Western banks are increasingly focused on preserving and extending the wealth of their employees. Emerging market providers, on the other hand, are focused on unlocking access to new markets using the latest technology as enablers. This provides new services to people who may not have had access to such services before, and creates wealth for enterprises in the process.
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Bond bubble fear returns as investors flee stocks
Posted by MaryLogan 10 days ago (http://finance.yahoo.com)
Bad economic news sent investors out of stocks and into U.S. Treasurys this past week, extending a rally that has defied some of Wall Street's best minds, and, some say, logic. Treasury bonds maturing in 20 years or more have returned 2.1 percent so far this year. By contrast, stocks in the Dow Jones industrial average have lost 2 percent.
The question now: Is it too late to jump into the grea
The question now: Is it too late to jump into the grea
Bond prices suggest GM stock may be overvalued
Posted by seamusK 10 days ago (http://www.marketwatch.com)
Investors thinking about getting in on General Motors' initial public offering may want to check the bond market before buying.
Although the company has not specified the price or size of the offering, GM's /quotes/comstock/13*!gm (GM 0.00, 0.00, 0.00%) IPO is expected to raise about $16 billion, making it the second-largest in U.S. history. It's not clear how the offering will value the auto
Although the company has not specified the price or size of the offering, GM's /quotes/comstock/13*!gm (GM 0.00, 0.00, 0.00%) IPO is expected to raise about $16 billion, making it the second-largest in U.S. history. It's not clear how the offering will value the auto
Questcor Pharma: Acthar Approval Seems Likely
Posted by seamusK 10 days ago (http://seekingalpha.com)
In the second week in May, the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee to the FDA held a panel meeting to discuss approval for using Questcor’s (QCOR) Acthar in the treatment of infantile spasms. The meeting went very well as the panel's purpose was to advise the FDA on their opinion of whether or not Acthar should be approved by the FDA for this condition. The vote by pane
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Australia Market in Line for Flat Opening
Posted by xiulian 16 days ago (http://www.egoli.com.au)
The Australian share market finished weaker on Monday. The S&P/ASX 200 Index closed 21 points lower at 4,439 and on the futures market the SPI200 is down 5 points.
Turning to currencies and the Aussie Dollar at 7:45AM was buying 89.79 US cents, 57.35 Pence Sterling, 76.65 Yen and 70.03 Euro cents.
Turning to currencies and the Aussie Dollar at 7:45AM was buying 89.79 US cents, 57.35 Pence Sterling, 76.65 Yen and 70.03 Euro cents.
China, World No. 2, but still desperately poor
Posted by xiulian 16 days ago (http://www.marketwatch.com)
Fast-growing China has passed moribund Japan as the world's second-largest economy, according to the latest figures on gross domestic product coming out of Japan.
It's one of those fun milestones that politicians and the media love to make a big deal out, but that actually mean very little. Nothing has changed: China is still desperately poor but growing fast. Japan is rich, but relatively sta
It's one of those fun milestones that politicians and the media love to make a big deal out, but that actually mean very little. Nothing has changed: China is still desperately poor but growing fast. Japan is rich, but relatively sta
Talks start on government's role in US new mortgage system
Posted by CaraTan 16 days ago (http://finance.yahoo.com)
Talk of shrinking the government's involvement in the mortgage market is growing. Just don't expect action any time soon.
A conference Tuesday at the Treasury Department is the first of many steps toward restructuring the nearly $11 trillion mortgage market. So far, rescuing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has cost the government more than $148 billion. That number is expected to gr
A conference Tuesday at the Treasury Department is the first of many steps toward restructuring the nearly $11 trillion mortgage market. So far, rescuing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has cost the government more than $148 billion. That number is expected to gr
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