Stocks End Off Lows; S&P 500 and Nasdaq Log Worst Week in 2013
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Investors are starting to "wake-up to the reality" that stocks are the only way for them to get real returns on their money, Tempeton's Mark Mobius told CNBC.
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Delta Air Lines has held recent talks to buy a 49 percent stake in British carrier Virgin Atlantic that is currently held by Singapore Airlines, two people familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
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India's economic reform program faces a key parliamentary test this week on whether to let foreign retailers set up shop, in a vote that could pave the way for further measures to revive the economy.
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Apple's iPhone 5 will be available for sale in China on Dec. 14.
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Last week, Russia’s government decided to put an end to the doomsday talk, with one minister assuring voters that the Mayan apocalypse was not at hand, the New York Times reports.
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The European Union and United States are about to take on Russia in an Internet battle.
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Yum Brands said on Thursday that it expects a decline in fourth-quarter sales at established restaurants in China as the economy cools.
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Regulators in Japan recently counseled regional banks that hold massive amounts of Japanese government bonds to shorten the maturity of their holdings to reduce their interest rate risk. The FT reports.
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Chinese insurer PICC priced its Hong Kong IPO near the bottom of the range, the latest sign of tepid appetite for new listings in the city.
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Japan's industrial output unexpectedly rose in October, in a sign the world's third-largest economy may have seen the worst.
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One of China’s richest men is challenging Obama's refusal to let him build a wind farm in the US.
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The worsening outlook for the BRIC nations – Brazil, Russia, India and China – has put into question whether these leading emerging economies can continue to power global growth.
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China seems destined to become the world’s biggest pharmaceutical market; however, whether the profits multinational corporations realize will be similarly attractive remains very much in doubt.
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China stocks may trade sideways on Friday as concerns about May PMI data could be offset by hopes of monetary easing.
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China came up with another set of weak numbers on Friday with two surveys of manufacturing activity showing that economic momentum slowed yet again in May, prompting analysts to say it’s time China got on with revving up growth.
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EU trade ministers agreed to start negotiations to create a free-trade area with Japan, overcoming resistance from European carmakers.
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The results of a business confidence survey in Japan showed that despite a surge in stock prices and a steep fall in the yen, Japanese manufacturers are still largely pessimistic.
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Despite talk of the so-called "great rotation" out of bonds and into equities, activity in the high yield debt market has been robust.
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Japanese policymakers have suddenly gone silent as the yen halts its dramatic fall. Why?
Charting Asia with Daryl Guppy
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There is a high probability that the current uptrend in the S&P 500 index will continue to 1,690, says this chartist.
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The steady rise of the Australian ASX 200 index has slowed and is developing the potential to turn into a downtrend.
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The Cyprus impact is a minor blip on the weekly euro/dollar chart. The upside target for the pair in a rebound from $1.29 is the previous resistance level near $1.34.