Japan's first-quarter growth beats forecasts as first stimulus effects felt
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy grew faster than expected in January-March, expanding at its quickest pace in a year on the back of solid private consumption and a rise in exports spurred by Prime...
View Article'Profitless Rally': Stocks Are Heading for a Slowdown
Wall Street's stocks-are-cheap meme looks as if it will start coming under stress if what one firm calls a "profitless rally" continues. Stocks have rallied more than 30 percent on a global basis...
View ArticleRoyal Bank of Scotland Group PLC - AGM Statement (The Royal Bank of Scotland...
(Source: The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc) Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc Annual General Meeting / General Meeting Statement 14 May 2013 The Royal Bank of...
View ArticleIndependent Bank Corp. and Mayflower Bancorp, Inc. Sign Definitive Merger...
ROCKLAND, Mass. & MIDDLEBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Independent Bank Corp. (NASDAQ: INDB), parent of Rockland Trust Company, and Mayflower Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: MFLR), parent of Mayflower Bank,...
View ArticleSolusi Tunas to build 1,000 telco towers
Paper Edition | Page: 13 Towering business: PT Solusi Tunas Pratama president director Nobel Tanihaha (second right), accompanied by director Eko A. Saleh (left to right), finance director Juliawati...
View ArticleWhen will the gold bull resume?
Sector that is completely sold out While gold has seen a decent rebound, silver and the mining shares (the more speculative side of the complex) have failed to sustain any rebound despite tremendously...
View ArticleRPT-Fitch Affirms Japan at 'A+'; Negative Outlook
n">May 16 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Fitch Ratings has affirmed Japan's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at 'A+' with...
View ArticleStocks Edge Up as Tepper Backs Bulls; JPM Gains
Stocks edged higher at the open Tuesday, gaining after widely followed hedge fund manager David Tepper said he is "definitely bullish" on stocks. Enthusiasm as meager, though, as investors weighed...
View ArticleNew measures to address financial stability confirmed
The Reserve Bank has been given the go-ahead to implement extra measures which could affect future home buyers by requiring greater deposits before loans are approved. The housing bubbles in both...
View ArticleMining slump fears hit markets as UGL, Sedgman feel the heat
THE end of the investment boom in Australian resources has hit the bottom lines of mining services contractors, who are now being forced to slash earnings forecasts and flag potential writedowns as...
View ArticleNew Zealand central bank given new tools to fight economic bubbles
WELLINGTON, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand government and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) have agreed on new macro- prudential tools targeting potential economic bubbles such as the...
View ArticleForecast for Housing and the Economy Solidifying, Future Tax Treatment...
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View ArticleThe Real Experiment That Is Being Carried Out In Japan
The future never resembles the past - as we well know. But, generally speaking, our imagination and our knowledge are too weak to tell U.S. what particular changes to expect. We do not know what the...
View ArticleResults KBC Group 1Q2013 : 520 million euros profit, 15 billion euros...
(Source: KBC Group NV) Press Release Outside trading hours - Regulated information* Brussels, 16 May 2013 (07.00 a.m. CET) Summary: 520 million euros profit, 15 billion euros capital, 9 million...
View ArticleUPDATE 1-Japan's Q1 growth beats forecasts as first stimulus effects felt
* Q1 GDP +0.9 pct vs forecast +0.7 pct in Reuters poll * Private consumption, exports up, capex disappoints * Economists see economy to sustain growth in Q2 By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Kaori Kaneko...
View ArticleFitch Affirms Credit Suisse at 'A'; Outlook Stable
(The following statement was released by the rating agency) MILAN/LONDON, May 16 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has affirmed Credit Suisse AG's Long-term Issuer Default Rating at 'A' with a Stable Outlook and...
View ArticleLooking beyond gold
The imminent launch of a new series of inflation indexed bonds (IIBs) that will give investors a measure of protection from the consequences of rampant inflation fulfils a key announcement made in the...
View ArticleJapan's first quarter growth beats forecasts as first stimulus effects felt
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy grew faster than expected in January-March, expanding at its quickest pace in a year on the back of solid private consumption and a rise in exports spurred by Prime...
View ArticlePublic Information Notice: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2013 Article IV...
(Source: IMF - International Monetary Fund) Public Information Notice (PIN) No. 13/53 May 15, 2013 Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's...
View ArticleFor Japan lenders, Abenomics' pain comes first, gain later
By Taiga Uranaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top three banks forecast weaker annual earnings as aggressive monetary easing squeezes them out of a profitable government bond trade and forces them to rely...
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