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• China’s Market News: Banks Seeking New Opportunities with Insurances

  05-04-2016 23:15
  Chinese banks are looking for alternatives in a slowing economy with heavy credit risks.
  
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• US DOLLAR Technical Analysis: There Is A Season…

  05-04-2016 22:50
  Will the Fed Continue To Frustrate US Dollar Longs? Going Into April, It May Matter Less What The Data Says Than Ever.
  
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• Dollar touches 17-month low vs. yen as stocks slump

  05-04-2016 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar fell on Tuesday to touch its weakest level against the yen since October 2014 and stock markets worldwide slumped as economic data out of Europe and the United States prompted a retreat from riskier assets. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, speaking to parliament on Tuesday, stressed his readiness to expand monetary policy, such as pushing interest rates further into negative territory. Wall Street followed declines across Europe and Asi
  
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• USD/JPY Technical Analysis: Look Out Below?

  05-04-2016 21:40
  USD/JPY Now Sits on Channel Support. We’ve Touched 14-Month Lows & Resistance Remains Firmly In Place.
  
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• UPDATE 1-B/E Aerospace, Zodiac shares fall as Boeing hires new seat maker

  05-04-2016 21:20
  
  NEW YORK/HAMBURG, April 5 (Reuters) - Shares of B/E Aerospace Inc and Zodiac Aerospace SA fell on Tuesday after Boeing Co said it would buy seats directly from a new supplier for its top-selling 737,...
  
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• CAD/JPY Reversal Approaching Initial Support - Bearish Sub-86.53

  05-04-2016 19:55
  The immediate CADJPY short-bias is at risk after reversing off key resistance last week. Here are the updated targets & invalidation levels that matter.
  
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• USD/JPY Retail Sentiment Most Extreme Since 2015 Amid Fresh 2016 Low

  05-04-2016 19:50
  Retail FX sentiment hits fresh near-term extremes as the crowd remains net-long, while USD/JPY pushes to fresh 2016 lows.
  
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• Dollar slides to 17-month low vs yen as stocks, oil fall

  05-04-2016 18:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Gaffen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar fell on Tuesday to its weakest against the yen since October 2014 and stock markets worldwide slumped, as investors pulled away from riskier assets following weak economic data out of Europe and the United States. Wall Street followed declines across Europe and Asia and the MSCI All-World Index dropped 1.3 percent, putting it on target for its worst day since early February. Banking shares led the fall in the S&P 500 index as a drop in long-dat
  
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• B/E Aerospace, Zodiac shares fall as Boeing hires new seat maker

  05-04-2016 18:07
  
  NEW YORK, April 5 (Reuters) - Shares of B/E Aerospace Inc and Zodiac Aerospace SA fell sharply on Tuesday after Boeing Co said it would buy seats directly from a new supplier for its top-selling 737,...
  
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• Japan's Abe says U.S. presence needed, vows to push trade deal - WSJ

  05-04-2016 18:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he cannot envision not needing security backing from the United States, he told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Tuesday that also touched on trade and other issues. "I cannot conceive of any situation within the foreseeable future when the U.S. presence wouldn’t be necessary," he told the Journal in response to a question about whether U.S. troops should leave the Asian nation to defend itself, an idea that
  
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• Britain's FTSE hits 3-week low as commodities stocks weigh

  05-04-2016 18:03
  
  LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index ended lower on Tuesday after dipping to a three-week low, with commodities-related stocks coming under pressure from falls in oil and metals...
  
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• Walgreens tops 2Q profit expectations, narrows 2016 forecast

  05-04-2016 17:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Walgreens beat Wall Street's fiscal second quarter expectations as total sales jumped, but the nation's biggest drugstore chain remained conservative with its outlook while it deals with several pressures on its business.
  
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• Wall Street down as rate-hike outlook remains hazy

  05-04-2016 17:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street was lower on Tuesday as investors fretted over renewed uncertainties about the Federal Reserve's plan to raise interest rates this year. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned on Tuesday of increasing risks to global economic growth, unless there were stronger measures by policymakers. Lagarde's comments come a week after Fed Chair Janet Yellen urged caution on rate hikes, citing a shaky global economy and low oil prices.
  
