April 19, 2021 7:32 am
Citigroup Inc (C) said last week that it intended to hire 300 new relationship managers in Hong Kong as it seeks to increase clientele threefold and assets under management twofold in its wealth management business in the key financial centre. The news comes one day after Citigroup announced plans to withdraw from consumer banking in […]
Read moreApril 16, 2021 9:22 am
Spot Gold was holding near recent seven-week highs on Friday, as the US Dollar and US Treasury yields retreated to lows unseen in almost a month after the US government imposed a wide range of sanctions on Russia over alleged interference in last year’s presidential election. A weaker dollar makes Gold more affordable for international […]
Read moreApril 15, 2021 9:15 am
Futures on US West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil retreated on Thursday, but still held not far from a fresh one-month high achieved earlier in the day, after the International Energy Agency and OPEC revised up their full-year oil demand forecasts. Additional support to prices came on the back of a larger-than-expected drop in US crude […]
Read moreApril 15, 2021 7:47 am
Dollar General Corp (DG) on Wednesday announced plans to hire up to 20,000 workers this spring. It is the latest company to announce a hiring spree, with more segments of the US economy re-opening and fiscal stimulus kicking in. In a statement, the US company said that hiring events would be hosted later in April […]
Read moreApril 14, 2021 10:49 am
Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS) said on Tuesday that it intended to open a new office in the city of Birmingham, as it seeks to expand its office space in Britain at a moment when other banks are doing quite the opposite because of the coronavirus crisis. According to Goldman, the first employees are to […]
Read moreApril 14, 2021 7:53 am
According to a statement by Toshiba Corp. (6502), one of its key shareholders is calling for the consideration of other offers from potential suitors following CVC Capital Partners’ buyout bid of $20 billion. US hedge fund Farallon Capital Management said that the Japanese company should consider “the privatisation proposal in a sincere manner through a […]
Read moreApril 13, 2021 8:38 am
AUD/USD edged lower on Tuesday, as the US Dollar rebounded from a nearly three-week low against a basket of six major peers on bets US CPI inflation may pick up considerably in March, which would drive bond yields higher. The Aussie reacted in a rather muted manner to stronger-than-expected growth in Chinese imports in March, […]
Read moreApril 12, 2021 9:28 am
GBP/USD bounced from a nine-week low on Monday, which it hit during the late phase of the Asian session due to blood clot concerns surrounding AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, which is considered key for the United Kingdom’s aggressive vaccination campaign. However, the Sterling is likely to see short-term support as restrictive measures in the UK are […]
Read moreApril 12, 2021 7:23 am
McDonald’s Corp (MCD) said last week that it planned to hire as many as 25,000 people at its restaurants across the US state of Texas this month. McDonald’s said it would hire for crew and management roles during a three-day event between April 13th and April 15th. In 2020, the company hired nearly 260,000 restaurant […]
Read moreApril 9, 2021 9:28 am
Spot Gold eased from recent one-month high on Friday after a set of macro data coming out of China added to optimism over a swift recovery. The latest data showed that factory gate prices in China had surged at the fastest yearly rate since July 2018 in March, while outstripping a consensus of estimates. “Gold […]
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