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Japan is in the middle of a "big monetary experiment," from which market volatility should be expected, Ben Broadbent, a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, told CNBC.
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European Central Bank Chief Mario Draghi has announced a new "unlimited" bond-buying program to help heavily indebted euro zone countries, but will it work?
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Ford CEO Alan Mulally laid out the automaker’s plan to bolster its faltering sales in Europe. The plan hinges in part on 15 new and redesigned models Ford will sell in Europe over the next 5 years.
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The European Central Bank holds its interest rate fire, but Sweden cuts - it's time for your FX Fix.
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Q, the twinkly-eyed boffin who provides James Bond with his trademark high-tech gadgetry, faces fresh competition. The heads of British intelligence are appealing to small and medium-sized technology companies to help to provide the gizmos they need for covert operations, the Financial Times reports.
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Elizabeth Warren took direct aim at Wall Street chief executives – who “wrecked our economy” and “strut around Congress . . . acting like we should thank them” – in a primetime address on Wednesday night that solidified her reputation as a rising liberal star. The FT reports.
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Citigroup is launching a commodity trade finance business to capitalize on the pullback from the market by European lenders such as BNP Paribas, the Financial Times reports.
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Anastasia Kastaniotou, a struggling mother of three, stood near the Greek Parliament building on Wednesday and threw up her hands as she contemplated an €11.5 billion austerity package that her country’s government was trying to tie up this week to keep Greece in the euro, the New York Times reports.
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The European Central Bank is expected to come out swinging Thursday with a bond buying program intended to knock down rates for its weaker sovereigns.
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The private bank of Goldman Sachs is quietly beefing up its lending to wealthy individuals with a host of new loan products and credit offerings. The FT reports.
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Nokia and Motorola unveil new mobile phones; buzz is building for Amazon’s announcement tomorrow.
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The European Central Bank will refrain from publishing any formal cap on bond yields when it announces a new plan to buy distressed eurozone sovereign debt at its governing council meeting on Thursday, two people familiar with the matter said. The FT reports.
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Investors are poised for good news from the European Central Bank, but these strategists are taking a dimmer view.
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The long awaited September European Central Bank meeting is looming. Here's your trading plan.
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Economic reports disappoint and debt crisis skeptics get louder — it's time for your FX Fix.
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To restore economic growth requires policy makers to adopt the all-round perfection of British heptathlete Jessica Ennis.
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The scandal over global interest rates has state officials like Janet Cowell of North Carolina working intensely behind the scenes to build a case for suing the nation’s largest banks.
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A slowdown in Germany could make politicians there even more averse to a bailout for the neighbors, this strategist says.
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During the 1970s and 1980s Sweden was lauded for its exemplary standard of living. Synonymous with high taxes, low unemployment and an iconic welfare system, the “Swedish model” became something other countries could be envious of. But a new report is challenging that belief.
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The UK’s benchmark FTSE index has suffered this year compared to the country’s currency and bonds, a trend that is not set to end anytime soon, according to analysts.
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Sterling tumbled following minutes released by the Bank of England and disappointing retail sales, as the IMF warned the U.K. is at risk of "permanent damage."
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Microsoft unveiled its next generation console Xbox One on Tuesday, but it was its inclusion of live TV, rather than its gaming capabilities that set tongues wagging.
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Rallies have to end sometime for sure, but history suggests the current one doesn't have to end anytime soon.
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German business software company SAP will start to employ people with autism as software testers, programmers and data quality assurance specialists across the world.
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Teen use of Twitter has grown significantly, a new report shows, as Facebook loses market share. Here's why.
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What Warren Buffett once called "financial weapons of mass destruction" are firing again.
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Faye Landes, senior retail analyst at Cowen, tells CNBC that expectations for Ralph Lauren continues to be very bullish.
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John Wraith, fixed income strategist at BofA Merril Lynch Global Research and Valentin Marinov, director of FX strategy at Citi, discuss the Nikkei's correction and the strength of the U.S. recovery.
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Chris Watling, CEO of Longview Economics, tells CNBC that markets are looking for an excuse to take profits and they've created it with the reaction to the Fed comments.