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• Pacific Sunwear preparing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing - BBG

  05-04-2016 17:33
  
  April 5 (Reuters) - Struggling surfwear chain Pacific Sunwear of California Inc is preparing to file for bankruptcy, Bloomberg reported late on Monday, citing people with knowledge of the situation.
  
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• Weaker commodities stocks push FTSE to 3-week lows

  05-04-2016 15:50
  
  LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index slipped to its lowest level in more than three weeks on Tuesday, with commodities-related stocks coming under pressure following a decline in...
  
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• NZD/USD and the Importance of the Next Few Weeks

  05-04-2016 15:50
  NZD/USD fails at key symmetry, timing later this month potentially pivotal.
  
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• The CAC 40 Trades to Monthly Lows

  05-04-2016 15:35
  e CAC 40 has traded to a new monthly low this morning, and currently down -2.20% on the day.e CAC 40 has traded to a new monthly low this morning, and currently down -2.20% on the day.
  
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• Allergan shares fall as investors bet on Pfizer deal collapse

  05-04-2016 15:35
  
  NEW YORK, April 5 (Reuters) - Shares in Allergan Plc opened down more than 15 percent on Tuesday, a day after the U.S. Treasury Department proposed new tax regulations that analysts said could kill...
  
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• Pakistan stocks snap 4-day winning streak; rupee firm, o/n rate falls

  05-04-2016 14:29
  
  KARACHI, April 5 (Reuters) - Pakistan's stock market closed lower on Tuesday, tracking a dip in global markets, as investors booked profits after a four-day winning streak, dealers said.
  
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• Silver Gains as European Stocks Slide

  05-04-2016 13:54
  The current rise is corrective in nature given that the overall trend is bearish below the March 31 high of $15.56.
  
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• Even as Global Equities Slip, USD Impact is Limited

  05-04-2016 13:27
  Elsewhere, traders may want to keep their eyes on precious metals - Gold (CFD: XAU/USD) isn't ready to throw in the towel just yet.
  
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• Music streaming service Pandora returns to its roots

  05-04-2016 13:06 via rocketnews.com
  Tim Westergren (top center-left), founder and Chief Strategy Officer, and Joe Kennedy (top center-right), president and CEO of Pandora internet radio, watch as their company begins trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange June 15, 2011. REUTERS/Ben Hider-NYSE EuronextMoreBy Julia Love
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Pandora Media Inc hopes to go back to the future with the return of co-founder Tim Westergren as CEO and a renewed focus on its industry-leading data trove, built from the
  
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• Nikkei 225 Breaks Through 16,000 Level

  05-04-2016 12:54
  Nikkei 225 finally broke the 16,000 mark to head toward the 15,523 support level. A strong downside bias indicates further declines ahead
  
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• Church To Make Millions From RBS Branch Sale

  05-04-2016 12:44 via rocketnews.com
  The Church of England’s endowment fund is in line for a payout of well over £60m if Royal Bank of Scotland (LSE: RBS.L – news) (RBS) succeeds in offloading a troublesome network of more than 300 branches.
  Sky News can disclose for the first time that the Church Commissioners hold a 10% stake in a £600m bond issued in 2013 to raise funds to aid the separation of Williams & Glyn (W&G) from the taxpayer-backed lender.
  Sources said the bond would be redeemed in the ev
  
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• Analytical review of the stocks of McDonald`s Corp.

  05-04-2016 12:41 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: McDonald`s Corp., #MCD [NYSE]Services, Restaurants, USA Financial performance of the company:Index – DJIA, S&P 500;Beta – 0.49; Capitalization – 108.94 В;Return on asset - 13.50%;Income - 4.53 B;Average volume – 7.04 М; P/E - 24.67;ATR – 2.52.Analytical review:The company ranks the first on capitalization among the issuers traded in the American stock market. Since the beginning ...
  
