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Japan stocks rise to near 11-mth high, dollar bulls continue charge
The dollar was up 0.1 percent at 112.620 yen after touching an eight-month high of 112.980 overnight. It has…
Asia stocks slip on spectre of higher US rates, dollar “a freight…
The firm dollar kept most emerging market currencies on the ropes, with China’s yuan nearing the 7 per dollar…
Sterling heads for strongest month in 8 years, hits nine-week high
Sterling jumped almost 1 percent against the euro on Wednesday after Britain’s Autumn Statement on the budget…
Dow, S&P 500 set record high closes ahead of holiday
The S&P industrial index, up 0.8 percent on the day, has risen 7 percent since the Nov. 8 U.S. election. The…
Chinese yuan weakens to new eight-year low
In the past 15 trading days, the yuan ended down 14 days and rose only once against the US dollar. On Thursday,…
Amazon hits $1,000, pushing value of online goliath to more than double that of…
This price of $ 1,000 puts Amazon’s market value at $ 478 billion. It is twice that of Wal-Mart and over 15…