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Global market overview: The holiday is over for US traders – literally and figuratively – as an ebullient beginning to September was halted by...

With hard statistics on the global economy thin on the ground, investors’ attention will be focused on the response of policymakers to last week’s US...

The first fall in US private sector payrolls since January has not been able to shift traders from the belief that a fresh month deserves a sunny...

US stocks jumped as investors were cheered by better than expected manufacturing data from the US and China More......

US stocks edged up in early trading after investors were cheered by a revised GDP figure which, though lower than the original number, was not quite...

An upwards revision of UK second-quarter GDP came as a welcome starter on a day featuring a menu of economic data and insights into the outlook for...

The yen showed little reaction on Friday after Naoto Kan, Japan’s prime minister, said his government was ready to take ‘bold’ action in the foreign...

Mainland shipbuilder plans to raise T$3.72bn from a Taiwan Depositary Receipt listing at a time when Taiwan is becoming more internationally active...

After US data on goods orders added more evidence of a slowing economy, US shares tumbled at their open and the yen headed back toward its 15-year...

Worries about the faltering prospects for sustained global economic growth keep the pressure on mining and oil stocks as BHP Billiton’s outlook...

Brokers who allowed high-frequency traders to have access to the markets without undertaking proper checks on them face potential fines as part of a...

The appetite for risk recedes as investors focus back on the fundamentals of the global economy and particularly the lacklustre US recovery ahead of...

Talk of a risk of a double-dip recession from Martin Weale, the newest member of the monetary policy committee, leads to pressure on the pound ...

Non-US companies have issued record volumes of US bonds this year, as they turn to dollar markets to access cheap funding More......

Global Markets Overview: A brief rally in risky assets is snuffed out and ‘haven’ assets such as the Japanese yen and US Treasuries are once again in...

The single most important language of MBSs and similar products is a system called Intex, buts its limits emerged when MBSs were repackaged into...

Global Markets Overview: A positive economic surprise for a change – stronger than expected German GDP growth – fails to lift sentiment as strength...

Global Markets Overview: Safe haven assets rose strongly and riskier investments like stocks were sold off after the Fed downgraded its growth...

European shares rise after figures showed a surprisingly strong increase in German exports in June but investors around the world are awaiting the...

Mining and banking stocks combine to help London’s main index renew its bid to hold the key support level, with standout gains for International...

Uncertainty over the US economy spurs former fund bull to cut long positions although founder remains positive on the recovery More......

Global Markets Overview: European and Asian shares are lower, but Wall Street is trading higher after the ADP report showed that the US private...

Stocks rise to their highest levels in nearly three months and turn positive for the year, lifted by solid earnings from HSBC and BNP Paribas and...

Global market overview. Markets saw the bright side of a report that Chinese manufacturing is slowing, and are now accelerating their risk-taking on...

Wall Street finished flat after spending most of the day in negative territory because of concerns about the slowing rate of economic growth ...

Global Markets Overview: The FTSE All-World index is down 0.5% following a lower-than-forecast GDP growth report for the US. Futures markets are...

Worries about fresh signs of a faltering US recovery ahead of upcoming economic data set off a strong rally for the yen, re-stoking talk of potential...

Glum outlooks from US technology companies and downbeat comments from a Fed official amid concerns on second-quarter economic growth prompt investors...

Barry Callebaut chief warned prices could stay at current high levels for the foreseeable future because of continued demand pressure and scarce...