Archive for the January 1, 2016
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Russia aims to raise 1 trillion roubles ($13.53 billion) from privatisation next year, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in an interview aired on Thursday, signalling a major acceleration of plans to sell state assets. These
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Chinese authorities are starting to police the nation's foreign exchange market in a way currency traders have rarely seen before, levying penalty payments for aggressive trading and prompting some banks to turn down business. Reuters
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French banks will not have to set aside any extra funds under European Union countercyclical capital buffer (CCB) requirements that take effect in France in 2016, the French Finance Ministry said in a statement on
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Chinese regional carrier China Express Airlines has placed an order for 10 Bombardier CRJ900 jets worth $462 million, the Canadian aircraft builder said Thursday. The order will eventually increase the China Express' all-Bombardier fleet to
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The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose sharply last week, a potential signal the job market was losing steam although some of the increase might be attributed to temporary holiday factors.
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Southeast Asian stock markets ended down in thin trade on Thursday as investors stayed away ahead of holidays, with all markets posting losses in 2015 except for Vietnam. Singapore's key Straits Times Index dipped 0.1
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Indian shares ended 0.6 percent higher in choppy trade on Thursday, marking an end to the December derivatives series, but posted their first yearly loss in four. The broader NSE index ended 0.63 percent higher,
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Wall Street slipped lower in thin trading on Thursday, with the S&P 500 heading for an almost flat ending to a volatile year of record highs and steep drops. All three major US stock indexes
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Wall Street dropped on Wednesday as Brent crude slid towards 11-year lows and Apple weighed on the S&P 500 index, which clung to a meagre gain for 2015. The S&P energy sector was the poorest
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Australian shares ended the year more than 2 percent down, disappointing investors for the second year in a row as slumping iron ore and metal prices hit bluechip mining stocks while onerous capital rules hurt
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