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businessinsider.com
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24 mins ago
Today is a holiday in the U.S..
ASIA: Japan exploded higher. The rest of Asia rallied strongly as well, following on U.S. optimism from last Friday. Japanese exporters led the gains. Oddly, once again, the strong yen is no longer a problem, as the yen remains just above 84 per U.S. dollar, and is...
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businessweek.com
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1 hr ago
The leadership challenge to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan risks postponing efforts to reduce the world’s largest public debt, according to Fitch Ratings’ Andrew Colquhoun.
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ibtimes.com
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1 hr ago
The USD fared badly across the board last Friday, with the Euro and Aussie leading the majors higher. The better than expected albeit still negative August Job Numbers helped inspire further US stock market gains and create a risk on environment. August NFP -54k vs. -100k forecast. The August Unempl...
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businessinsider.com
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1 hr ago
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Warren Buffett describes certain types of business competition as a bit like standing on tippy-toes at a concert-in-the-park. His particular story was in the textile industry of Berkshire Hathaway’s origin - management would come in and sell him on a (very expensive) new set of machinery which wo...
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businessweek.com
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1 hr ago
New Zealand faces a NZ$2 billion ($1.4 billion) damage bill and a massive clean-up after Christchurch, its second-biggest city, was hit by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that closed the central business district.
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ibtimes.com
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1 hr ago
On Friday Pound/Dollar continued rising, in line with the positive Interbank sentiment at nearly +7%. The Cable appreciated from 1.5390 to 1.5466 on Friday, closing the week at 1.5447. Today the British currency is trying to push further up. On the 1 hour chart quotes are testing the upper limit of...
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businessweek.com
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2 hrs ago
European stocks gained for the fourth time in five days, extending a four-week high for the Stoxx Europe 600 Index, as a report on U.K. manufacturing eased concern that the economic recovery is faltering.
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ibtimes.com
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2 hrs ago
The dollar dipped on Monday and looked poised to test a 15-year low against the yen after failing to retain gains made after U.S. jobs data, although caution about Japanese intervention deterred further yen buying.
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businessweek.com
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2 hrs ago
Asian stocks rose, driving the MSCI Asia Pacific Index to the highest level in four weeks, as better-than-estimated jobs data fueled confidence the U.S. economy will skirt a recession.
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ibtimes.com
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2 hrs ago
Market Brief
Markets have opened in the green this morning, bolstered by continued buildups in risk appetite following Friday's rather optimistic NFP number. To highlight Friday's report, Nonfarm payrolls reported a drop of -54K jobs versus an expected drop of -105K while the change in private payro...
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businessinsider.com
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2 hrs ago
The latest Paul Krugman op-ed may be his most complete and clear summation of his views on politics and the economy, smartly drawing a comparison between the current state of things, and the state of play in 1938.
His first paragraph says it all
Here’s the situation: The U.S. economy has been crip...
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ibtimes.com
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2 hrs ago
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Friday's break of 1.2856 resistance to 1.2898 (NY) confirms erratic rise to retrace recent fall from 1.3334 remains in force and gain to 1.2923/33 is envisaged, near term 'loss of momentum' should cap price at 1.2961 today and bring subsequent retreat.On the downside, below 1.2808 would confirm a to...
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ibtimes.com
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2 hrs ago
Better than expected Non Farms spark risk rallies! The US Dollar Traded weaker against most majors and stronger against the yen as better than expected albeit still negative August Job Numbers helped inspire further US stock market gains and create a risk on environment. The USD fared weaker across...
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ibtimes.com
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2 hrs ago
USD/CHF closed higher on Friday as it consolidates some of this summer's decline. The mid-range close sets the stage for a steady opening on Monday. Stochastics and the RSI are overbought and are turning bullish signalling that at the very least a correction is possible.
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ibtimes.com
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2 hrs ago
GBP/USD closed higher due to short covering on Friday and the high-range close sets the stage for a steady to higher opening on Monday. Stochastics and the RSI are turning neutral to bullish hinting that a short-term low might be in or is near.
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cnbc.com
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3 hrs ago
"The temporary factors supporting the recovery are fading and will likely reveal a much slower economy; a realization that is only just taking hold in the markets," Christian Blaabjerg from Saxo Bank told CNBC Monday.
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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
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3 hrs ago
In response to Reflections on the "Recovery" reader "Thomas" has an interesting question regarding U6 unemployment that I would like to share.Thomas writes ...Dear Mish,Always look forward to your analysis. One small question. How many living, breathing, frustrated, suffering, hopeless, and povert...
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blog.openitstrategies.com
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3 hrs ago
Noting Dell’s problems with its commodity business model, on Aug 19 I wrote:If they need a commodity IT turnaround specialist, I know just the guy: Mark Hurd. He’s turned around two companies already — NCR and HP — and now finds himself unexpectedly with time on his hands.On Sunday night, the FT (an...
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marketwatch.com
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3 hrs ago
Axel Weber is on the ropes over his failure to eject the querulent Thilo Sarrazin, who has stirred controversy by saying Jews shared 'a certain gene' and Muslims were unwilling to fit into German society, writes David Marsh.
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