Focus turns military at Farnborough Airshow
The aviation industry's largest airshow was shifting its focus to military firepower on Tuesday against a backdrop of tighter budgets, while commercial air carriers were still buying planes in bulk.
Investors rush to regain emerging market exposure-EPFR
Emerging markets were in high demand in mid July, with bond fund inflows at a record, as investors chose dynamic developing economies over lagging advanced markets, EPFR Global said on Tuesday.
Emerging market equity funds tracked by EPFR posted combined inflows of more than $3 billion for the week ended July 14, while emerging market bond funds took in $745 million, bringing their year-to-date inflows to an all-time high of $18.5 billion.
Stock index futures down as Goldman results eyed
Futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq were down 0.2 to 0.3 percent at 900 GMT (5 a.m. EDT), pointing to a lower open on Wall Street on Tuesday.
China downcast on exports as EU debt woes bite
China sounded a gloomy note on Tuesday about its export prospects, warning in particular that belt-tightening by deeply indebted European Union governments would dampen demand for the country's goods.
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Middle Eastern buyers poised to star at Farnborough
Middle Eastern buyers were ready to place some of the largest orders at Farnborough as the global aviation industry's biggest airshow opened in the sleepy southern England town on Monday.
Airbus and Boeing to bare teeth at Farnborough
The global aviation industry descended en masse on this sleepy southern England town on Monday for its largest airshow, with Middle Eastern buyers poised to make another massive splash.
Commodity Trends: No ban on cardamom futures
With open interest in cardamom futures surging, rumors of a ban on the contract also started circulating until Forward Markets Commission clarified that there would be no ban on cardamom futures.
Daily Forex Commentary 19/7/2010
The Aussie dollar held onto support around 0.8750 in early offshore trade rallying back above the 88 cent handle on the back of gains in EUR/USD.
Good Guys to open Jamie Oliver food centres to battle obesity
Good Guys chain head Andrew Muir has announced the creation of a new foundation that will deploy stationary and mobile kitchens around the country to teach healthy cooking to Australians.
Dreamliner makes first overseas landing
Boeing Co's new 787 Dreamliner touched down in Britain on Sunday on its first trip outside the United States, thrilling hordes of eager planespotters who came out to see the breakthrough carbon-composite plane.
BP canvassing investors on possible break up: report
Under-fire oil company BP Plc has started canvassing shareholders about a restructuring in the wake of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill which could include a break up of the business, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.
RBS may seek more after $100 million Goldman payout
Royal Bank of Scotland may pursue Goldman Sachs for hundreds of millions of dollars to add to $100 million it got as part of a settlement over the marketing of a subprime mortgage product.
Citigroup and AIG classified certain repos as sales
Citigroup Inc and AIG classified more than $11 billion in loans as sales in the second half of 2009, masking the companies' risk levels, filings with the U.S. Securities regulator showed.
Citigroup says it classified certain repos as sales
Citigroup Inc said in a letter to the U.S. securities regulator it had unintentionally classified as much as $9.2 billion of repurchase agreements as sales at one point, when they should have been shown as borrowings.
Dollar weakens on U.S. data
The dollar hovered near a 2- month low and the Nikkei slumped amid weak Asian stock markets as the outlook for the U.S. economic recovery worsened.
Daily Forex Commentary 16/7/2010
Hot on the heels of the FOMC downgrade of U.S GDP softer than expected Chinese data triggered a selloff of higher yielding Currencies in Asia as concerns over the potential slowdown in global growth resurfaced.
BP shares rise after crude leak stopped
U.S.-listed shares of BP Plc jumped 7.6 percent on Thursday after a company executive said no oil was leaking from its blown-out well into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since late April.
Rivalries, economy cloud Google expectations
Investors have muted expectations for Google Inc's second-quarter results, as economic clouds and shifts in the company's strategy dampened hopes that it will beat Wall Street estimates.
Corrected: Rivalries, economy cloud Google expectations
(Corrects analyst's affiliation in last paragraph to ThinkEquity instead of Kaufman Brothers)
Germany, Spain Web favorites of the World Cup
Top scorers Germany and winners Spain elicited the most positive reaction from online fans of this year's soccer World Cup, whilst France's player crisis made them the most maligned team of the tournament.
JPMorgan Q2 earnings beat as loan loss reserve cut
JPMorgan Chase & Co posted higher second-quarter earnings on Thursday, beating analysts' expectations, after setting aside less money for loan losses.
Market patience with U.S. and UK could change: OECD chief
Markets are relatively patient about the budget-cutting efforts of Britain, the United States, Germany and Japan, but that could change if governments are slow to act, OECD chief Angel Gurria said on Thursday.
Asian stocks under pressure but China data helps
Asian stocks fell on Thursday as investors took profits from a recent rally after the Federal Reserve's caution on the U.S. economic recovery, even as Chinese data pointed to only a mild cooling in that economy.
Rivalries and economy cloud Google expectations
Investors have muted expectations for Google Inc's second-quarter results, as economic clouds and shifts in the company's strategy dampened hopes that it will beat Wall Street estimates.
U.S. advisers say keep Glaxo's Avandia on the market
GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes drug Avandia should be allowed to stay on the market but with additional warnings, U.S. health advisers recommended on Wednesday, easing a threat of further costly litigation that could have followed a ban.
Daily Forex Commentary 15/7/2010
Consumer sentiment in Australia markedly improved rising to 11.1% the most in 13 months, following 3 months of decline.
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