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Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:30:03 GMT

Oracle's Ellison gets 18% lower salary

Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle Corp., decided to refuse his annual bonus for the fiscal year 2013, as the company missed profit estimates. Thus, he will get the $78.4 million annual salary, a decrease of 18% from the previous year. Currently he is ranked eighth richest man is the U.S., as his fortune is estimated at $41.8 billion. Oracle

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:57:03 GMT

Merkel wins as South Europe waited for changes

Angela Merkel won the Sunday-held Bundestag election with 41% of votes and will most probably remain the Chancellor for four more years. Despite that, the Southern Europe did not expect such a result, as they blame Merkel for spending cuts, unemployment and debt crisis. Now they hope for a Merkel coalition with Social Democrats that can change the current crisis

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:55:02 GMT

Soybeans trade near one-month low as U.S. crop outlooks improve

Soybeans dropped for a third day on speculation dry weather conditions in the U.S. Midwest in upcoming days will improve maturing crop and harvest. December delivery corn declined 0.4% to $4.4925 per bushel, while December delivery wheat added 0.2% to $6.475 per bushel. November delivery milling wheat trading on NYSE Liffe Paris lost 0.1% to 185.75 euros per ton.

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:44:05 GMT

New Fed chairman will have to think globally

Experts point out that the U.S. economy is integrating to the global tendencies much faster than it was earlier. Economists say that the new Fed chairman will have to think more globally, determining its monetary policy, as those decisions will indirectly influence the entire world. Moreover, problems outside the country will also have more negative impact on the health of

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:33:05 GMT

Fischer: Fed could taper before Bernanke finishes work

Stanley Fischer, former governor of the Bank of Israel, expects the Fed to taper some amount of stimulus before the current Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke finishes his term in January of the next year. Meanwhile, he pointed out that the central bank should not cut support by a large amount of money. Last week the Fed decided not to begin

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:22:04 GMT

Total will increase oil production and begin new projects

One of the biggest oil and gas producers, French Total SA, announced and confirmed its plan to raise worldwide oil production to 2.6 million barrels per day by 2015 and to 3 million barrels per day by 2017. Moreover, the company is going to start new extraction projects in Kazakhstan, Brazil, Mexico and Iraq. On Monday, Total SA shares in

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:11:03 GMT

Pound appreciates on U.K. growth forecast

The Pound advanced after a free-day drop against the Dollar before reports to show increase in economic recovery speed, while house prices and consumer confidence gained. The Sterling added at least 1% against all of its 16 most-traded peers in the last six months. The British currency soared 0.3% to $1.6047 as of 9:06 a.m. in London while climbing 0.3%

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:38:06 GMT

Dollar depreciates for a second day against Yen before Fed speakers

The greenback weakened for a second day versus the Japanese Yen before the Fed speeches. The Yen soared versus each of its 16 most-traded peers and gained most in a week versus the common currency. The Dollar dropped 0.4% to 98.98 Yen as of 9:56 a.m. in London after giving away 0.1% on September 20. The Dollar was stable at

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:16:05 GMT

China manufacturing gauge soars to six-month peak

China's Manufacturing Index soared to six-month peak in September, indicating that economic recovery in world's second largest economy is gathering speed. The preliminary result of 51.2 for PMI released today, exceeding the estimated 50.9 median. The Shanghai Composite Index added 1.3%, while the MSCI Asia Pacific Index of equities rose 0.3% as of 5:26 p.m. Tokyo time.

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:05:06 GMT

European stocks stable after German election

European stocks were stable, following a three-week rise, as investors considered the German election outcome. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index added almost 0.2% to 314.39 as of 9:12 a.m. London time, while S&P's 500 Index futures gained 0.2%, following a 0.7% loss on September 20. The MSCI Asia Pacific excluding Japan Index declined almost 0.1% as Japanese holiday kept its

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:10:04 GMT

Sales of new iPhones begin today

Apple Inc. today starts its new iPhone 5C and 5S sales and lots of people were ready to buy new devices in the early morning. Analysts expect that this weekend's sales may grow to a record, as Apple started shipping its products to China on first day, along with U.K., U.S., Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore and France. Apple Inc. stocks

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:59:04 GMT

Gold surges amid Fed's announcement

Gold prices turned to a strong up-trend, as the Federal Reserve announced that it will not taper stimulus in September. Immediately after the Fed's decision gold futures jumped 4.1%. The current spot price is $1357.90 per ounce. Meanwhile, this year is going to be the first in 13 years, when gold prices can drop on the annual basis. Since April