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• ASX 200 Hovers over One-Month Low

  05-04-2016 12:36
  ASX 200 retraced above a one-month low and support level at 4918.4 after a brief break. The index remained weak on the downside
  
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• EUROSTOXX50 : the index is reversing downward

  05-04-2016 12:27 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: Following the rise in the index from the lows of mid February at the level of 2700.0, the index EUROSTOXX50 managed to won back part of the losses sustained from the beginning of last December. At that time ECB had expanded its QE program; however market participants found this measure insufficient.Since mid-March the price corrected and went up to 3110.0 (Fibonacci 50%).However, the pair ...
  
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• EUROSTOXX50: World stock indices are declining

  05-04-2016 12:16 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: With the opening of today’s trading day global stock indices have been declining. Risk aversion among investors was caused by the decline in oil prices and uncertainty of the economic situation in the world, which increased demand for gold and the Yen.Futures for S&P500 fell by 0.7%. Japanese stock index Nikkey fell by 2.4% amid strengthening in the Yen against the USD and concern about ...
  
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• "Brexit" The Main Domestic Risk in UK According to The FPC

  05-04-2016 11:28
  Global macroeconomic environment continues to challenge, while “Brexit” poses the main domestic risk for the UK says the FPC
  
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• NZD/USD: The pair went below the level of 0.6860

  05-04-2016 11:20 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: Due to last week’s statement made by Janet Yellen about the plan of the gradual increase in the interest rate in the USA, the USD fell all over the market. However, last Friday after strong US data on the labor market, business activity index in the manufacturing sector, gradual acceleration in inflation and consumer confidence index for March, the pair NZD/USD has regained most part of the ...
  
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• MIDEAST STOCKS-Saudi slips as investors eye earnings, Egypt rises

  05-04-2016 11:12 via rocketnews.com
  DUBAI, April 5 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s stock market pulled back in early trade on Tuesday as investors looked ahead to the first-quarter earnings reporting season, which is now starting, while Egypt rose.
  The Saudi index fell 0.6 percent in the first hour of trade, erasing some of its 1.6 percent gains in the previous session.
  The main drag was the telecommunications sector, with Saudi Telecom (STC), the largest operator, dropping 3.2 percent as it went ex-dividend. Albilad Capita
  
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• UPDATE 2-Peugeot pledges sales drive in new mid-term plan

  05-04-2016 11:09
  
  PARIS, April 5 (Reuters) - French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen outlined plans for international expansion and a push into after-sales services, seeking to convince investors it can follow a lightning...
  
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• NZD/USD: Price index of the dairy products and efforts of RBNZ

  05-04-2016 11:02 via liteforex.com
  Forex analytics: New Zealand’s economy is based on exports; the second largest export sector of the country’s economy is the timber industry and the largest one id agricultural sector. About 18% of the total exports belong to the dairy product. The largest purchaser of the New Zealand’s dairy products is China. Therefore, the decline in Chinese imports caused by slowdown of Chinese economic growth and low ...
  
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• DAX 30 Trades Lower As Energy Shares Take a Hit

  05-04-2016 10:51
  The share price of energy producers E.ON and RWE AG have taken a hit and are subsequently pulling the DAX 30 lower.
  
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• Britain's FTSE falls as oil glut fears weigh on resources stocks

  05-04-2016 10:48
  
  LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) - UK shares fell on Tuesday as resources stocks came under pressure from oil and metals prices weighed down by persistent concerns of a global oversupply.
  
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• Motoring group AA full-year earnings drop 3.3 percent, insurance hit

  05-04-2016 09:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Motoring group AA reported a 3.3 percent drop in trading earnings for its financial year on Tuesday, partly due to a fall in contributions from the insurance business. AA provides roadside recovery and insurance broking services and started underwriting insurance in February. Car insurance prices have been weak in recent years, but have started to rise in the past few quarters, due in part to a rise in insurance premium tax.
  
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• FTSE 100: Are Soft Crude Oil Prices Back To Haunt Stocks?

  05-04-2016 09:17
  The FTSE 100 is trading lower this morning on an adjustment to softer Asian stock markets overnight and a lower crude oil price.
  
