Stock investors who recognize the risks of trading in anonymous “dark pools” but are unwilling to spurn them have found an alternative: club together.
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London’s IPO market has bounced back in 2014, as the year shapes up to bring in a bumper crop of floatation on the UK main market.
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Gold edged higher on Monday as Asian equities tumbled but the metal continued to struggle near an eight-month low due to weak physical demand and fears the Federal Reserve may signal an early…
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Air France has cancelled more than half of its scheduled flights for the duration of a week-long pilots’ strike due to start Monday, World Bulletin quoted French media as saying. Chief Executive…
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An Acura RLX sedan demonstrated an unusual way to tow another car this week: the vehicles were not physically attached. The second car drove itself, following instructions beamed over by the first…
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Ukraine’s annual economic output could shrink by as much as 10% by year-end, the head of the Ukrainian central bank warned on Saturday, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
The…
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Islamic bond programs from a trio of big conventional banks are set to expand the boundaries of Islamic finance, helping open the market to first-time issuers while testing the banks’ ability to…
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Cross-border lending by global banks rose by $580 billion in the first quarter, the first “substantial” increase since 2011, the Bank for International Settlements said.
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Russia has worked out a plan of action for all levels of Western sanctions, but it does not mean Moscow will necessarily use it, Andrey Belousov, a presidential aide for economic issues, told the…
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The European Union sought ways to marshal billions of euros into its sluggish economy without getting deeper into debt, considering options from a pan-European capital market to a huge…
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The Saudi government has provided $269.22 billion in loans to the industrial sector by the end of the April-June period of 2014, Arab News reported.
The loans were distributed among the 6,…
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Gold prices are set to drop next week as the prospects of a stronger US dollar and eventually higher US interest rates are expected to dent the precious metal's safe-haven…
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Reports from Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal indicate that the US will announce further sanctions against Russia by targeting oil companies with joint projects in the…
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In Latin America, only Guatemala's poor are getting even poorer. A new World Bank study says a key reason is that the government collects too few taxes. Low spending leads to poor infrastructure…
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Eurozone is once again facing a serious situation. And this time the immediate danger to the 18-member monetary union is not the stability of the currency or the solvency of any state, but the…
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In retaliation for the latest package of US and EU sanctions Russia may complement the ban on used cars with restrictions on petrochemical and engineering products, Economic Development Minister…
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There is something slightly odd about the links being widely made between the large capital outflows from the UK in July and August to fears that Scotland would vote for independence.
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Prince Turki bin Mohammed bin Nasser, director of international trade at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and supervisor of the Saudi Riyals 75 billion Jazan Industrial City project, has…
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Chief of Bank of Korea (BOK), South Korea’s central bank, showed reservations toward an additional rate cut on Friday, citing improved consumer sentiment and low risks of falling into deflation. “…
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The British bank HSBC will pay $550m (£338m) to US regulators to settle claims that it mis-sold mortgage-related bonds between 2005 - 2007 to US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It is…
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Canada has finally ratified a foreign investment protection agreement, signed in Sept. 2012, with China after a two-year delay in a step that may help ease tensions between the two countries and…
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The European Union is ready to extend unilateral trade preferences for Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin said after trilateral talks with Russia and the European Union. The…
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Brazil’s economic activity in July rose more than economists forecast, as the central bank signals it will keep interest rates on hold in the world’s second-biggest emerging…
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EU and national authorities prevented losses of over €80 million in customs duties, during a major joint customs operation (JCO) coordinated by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).
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European ministers struggled to strike a balance between turning around a moribund euro zone economy with more spending and cutting bloated national budgets burdened with debt.
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