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BRIEF-ING offers to buy back government guaranteed bonds
AMSTERDAM, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:32am EDT AMSTERDAM, June 19 (Reuters) - ING Groep NV : * Ing group : ing announces cash tender offers for government guaranteed notes * Ing - asks to tender any and all of the outstanding notes with a total principal amount outstanding of EUR 4.0 billion * Ing - also has tender offer for certain of ing bank's US ...
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Investors show interest in bonds
South African government bonds that protect against inflation are regaining investor favour, after demand came up short at a sale last month, as the rand – close to a four-year low – threatens to speed up consumer price ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian markets tense before Fed Nikkei outperforms
Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:16am EDT * Asian stocks softer as Fed outcome awaited * Markets hope for clarity on any pullback in Fed stimulus * Nikkei outperforms as softer yen boosts exporters * Major currencies, commodities mostly steady By Ian Chua SYDNEY, June 19 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks rose on Wednesday, thanks to a positive lead from Wall Street and a softer yen, outperforming the rest of Asia ...
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Currencies Dollar slips vs. yen with Fed outlook in sight
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollar slipped against the Japanese yen and the euro Wednesday, ahead of highly anticipated guidance from the U.S. Federal Reserve on what it plans to do with its bond-buying ...
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US intelligence director defends surveillance program says plot against Wall Street thwarted
WASHINGTON - The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying. The House Intelligence Committee hearing provided a venue for officials to defend the once-secret ...
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Indias PFC raised 43 bln rupees via dual-tranche bonds
MUMBAI, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:42am EDT MUMBAI, June 19 (Reuters) - India's Power Finance Corp Ltd raised about 43 billion rupees ($731.73 million) through its dual-tranche bond sale, said three sources with direct knowledge of the deal. The firm raised about 12.50 billion rupees in 2-year debt at 8.29 percent and about 30.50 billion rupees in 3-year bonds at 8.27 percent, ...
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A guide to the Federal Reserves events Wednesday
In this Wednesday, May 22, 2013 photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Federal Reserve ends a policy meeting Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Investors have been nervously speculating that the Fed will soon scale back its economic stimulus and send interest rates up and stock prices down. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce ...
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The European currencies and yen are consolidating
The appetite for risk is limited by the Fed meeting ending later on Wednesday. The equity markets have been in a seesaw recently while trying to gauge the Fed's pace of tempering its quantitative easing. The European currencies and yen are consolidating, and the commodity currencies are trading lower, essentially preserving Tuesday's pattern. The Asian stock markets are rising in line ...
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Rhode Island on track to make payment on 38 Studios bonds
Reuters © Former MLB player Curt Schilling talks with a reporter at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, in Los Angeles, California June 9, 2011. REUTERS/David ...
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Wall Street opens higher boosted by New York manufacturing data
U.S. stocks opened broadly higher Monday, as investors awaited Wednesdays Fed policy meeting, with increasing confidence that the Fed wont start tapering in super-easy ...
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Wall Street close in green ahead of the Feds meeting tomorrow
U.S. stocks closed higher Tuesday after U.S. housing starts and consumer inflation rose below estimates last month as investors await the end of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting ...
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EU shares rose ahead of the Federal Reserve decision
The European Union saw its market opening and closing the day in green to actually rebound from their longest streak of weekly losses in 14 months as investors awaited this week’s Federal Reserve meeting for signs on the pace of stimulus ...
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What if Wall Street doesnt like what Fed says
One analyst's take: 'We are so screwed' when bond buying eases NEW YORK -- Ever since it began injecting cash into the financial system in 2008, the Federal Reserve has been compared to a drug dealer by critics. The Fed's bond-buying and zero-interest-rate policy, they say, is akin to a performance-enhancing, steroid-like drug with the addictive quality of crack cocaine. ...
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News Corp. print assets start trading in Australia
0.00% fell 15 Australian cents to 14.85 Australian dollars ($14.04) Wednesday as they began trading in Sydney. The company holds the publishing assets that were spun off by media conglomerate News Corp. More than 4.6 million New Newscorp shares were traded in the first 15 minutes of their debut, according to FactSet data. News ...
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Hong Kong stocks edge lower ahead of Fed HSBC up
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong stocks pulled lower in cautious trade Wednesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve's monetary-policy decision for clues on its bond purchases. The Hang Seng ...
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Snowden says NSA used Cisco to spy China media
+0.49% routers to spy on Chinese networks. The report on the Chinese-language site Techweb.com, dated Tuesday, also said that Cisco had been involved in many major Chinese Internet infrastructure projects, including those of military and government networks. However, ...
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Australian Market Trades Higher On Wall Street Lead
The Australian stock market is trading higher on Wednesday with investors indulging in some brisk buying in mining, energy and industrial stocks, tracking positive cues from Wall Street, where the major averages surged higher overnight on the back of some encouraging economic data.The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index, which advanced to 4,844.8 in early trades, is currently trading at 4,825, up ...
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All Eyes Are On The Federal Reserve And Thats The Problem
(Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) To read the financial and economic commentariat right now is to know that all eyes are on the Federal Reserve. Will it or won't it cease buying Treasuries and agency paper, will it or won't it raise the rate it sets for short-term credit? If the pundits are to be believed, such information will impact the allocation of trillions of dollars ...
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Australia stocks rise ahead of Fed policy decision
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Australian stocks rose in early trade Wednesday, following up on Wall Street's rally before the U.S. Federal Reserve addresses its outlook on its stimulus measures. The benchmark S&P/ASX ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Nikkei rallies others subdued as Fed looms
Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:02pm EDT * All eyes on Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke after FOMC meeting * Markets hoping for clarity on any pullback in Fed stimulus * Nikkei higher; Asian stocks and major currencies mark time By Ian Chua SYDNEY, June 19 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks started trade on Wednesday with a spring in their step thanks to a positive lead from Wall Street and a softer yen, but the rest of ...
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Japan stocks jump on weaker yen Fed hopes
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks jumped on Wednesday as a weaker yen and expectations that the Federal Reserve may not signal a tapering of its bond purchases pulled in buyers and spurred gains across sectors. The Nikkei Stock ...
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Japans May exports surge more than 10
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japan's exports surged in May, as the yen traded at its weakest levels of the year, with the result leading to a smaller-than-expected trade deficit. Japanese exports rose 10.1% from a year earlier, the Finance Ministry reported Wednesday, with the results beating a 6.5% rise forecast in a Reuters survey, and a 5% increase tipped in a separate Dow Jones ...
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Stocks post solid gains Tuesday
U.S. markets churned higher Tuesday after the Commerce Department said price inflation remained muted in May. The report by itself had negligible effect. But every report of late has been held up to the light to see how it might affect the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy announcement expected Wednesday. Low inflation means the economy is not overheating. In turn, some investors ...
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Aust bonds weaken ahead of US Fed meeting
Australian bond futures contract prices are weaker as healthy US economic data convinces investors the US Federal Reserve will dilute its quantitative easing program. ANZ head of interest rate research Tony Morriss said 10-year bonds had weakened, ahead of the US central bank's Federal Open Market Committee meeting, while three-year bonds held their ground as investors anticipate another ...
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Australia shares seen bouncing on strong Wall St weaker A$
SYDNEY, June 19 (Reuters) - Australian shares are expected to rebound on Wednesday, after Wall Street rose for a second straight day as investors bet the Federal Reserve will maintain its stimulus support for the world's biggest economy. A weaker Australian dollar may also benefit stocks with overseas exposure. * Local share price index futures rose 0.7 percent to 4,855.0, a 40.6-point ...
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