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• Motoring group AA full-year earnings drop 3.3 percent to 415 million pounds

  05-04-2016 08:25 via rocketnews.com
  LONDON (Reuters) – Motoring group AA reported a 3.3 percent drop in trading earnings for its financial year to 415 million pounds on Tuesday, in line with expectations.
  The drop in trading earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, the company’s preferred measure of performance, was largely due to lower contributions from insurance, new IT operating costs and investment in marketing and diagnostic technology, AA said in a statement.
  AA, which provides roadside reco
  
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• US Dollar May Edge Higher on Pre-Positioning for FOMC Minutes

  05-04-2016 08:03
  The US Dollar may edge higher as traders scale back dovish Fed policy bets ahead of the release of minutes from last month’s meeting of the rate-setting FOMC committee.
  
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• MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf may move sideways as investors eye earnings season

  05-04-2016 07:46 via rocketnews.com
  DUBAI, April 5 (Reuters) – Stock markets in the Gulf maymove sideways on Tuesday as investors look ahead tofirst-quarter earnings reporting season, which is now starting. Brent oil futures remain weak, slipping 0.4 percentto $37.55 a barrel in early Asian trade. But on Monday most Gulfbourses shrugged off weakness in the oil markets, and economicdata for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates is modestlypositive, with March purchasing managers’ indexes for bothcountries rising sl
  
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• AUD/USD Gains as Neutral RBA Weakens Rate Cut Expectations

  05-04-2016 07:19
  The Australian Dollar rallied after the Reserve Bank of Australia left policy unchanged as expected, delaying a rate cut still envisioned by financial markets.
  
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• REFILE-UPDATE 3-New U.S. inversion rules threaten Pfizer-Allergan deal

  05-04-2016 05:06
  
  WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, April 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department took new steps on Monday to curb tax-avoiding corporate "inversions," with the pending $160 billion merger of Pfizer Inc and...
  
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• NZD/USD Technical Analysis: Wedge Setup Hints at Weakness

  05-04-2016 03:31
  The New Zealand Dollar is edging lower after finding resistance at a nine-month high below the 0.70 figure against its US counterpart.
  
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• Toughened RBA Verbal Intervention to Spur Additional AUD/USD Losses

  05-04-2016 02:30
  AUD/USD may continue to give back the advance from earlier this year should the RBA increase its efforts to weaken the local currency.
  
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• EUR/USD Technical Analysis: Digesting Move to 6-Month High

  05-04-2016 02:21
  The Euro paused to digest gains after breaking above February's swing high to reach the highest level in nearly six months against the US Dollar.
  
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• Asian shares slip, crude oil extends losses

  05-04-2016 02:21 via rocketnews.com
  By Lisa Twaronite
  TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares slipped in early trade on Tuesday, pressured by losses on Wall Street against a backdrop of slumping crude oil prices and mixed messages on the outlook for U.S. monetary policy.
  Oil prices nursed losses after shedding more than 2 percent overnight, which brought Brent to one-month lows, as investors doubted that oil producing countries would freeze output to address a global glut.
  Brent skidded 0.5 percent to $37.51 a barrel after losing 2.5
  
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• PFIZER SAYS CONDUCTING REVIEW OF TREASURY ACTION, WON'T SPECULATE ON ANY POTENTIAL IMPACT -STATEMENT

  05-04-2016 00:58
  
  PFIZER SAYS CONDUCTING REVIEW OF TREASURY ACTION, WON'T SPECULATE ON ANY POTENTIAL IMPACT -STATEMENT
  
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• OBAMA CALLS ON CONGRESS TO TAKE ACTION ON CORPORATE INVERSIONS -WHITE HOUSE

  05-04-2016 00:37
  
  OBAMA CALLS ON CONGRESS TO TAKE ACTION ON CORPORATE INVERSIONS -WHITE HOUSE
  
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• Wall Street pulls back after recent rally

  05-04-2016 00:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The S&P materials sector fell 1 percent after copper prices touched their lowest in a month, while energy shares slipped with oil prices. Oil and other commodities are all in pullback mode ... and investors are very focused on commodities because they led on the way up," said Adam Sarhan, chief executive of Sarhan Capital in New York. Investors also are bracing for a weak first-quarter profit season, with earnings for S&P 500 companies projected to have fallen 7.1 percent from the year-a
  
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