Wednesday 10th March 2010
Tentative tone takes hold as investors seek direction
Global Markets Overview: FTSE All-World index remains becalmed near six-week highs, with stock investors reluctant to push riskier assets higher without a fresh catalyst
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Wednesday 10th March 2010
London shares enlivened by Tullett bid
Tullett Prebon raced to the top of the mid-cap FTSE 250 index on Wednesday after reporting it had received a bid
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Wednesday 10th March 2010
CFTC urges end to derivatives secrecy
A leading US financial regulator called for the prices of derivatives trades to be disclosed in the same way as stock prices, saying only large Wall Street banks benefited from the current lack of transparency
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Wednesday 10th March 2010
Nikkei flat as machine stocks gain
The Tokyo exchange remains flat, with better-than-expected machinery orders helping to offset a drop for embattled carmaker Toyota after an incident involving a Prius in the US
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Wednesday 10th March 2010
Queensland picks banks for A$7bn rail IPO
The Queensland state government has appointed five banks to run a A$7bn share float of Queensland Rail’s coal and freight arm, expected to be Australia’s biggest listing this year
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Tuesday 9th March 2010
Spotlight on use of government bond yields
Questions being asked about the use of developed countries’ government bond yields as the risk-free rate investors benchmark other assets against
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Tuesday 9th March 2010
Wall St up on one-year anniversary of bottom
US equities rallied modestly a year to the day since markets closed at their lows during the financial crisis, as investors took stock of the recovery
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Tuesday 9th March 2010
Beijing still keen to buy US bonds
China’s investments in US Treasury bonds are continuing ‘every day’ and should not be politicised, according to the head of China’s foreign exchange administration, which manages $2,400bn in forex reserves
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Tuesday 9th March 2010
Disappointing data weigh on sterling
Sterling lost ground on Tuesday as disappointing economic data and renewed concern over the UK’s banking sector and fiscal health weighed on the pound
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Tuesday 9th March 2010
Techs reflect on decade since dotcom boom
In January 2000, 17 dotcom companies paid more than $2m each to advertise during the Super Bowl, the season-ending national championship game for American footbal
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