December 30, 2014 8:39 am
Walgreen Co. announced on Monday that after a special meeting shareholders gave the green light to the deal with Alliance Boots GmbH and the following switch to a holding company structure. Under the deal Walgreen, the largest US drugstore chain by revenue, will acquire the remaining 55% of Alliance Boots which it doesnt already own. […]
Read moreDecember 30, 2014 8:11 am
Yesterday’s trade saw USD/SEK within the range of 7.7795-7.8913. The pair closed at 7.8585, gaining 0.31% on a daily basis. At 8:09 GMT today USD/SEK was down 0.44% for the day to trade at 7.8212. The pair touched a daily low at 7.8144 at 8:07 GMT. Fundamentals United States Consumer Confidence by the CB Confidence […]
Read moreDecember 30, 2014 7:58 am
Yesterday’s trade saw EUR/SEK within the range of 9.4845-9.6266. The pair closed at 9.5496, gaining 0.17% on a daily basis. At 7:56 GMT today EUR/SEK was down 0.09% for the day to trade at 9.5379. The pair touched a daily low at 9.5078 during early Asian trade. Fundamentals Euro zone Spanish Harmonized Consumer Price Index […]
Read moreDecember 30, 2014 7:43 am
Yesterday’s trade saw EUR/GBP within the range of 0.7818-0.7855. The pair closed at 0.7833, gaining 0.12% on a daily basis. At 7:42 GMT today EUR/GBP was up 0.01% for the day to trade at 0.7833. The pair touched a daily high at 0.7840 during early Asian trade. Fundamentals Euro zone Spanish Harmonized Consumer Price Index […]
Read moreDecember 30, 2014 7:28 am
Gold ticked up on Tuesday on equities weakness after the precious metal scored its biggest daily drop in a week as the dollar strengthened. Comex gold for delivery in February gained 0.44% to $1 187.1 per troy ounce by 07:11 GMT, having shifted in a daily range of $1 189.6-$1 180.5 an ounce. The precious […]
Read moreDecember 29, 2014 3:27 pm
A month after Caesars Entertainment Corp. inked an all-stock deal to merge with affiliate Caesars Acquisition Co, announced additional information related to its restructuring plan. Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. will be transformed into an operating and a property company, managed and owned by a real-estate investment trust. Earlier this month the company said it would […]
Read moreDecember 29, 2014 1:12 pm
Roche Holding AG announced that its Ebola test virus got approved by US health regulators and it would be used in emergencies to fight the deadly disease outbreak in West Africa. The Swiss drugmaker said that the US Food and Drug Administation has authorized the use of its LightMix Ebola Zaire rRT-PCR Test on patients […]
Read moreDecember 29, 2014 10:51 am
Zalando SE, Europe’s biggest online retailer, shifts poor-selling products to its brick-and-mortar outlets as the end of the holiday shopping craze approaches. Germany’s Zalando offers discounts of up to 70% for its low-demanted items that the six-year-old company took down from its website and moved to one of its two large warehouses in Frankfurt and […]
Read moreDecember 29, 2014 9:11 am
Sony Pictures “The Interview” generated more than $15 million after it was released last Wednesday for online viewing, despite threats of cyber attacks. The controversial comedy, starring Seth Rogen and is about a television host who gets an interview with Kim Jong Un and is later recruited by the CIA to assassinate the North Korean […]
Read moreDecember 29, 2014 9:10 am
Friday’s trade saw USD/JPY within the range of 120.01-120.46. The pair closed at 120.37, gaining 0.30% on a daily basis. At 9:03 GMT today USD/JPY was up 0.08% for the day to trade at 120.44. The pair touched a daily high at 120.60. Fundamentals Japan The yen managed to regain certain ground against the US […]
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