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Euro Down Slightly After Weekend On Spain Worry
by admin
1 May 2012 at 4:41am
Yesterday the euro was down slightly compared to the U.S. dollar, 1.321 to 1.325 dollars compared to last Friday, particularly affected by the disturbing news growing on Spain. The Spanish economy has again contracted by 0.3% in real terms in the first quarter 2012 compared to the last of 2011, according to the National Statistics Institu Read more ...
Euro Stability Still A Concern On Forex Markets
by admin
24 Apr 2012 at 8:13am
Parity between the euro / dollar is now almost perfectly balanced on the currency market: at around 13:00 hours, the euro was trading at 1.3156 (- 0.01%). Slightly increased towards the yen to 106.9. Nothing to report in the forex market on the state of the euro / Swiss franc, which is stable at 1.2021. ‘We expect fu Read more ...
Euro Mixed Against All Other Majors
by admin
18 Apr 2012 at 7:53am
The single currency was losing again today, dropping below $1.31 (EUR/USD) on Wednesday afternoon, amid persistent doubts about the sovereign status of Europe. At this time, the euro yield is 0.42% against the greenback at 1.3073 dollars per euro. The IMF reviewed yesterday, downgrading its growth forecast for Spain in 2012, which shows a Read more ...
Fed Keeps Rates Low ? Euro Seems Without Trend
by admin
14 Mar 2012 at 6:40am
The single European currency remained without a major trend against the U.S. dollar in the wake of a highly anticipated meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Fed, whose tone lately has been quite positive for the Dollar. The Euro dropped yesterday afternoon from 0.04% to 0 Read more ...
Bernanke comments causes sell off
by Tom
1 Mar 2012 at 4:55am
Market sentiment received a bit of a boost yesterday when the results of the ECB?s long-awaited second long-term liquidity operation (LTRO) showed strong demand for the cash from European banks. The ECB lent 800 banks ?529.5 billion, somewhat above the ?450 billion that the market had been anticipating and the ?489 billion lent to 523 fi Read more ...
Euro firm however downside risks remain
by Tom
28 Feb 2012 at 8:36am
Today the euro remains firm versus the dollar and sterling, trading in relatively tight ranges despite the announcement from ratings agency Standard & Poor?s that it is cutting Greece?s long term credit trading to selective default. Such a move was already expected and indeed factored in, though yesterday?s comments from EU Commission Read more ...
Euro upside following Greek deal
by Tom
22 Feb 2012 at 9:34am
Having retreated from near two-week highs as optimism over the long-awaited Greek bailout deal faded to be replaced by underlying concerns over growth and implementation risks, the euro has traded in a relatively tight range versus the dollar over the past 24 hours. Parliaments in three countries (Germany, the Netherlands and Finland) must now a Read more ...
Euro upside following Greek Deal
by Tom
21 Feb 2012 at 9:20am
The euro gained some ground in early morning trade briefly breaking through key resistance after eurozone finance ministers finally sealed the details of a second ?130 billion bailout package for Greece. There was also agreement on the details of Greek?s deal with private sector investors, who are now expected to take a haircut in excess of Read more ...
Euro sold as Greek Deal lingers
by Tom
16 Feb 2012 at 4:35am
The euro started yesterday with a firmer tone on the news that China would continue investing in euro debt and pledges from the Greek opposition Conservative Party to commit to tough austerity measures. This was before the latest twist in the on-going Greek debt saga saw renewed pressure on the single currency, which has fallen back to trade at Read more ...
UK on watch for credit downgrade
by Tom
14 Feb 2012 at 4:09am
The Bank of Japan surprised markets overnight, as it decided to expand its asset buying programme by Y10 trillion to Y65 trillion (the entire amount will be used for the purchase of long term government bonds) and set a price stability goal of 1%. In doing so it is abandoning its long used ?understanding of price stability? phrase. The conse Read more ...