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:48:03 GMT

U.K. budget deficit decreases slightly

British government has increased its tax income by 1.4% in August, while the country's spending declined 2.2%, making the deficit to slash to 13.2 billion from 14.4 billion in August, 2012. British economy recovers faster than the Eurozone's one, therefore Britain is likely to meet its fiscal targets in 2013. Moreover, the economic recovery pushed up the rating of ruling

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:37:04 GMT

Italy plans to meet EU budget requirements

Pier Paolo Baretta, Italy's Finance Ministry Undersecretary said on Friday that his country must do everything to meet EU budget requirements this year, leaving budget deficit under 3% of GDP. In April the government forecasted the deficit to reach 2.9% in 2013. Meanwhile, the government will need to cut spending or raise taxes by additional 1.5 billion euros to meet

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:26:03 GMT

German finance minister is likely to retain office after elections

Politics experts predict that the current German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is very likely to remain at his office, even if Angela will not preserve its coalition with Free Democrats, whose ratings point on their failure in the elections. Schaeuble played one of the key roles, solving the Eurozone's problems during the crisis and Merkel's opponents may agree to leave

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:15:03 GMT

Lithuania wants euro decision to be made faster

Lithuania, the possible nineteenth member of the Eurozone, will ask the EU officials to approve its joining the monetary union earlier than usually. The reason for such a request lays in next year's European Parliament elections, which can put Lithuania's approval under more pressure. For example, Latvia that joins euro on January 1 in 2014 got approval of joining only

Thu, 19 Sep 2013 18:30:04 GMT

JPMorgan will pay for providing incorrect information

One of the biggest U.S. banks, JPMorgan Chase & Co, will have to pay a $920 million fine for providing incorrect financial information to U.S. and international regulators, as well as to its management board. Both Fed and Securities and Exchange Commission will receive $200 million each. This Thursday JPMorgan Chase & Co stocks are losing 0.56% to $53.11 per

Thu, 19 Sep 2013 18:19:04 GMT

Roche will buy BioMarin without raising extra money

Roche Holding AG, a Swiss based health care company, plans to acquire a California-based BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., a company, which produces and develops drugs for treating rare diseases and cancer. A possible cost of the deal can reach $15 billion, and Roche will not borrow extra money to pay for BioMarin. On Thursday Roche Holding AG stocks add 0.03% to

Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:21:05 GMT

Investors are worried about ECB stress tests

The next year the ECB will start a new portion of stress tests at Eurozone's banks, introducing a new system of determining the health level of banks. This time the ECB will review banks' risks before checking their balance sheets, adding some concern to investors about success of such a control system. After last two stress tests that took place

Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:10:05 GMT

Philly Fed manufacturing index surges

Business outlook from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia showed a significant jump in U.S. manufacturing activity, while the corresponding index surged to its highest value since March 2011, reaching 22.3 points versus 9.3 points a month earlier. Economists predicted the index to increase slightly to 10.3 points. 36% of American firms reported a rise in activity, while only 14%

Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:59:03 GMT

Fed will keep stimulus at current level

After its meeting yesterday, Fed's FOMC decided to keep stimulus amount at the current level of $85 billion per month. Almost nobody expected such a decision from the Central Bank. Fed's announcement made stocks surge, while Treasuries jumped the most since 2011. Analysts point out that Ben Bernanke wants unemployment to go down even further by maintaining current monetary policy.

Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:26:03 GMT

Czech government will probably spend more

Possible social-democratic government of the Czech Republic is planning to end austerity policy that began with current government, as Social Democrats are likely to win elections in October. Austerity measures taken by current government made bond yields go down, but cut the growth perspectives of the county, as the Czech Republic could be the only economy in Eastern Europe to

Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:50:05 GMT

Asian equities gain most in a year as Fed retains monetary stimulus

Asian stocks advanced as the Fed surprisingly decided to maintain its level of monthly bond purchases, with the benchmark regional index rising to a one year high. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index added 2.2% to 141.73 at 6:59 p.m. Hong Kong time, while S&P's 500 Index futures gained 0.4%. Japan's Topix Index climbed 1.9% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index

Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:39:04 GMT

Europe stocks soar to five-year peak as Fed refrains from taper

European equities advanced to the highest level in over a five years as the Fed decided to keep its monetary policy intact. U.S. Index futures and Asian stocks soared. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index climbed 0.9% to 316.19 as of 11:39 a.m. London time, while the S&P's 500 Index futures added 0.5% and the MSCI Asia Pacific Index lost 2.2%.

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