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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... six-year high against the yen. The British pound remained weak, battered by prospects that Scotland may yet split from Britain. Wall Street opened slightly higher, after falling on Tuesday as the launch by Apple of a watch and new iPhone petered out ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... pound is still under pressure as traders are not brave enough to go bargain-hunting just yet. The possibility of Great Britain breaking up has hit the pound the hardest," said David Madden, analyst at IG trading group early in the day. HONG KONG - Asian ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... 20,000 on the border, stoked the tensions between Moscow and the West, but had no real impact on markets. Neither did Britain's raising its terror threat level risk to "severe", with Prime Minister David Cameron saying that the Islamic State jihadist ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... stances gives Virginia, I and Irene comfort that global liquidity will remain free-flowing - almost free in the US and Britain and will be flowing more (sooner rather than later) in Japan and the Eurozone - for a "considerable time". "Re-Evaluating Labour ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... accounts for 70% of Obamaville's economy) that it's so good. The FTSE-100's happy - up 0.4% -- for it's even better in Britain. While the economy's definitely looking up in the United Kingdom, the Bank of England (BOE) has found another reason to delay ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... index lost 1.53 per cent to 9,644.01. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index dipped 0.44 per cent to stand at 6,791.55 points. Britain's economy grew 0.8 per cent between April and June, overtaking levels it achieved before the global financial crisis, the ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... tax-cutting $US54 billion takeover deal with Dublin-based Shire Pharmaceuticals as it plans to switch its tax base to Britain to avoid higher US taxes. AbbVie rose 2.6 per cent. In local economic news on Monday, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia releases ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... China and an improved picture in Portugal, dealers say. London's FTSE 100 rallied 1.11 per cent to 6,784.67 points as Britain's unemployment rate hit 6.5 per cent in the three months to May - the lowest point since late 2008. Frankfurt's benchmark DAX ...

7.5% in black and white

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... now). Not about those speeches and gabs delivered in Beijingese -- some of which may be lost in translation. Writing in Britain's The Times newspaper, Premier Li told the world what's on his mind: "China's economy needs to grow at a proper rate, expected ...

UK on the go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... last year - no one believed the UK could do it. This is exemplified by Reuters' headline on 27 June 2013 which read: "Britain's double dip recession revised away, but picture still grim"....and Reuters concluded that, "...the economy remains fragile ...