© Reuters. China moves to limit short selling as virus looms over market reopening By Zhang Yan and Ryan Woo (Reuters) – China has taken steps to limit short-selling activities as the country’s financial markets prepare to reopen on Monday amid an outbreak of a new coronavirus, three sources withRead More →
Gold prices edged higher early Wednesday, as investors adopted a cautious stance ahead of the expected White House signing of a partial agreement between the U.S. and China later in the session. Doubts that the so-called phase one trade pact will alleviate tensions between Beijing and Washington have kept bullionRead More →
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) – European shares fell on Wednesday as the deadline approached for new U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, while two major central banks held policy meetings. U.S. President Donald Trump has only days to decide whether to impose tariffs on nearly $160 billion in Chinese goods,Read More →
© Reuters. Investing.com – Shareholders of Australia-listed Westpac Banking Corp (ASX:) will gather at an annual general meeting on Thursday as the bank faces a money laundering scandal. The bank is likely to suffer a protest vote on pay that would trigger a second ‘strike’ and a vote on whetherRead More →
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. fielded praise from analysts Friday after the cybersecurity company reported a strong quarter and outlook, but a drop in the stock from recent highs and a looming post-IPO lock-up period expiration may make the stock volatile in the short term. CrowdStrike CRWD, -3.89% shares closed down 3.9%Read More →
(Bloomberg) — The European Central Bank has started supervising some of the world’s top securities firms’ businesses in the region, as they build up their operations across the European Union ahead of Brexit. European units of Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:)., JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:) & Co., Morgan Stanley (NYSE:) andRead More →
It’s a grand day to be Irish. At least, that’s what many Britons appear to think. Approximately 20,000 more first-time passports were issued to U.K. residents in the first six months of the year than were issued to Irish citizens, according to the Irish Passport Office. It said that 78,744Read More →
© Reuters. Traders work on the floor at the NYSE in New York By Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures treaded water on Monday, after the main indexes ended the previous week slightly higher, as focus shifted to a pivotal Federal Reserve meeting that could lay the groundworkRead More →
As the March 29 deadline for Brexit approaches with no sign the U.K. government is close to a final deal, one region is watching the proceedings with a bit more at stake than others. Northern Ireland, the smallest of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom, has beenRead More →
‘I think that there is a quite good chance that we will have a recession late this year [or] next year.’ Paul Krugman Nobel laureate Paul Krugman says he sees a good chance of a recession hitting the U.S. within a year. Speaking at a government summit in Dubai, theRead More →
