Posts Tagged ‘World’
Australian Election Stalemate, AUD Falls
August 23rd, 2010 | 
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U.S. Dollar Trading (USD) was strong on Friday as stocks markets around the world remained heavy and the Euro lead majors lower. The outlook is a little mixed going forward however as the US itself may further expand easing measures to support the economy and potentially weigh on the Dollar.
The Dollar is on the Ropes, Again
The final week of July saw mixed price action among asset classes, as better than expected data from outside the US was mostly offset by weaker US data. US stocks finished slightly weaker while the MSCI world stock index gained some ground. The CRB commodity index continued to advance, but
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BOJ Minutes Of May 21-22 Meeting, European Crisis Effects Began To Ease
The Bank of Japan released its minutes concerning May 20-21 meeting when policy makers decided to keep interest rates at its low record of 0.1% to fight deflation that continued to weigh on economic activity in the world's second largest economy. Policy makers signaled the importance of securing investors' trust
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Making money out of BRICs
INVESTORS today are increasingly looking towards emerging markets like the BRIC economies (Brazil, Russia, India and China) to park their money.
The term was first coined nearly a decade ago by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill, who argued that the combined economies of the BRICs could eclipse those of the world's richest countries by 2050.
These four countries today certainly lo... more
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Tags: Brazil, BRIC, BRICs, China, decade, economist, emerging markets, Goldman, goldman sachs, India, investors, Jim O'Neill, money, o neill, richest countries, Russia, Sachs, term, today, World |
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The German Reformation
The political history of Europe since Bismarck’s unification of Germany in 1871 has been the struggle of the European nations to contain the military, political and economic might of Germany. Germany has fought three wars in two centuries, the Franco-Prussian in 1870, and the First and Second World Wars to…
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Tags: Bismarck, centuries, Europe, Franco, Franco-Prussian, Germany, germany germany, history, history of europe, political history, second, struggle, unification, unification of germany, World |
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DBS is Singapore’s top bank brand: Survey
DBS GROUP Holdings is Singapore’s top bank brand, according to a survey of the world’s 500 leading banking names.
The Brand Finance Banking 500 report, which measures strength, risk profile and growth potential to calculate brand value, claimed DBS eclipses rivals United Overseas Bank (UOB) and OCBC Bank.
It put DBS’ brand value at US$1.52 billion (S$2.1 billion) last year – a 12 per cent hike fro… more
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