975-1,015/oz from $950-995/oz last ...
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For the last decade, it has been of utmost interest for buyers and sellers in the global textile industry to know where the goods are coming from — that is, where they are produced. The reasons for that are well-known; sustainability ...
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Concerns about the global economy and political unrest in Canberra are cruelling appetite for takeovers, with some of the nation's top dealmakers tipping companies to remain on the sidelines until economic clouds clear. In a sign of the ...
The Australian dollar remains under pressure as banks slash forecasts and traders increasingly spruik shorting the currency. After a host of investment banks yesterday lowered their predictions for the dollar, HSBC today cut its year-end ...
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INVESTMENT banks have continued to go cold on the Australian dollar, with Credit Suisse?s global strategists telling clients the Aussie could fall to 85 US cents in 12 months because "this time it's structural". "While a rebound remains ...
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China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC), one of the leading Chinese investment banks, has announced a cut in its forecast for China's GDP growth for the current year from 7.9 percent to 7.7 percent, compared to GDP growth of ...
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INVESTMENT banks, suffering the softest period for takeover completions in almost a decade, are facing the prospect of another weak year of deal-making as companies remain cautious and shy away from big mergers and acquisitions. In ...
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Australian Securities & Investments Commission chairman Greg Medcraft has declared dark and high-frequency trading "the new normal" of financial markets after two inquiries found no evidence of systemic abuse of the practices. ASIC ...
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Taiwan's solar industry needs to improve from its weakness of lacking brand recognition and control over distribution, said Ellick Liao, chairman of Taiwan Solar Energy (TSEC). Currently, the total supply of solar products is about ...
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I’ve often thought there should be a Nobel prize for corporate finance. It would go to the broker or investment bank that managed to place the largest IPO under the most unpromising circumstances. If there were such an award, I think ...
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Sharp has drastically cut-back production of 9.7-inch touchscreens for Apple's iPad, shifting its focus to the 7.85-inch screens that it makes for the iPad Mini at its Kameyama plant in Japan. The news caps a slowdown that began in ...
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Yonhap reported that major global investment banks predicted Wednesday that China's economy will grow more than 8% in 2013, picking up from the slower growth pace this year. Goldman Sachs expected a modest recovery in the Chinese gross ...
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CITI has ended rival UBS's 11-year streak at the top of the stockbroking heap, as brokers warn that an imminent uptick in market activity is unlikely after the worst year since 2005. "I would say next year will be similar to this year in ...
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Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited is a pedigreed Indian institution with a mandate to sponsor, develop and commercialize infrastructure projects and to provide value added financial services. IL&FS stakeholders are ...
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