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Zynga, Yelp down as Facebook closes flat
by Patrick Hoge
18 May 2012 at 3:06pm
Shares in Groupon, Yelp and particularly Zynga were all down as Facebook Inc.'s historically larger initial public offering arrived without the price pop that investors had apparently expected in initial trading. Trading of San Francisco-based Zynga Inc.'s shares (NASDAQ: ZNGA) was suspended for 45 minutes after dropping more than 13 percent, and closed for the day at $7.16, down 13.42 percent. Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP), also of San Francisco, closed at $18.64, down 12.36 percent, LinkedIn Corp. (NASDAQ:...
Nomura, others open San Francisco offices amid tech boom
by Mark Calvey
18 May 2012 at 3:02pm
Several financial firms are opening San Francisco offices as the Bay Area's tech boom accelerates and financial talent comes on the market amid industry consolidation. Nomura, (NYSE: NMR) the Japanese global investment bank, said this week that it opened a sales office for U.S. products in San Francisco, along with the opening of offices in Chicago, Boston and London. "Nomura's equities business in the Americas has seen significant growth in its market share over the last 12 months, putting us...
Whisenhunt among Top 10 highest paid coaches in pro sports
by Mike Sunnucks
18 May 2012 at 3:00pm
Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt ranks as the eighth highest paid coach in professional sports with a $5.75 million per season salary. That is according to Forbes magazine?s list of the Top 10 highest paid coaches in North American professional sports. Whisenhunt ties for 8th place with Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. Whisenhunt, 50, has a 43-41 record with the Cardinals over five seasons. Click the image to the right to see the Top 10 and how much each coach makes.
Peabody Energy leases 402 million tons of coal in Wyoming
by Matthew Hibbard
18 May 2012 at 2:58pm
Peabody Energy Corp. announced today the lease of 402 million tons of ultra low sulfur coal reserves adjacent to its North Antelope Rochelle Mine (NARM) in the Southern Powder River Basin of Wyoming. The company bid $1.11 per mineable ton for control of the South Porcupine reserve area. The bid was conducted through a sealed bid auction process. Peabody plans to incorporate the 5 square-mile block into its mine plan, following a permitting process. The South Porcupine tract adjacent to NARM was...
Paoli Hospital to deliver a renovated maternity department in 2013
by John George
18 May 2012 at 2:57pm
Paoli Hospital said Friday it plans to spend $11 million to expand and renovate its maternity department. The project will involve the construction of 24 private patient rooms; 12 labor, delivery and recovery suites; four triage rooms; and a larger nursery and level-II neonatal intensive-care unit. In addition, hospital officials said all existing patient rooms will be updated. The delivery rooms will including specially designed beds that allow mothers to adopt any position ? making the birthing...
Chesapeake cuts some board pay, reduces jet use
by Daniel McCoy
18 May 2012 at 2:56pm
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) on Friday announced that its board of directors is reducing compensation to outside directors by about 20 percent. It also took the step eliminating fractional jet use for personal travel by outside directors. Some Chesapeake shareholders have filed suit over what they feel is the company?s misuse of corporate aircraft. The cuts in pay, which are effective immediately, mean outside directors will now receive total annual compensation of $350,000. Here is the...
South Bay unemployment rate numbers down for April
18 May 2012 at 2:55pm
The unemployment rate for the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metropolitan statistical area was 8.4 percent for April, down compared to 9.3 percent in March. This compares to 9.8 percent a year ago. Sectors adding jobs included leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, government jobs, manufacturing, trade transportation, and utilities. The area also includes San Benito County. For the San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City area, the unemployment rate was 7 percent for April, and...
Colorado stocks: Ciber up almost 6%
18 May 2012 at 2:54pm
Wall Street ended the week with most Colorado stocks losing ground, although Ciber Inc. did manage to post a gain of nearly 6 percent. Ciber (CBR) added 5.9 percent, or 21 cents, to end at $3.77. But among more actively traded stocks ? those with an average daily volume of at least 500,000, there were few gainers. Liberty Media Corp. (LMCA) had the biggest increase among active traders. The other big gainers among the actively traded stocks were: ? DigitalGlobe Inc. (DGI): up 1.05 percent,...
Reduced incentives for Gaylord's Aurora hotel project approved
18 May 2012 at 2:53pm
The Colorado Economic Development commission voted Friday to approve state tax incentives for Gaylord Entertainment Co.?s proposed hotel and convention center in Aurora, but less than the Nashville company had sought. The commission?s vote was 7-2 to grant tax incentives under the state?s new Regional Tourism Act (RTA) program to encourage projects that can draw visitors to the state. Gaylord had requested $85.4 million in tax funding from the state, and had signaled that it would not move...
Wells Fargo top SBA lender in Colorado
by Heather Draper
18 May 2012 at 2:53pm
San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) was the top SBA lender in Colorado for the first half of the federal fiscal year 2012, which ended March 31. Wells Fargo, the largest bank in metro Denver by deposits, made 117 U.S. Small Business Administration loans totaling $35.8 million in the period ending March 31, which was the most both in terms of dollars and number of loans approved, the company said. Nationwide, Wells Fargo approved more SBA loans than any other lender, approving more...
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18 May 2012 at 2:40pm

Intervention Dominates Emerging Market Currency Trading; Debt Steady
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By Erin McCarthy Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Emerging market currencies see-sawed Friday, driven primarily by external sources and triggering central-bank intervention in some markets. Brazil's currency was in the spotlight as Brazil's ...

