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A prominent New Zealand economist has set off a storm by suggesting that cats should eventually be eliminated from his country, claiming that they are posing a dire threat to native bird species. The New York Times reports.
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TOKYO/ SYDNEY, Feb 4- The yen steadied slightly off a 2 1/ 2- year low against the dollar on Monday as option-related buying prompted short-term players to refrain from testing the Japanese currency's downside for now.
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TOKYO/ SYDNEY, Feb 4- The listless yen bounced back a tad from a 2 1/ 2- year low against the dollar on Monday as option-related buying prompted short-term players to give up a further test of the yen downside for now.
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TOKYO, Feb 4- Asian shares edged higher on Monday, buoyed by U.S. data which maintained expectations for a mild recovery and continued loose Federal Reserve monetary policy to support it, bolstered by solid manufacturing data from Europe and China.
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*Yen wallows at multi-year lows vs USD& EUR. *Euro still favoured among G3, but ECB event-risk looms. SYDNEY, Feb 4- The yen started the new week with a nagging problem, it remained the currency of choice to sell with the Bank of Japan seen under the most pressure among major central banks to ease policy aggressively.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.-- U.S. residents now make up the largest wine market in the world, consuming 13 percent of all that's produced globally, according to an analyst who spoke Wednesday at a major wine industry gathering. Bulk wine imports from Argentina helped slake the thirsts of U.S. consumers, followed by Chile and Australia.
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*MSCI Asia ex- Japan steady. European markets are likely to inch higher, with financial spreadbetters predicting London's FTSE 100, Paris's CAC-40 and Frankfurt's DAX would open up as much as 0.2 percent.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand-- Former British Open winner Bob Charles of New Zealand says he used and promoted a banned deer-antler spray for more than 20 years and is surprised to learn it contains a substance that violates golf's doping protocols. The 1963 Open winner was a spokesman for the deer-antler product and used it daily over two decades.
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SYDNEY, Jan 31- The euro held near a 14- month peak against the dollar and a 2-1/ 2 year high versus the yen on Thursday, having risen solidly as investors expect central banks in both the United States and Japan to keep an aggressive easing stance.
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*MSCI Asia ex- Japan rises to near 18- month high, energy sector leads. The MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.6 percent, building on the previous day's 1 percent rally which snapped a four-day losing streak.
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SYDNEY, Jan 29- Sterling took the spotlight on Tuesday, though for all the wrong reasons, as a dour economic background and persistent rumours of a possible credit downgrade dragged the British currency to a 13- month trough on the euro and a five-month low on the dollar.
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Jan 28- Visitor arrivals to Hong Kong in December rose 15.1 percent from a year earlier to 4.78 million, data from the Hong Kong Tourism Board showed on Monday.
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LONDON, Jan 24- The European Commission can win significant gains from defeat on its carbon market reform if it can extract concessions for a more ambitious scheme from 2020..
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*Japanese trade data, HSBC's China PMI in focus. SYDNEY, Jan 24- The yen's rebound came to an abrupt halt on Thursday with investors wary about cutting bearish bets further amid expectations the Bank of Japan will come under renewed pressure to ease policy.
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LONDON, Jan 23- Japan's brigade of mom-and-pop investors, once connoisseurs of the most far-flung emerging markets, look set to ride the newly weakening yen back to more exotic climes again. Assets of Japanese emerging market-dedicated investment trusts, or "toshin", have risen by more than $4 billion since autumn, according to JPMorgan.
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A prominent New Zealand economist has set off a storm by suggesting that cats should eventually be eliminated from his country, claiming that they are posing a dire threat to native bird species. The New York Times reports.
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*Demand steady for 100 yen/ dollar option strikes. "The policy change that is taking place in Japan is very significant and will lead to sustained yen weakness," said Ian Stannard, FX strategist at Morgan Stanley.
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AUCKLAND, Jan 19- Kim Dotcom, founder of outlawed file-sharing website Megaupload, said his new "cyberlocker" was not revenge on U.S. authorities who planned a raid on his home, closed Megaupload and charged him with online piracy for which he faces jail if found guilty.
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*Markets position for aggressive action from Bank of Japan. NEW YORK, Jan 18- The yen dropped for a second straight day against the dollar on Friday, trading within striking distance of a 31- month low as investors position for aggressive action from the Bank of Japan next week.
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*Markets positions for aggressive Bank of Japan action. *Yen to move higher if Bank of Japan seeks unlimited bond buying. NEW YORK, Jan 18- The yen dropped for a second straight day against the dollar on Friday, trading within striking distance of a 31- month low as investors positioned for expected aggressive policy action from the Bank of Japan next week.
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*China data. including GDP. next in focus. SYDNEY, Jan 18- The yen languished at two-and-a-half year lows against the dollar on Friday following a dramatic selloff as markets positioned for the Bank of Japan to take bold policy action to tackle deflation.