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Money Market Stresses Abate Before Group of Eight Discussions - BusinessWeek

18 May 2012 at 9:37am

Money Market Stresses Abate Before Group of Eight Discussions
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By Liz Capo McCormick on May 18, 2012 Money-market indicators signaled the ability of banks to borrow and lend short term funds increased as Group of Eight leaders meet to discuss Greece and its impact on the global economy.

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Tokyo, Seoul warn after currency moves - Marketwatch

18 May 2012 at 5:47am ?The currency authorities will watch the foreign-exchange markets with a greater sense of caution and act appropriately when necessary,? Azumi told reporters in Tokyo on Friday. Meanwhile South Korea?s Minister of Strategy and Finance ...

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Moody?s downgrades Spanish banks
by alex
18 May 2012 at 1:41am
The potential ?Grexit? is killing the markets as they run for safety in the last day of the week. Uncertainty is all over, and regardless of the new elections being held in June 17, investors still don?t want to risk it. Not only Greece is in trouble. 16 Spanish banks have been downgraded by Moody?s last [...]
Lower inflation expectations not good for GBP
by alex
17 May 2012 at 12:53am
The UK inflation report released yesterday showed that the MPC now expect two-year�inflation to be lower despite raising the near term projection. Their central inflation�projection for two years ahead is 1.6%, about 0.2% lower than in February. The growth�forecasts were also lowered in the near term reflecting a poor Q1 2012 and on-going�concerns regarding the [...]
Focus on Eurozone Politics continues
by alex
16 May 2012 at 1:25am
Greece continues to capture the headlines with agreement expected today on formation of�an interim Government and likely announcement of new elections as soon as 10 June.�Meanwhile the first meeting between Merkel and Hollande resulted in a joint statement�pledging commitment from both to keep Greece in the euro with introduction of ?growth�measures? subject to adherence to [...]
Currencies do not like political uncertainty
by alex
15 May 2012 at 1:27am
Political risk events continue to dominate in Europe. The political deadlock continues in Greece although a Greek exit was not discussed at the Euro group meeting held yesterday, nonetheless, suggestions that Greece will leave the euro gained momentum leading to the EU Commission issuing a statement hoping that Greece would remain part of the euro [...]
What if Greece Exits?
by admin
14 May 2012 at 12:16am
From The Economist Online May 11th 2012, 0:22 by A.P. See original article As the Economist argues in our briefing�this week, a Greek exit from the euro zone would not just be chaotic for Greece itself but would also invite questions about the status of Portugal, Ireland and others. So what would policymakers have to [...]
BoE decision today
by alex
10 May 2012 at 1:08am
An event laden day lies ahead, kick started with the overnight releases of NZ Business PMI, Japanese Current Account, Trade Balance, China Trade Balance and Australian Employment data.�Markets continue to be steered by the European political and sovereign debt crises and in the wake of this bond yield?s continue to remain elevated, notably Spain where [...]
Political Pressure on EUR
by alex
9 May 2012 at 1:12am
EUR/USD broke below the 1.30 level yesterday as the Greek political crisis rolls on and in this context we expect the EUR to remain under pressure; with�French presidential election winner Hollande awaiting inauguration, his pledges to increase state spending and renegotiate the ECB?s independence is unlikely to instil confidence in the market and the longer [...]
Euro weakens further
by alex
8 May 2012 at 1:05am
There are 3 main reasons why we�begin�this short week with a weaker Euro; 1.Data suggests that the Eurozone could be heading for its third quarter of negative growth. 2.A change of government in France, one that is likely to be less Berlin friendly than its predecessor. 3.The Greek political parties who supported ongoing austerity�measures lost their majority rule, [...]
Focus on US jobs
by alex
4 May 2012 at 12:52am
As expected, ECB policy makers kept their benchmark interest rate at the record low of�1%. In the associated press conference, ECB President, Mario Draghi, said they still expect a gradual recovery this year but downside risks prevail and the outlook has�become ?more uncertain?. Spanish and French government debt sold well at auctions yesterday BUT�Spain?s yield on [...]
Confidence�in GBP and the UK
by alex
3 May 2012 at 12:38am
Overnight, Bank of England Governor King noted that rates would need to stay low for some time while suggesting that it would eventually return to normal levels. UK saw the release of PMI Construction which came in slightly above expectations at 55.8 while Credit lending and mortgage approvals were a welcome relief from disappointing data yesterday. [...]

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