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Markets want Fed to save them. Why its tools might not work.

YoopyaMar 1, 2020June 15, 20230

As stocks around the world tumble on worries about a fast-spreading virus, investors have been clamoring for the superheroes of the financial world to ride

Stocks fall on Wall Street, head for worst week since 2008

YoopyaFeb 28, 2020June 14, 20230

U.S. stocks fell sharply Friday and were on track for their worst week since October 2008 as the spreading coronavirus threatens to derail the global

Samsung Electronics flags 56% fall in Q3 operating profit

YoopyaOct 8, 2019May 29, 20230

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday it expected operating profits to drop more than 50 percent in the third quarter as it struggles with a long-running

5 Things Investors Need to Know Today

YoopyaMar 26, 2015April 26, 20230

HEINZ CRAFTS BIG ACQUISITION H.J. Heinz Co. is buying Kraft Foods Group Inc., creating what the companies say will be the third-largest food and beverage

Markets hold breath before crucial Greek debt talks

YoopyaFeb 16, 2015July 9, 20230

(Reuters) – Global shares hit their highest since September on Monday and the euro firmed, with investors cautiously optimistic euro zone finance ministers would reach

Asian stocks on edge as HK seethes, U.S. dollar shines

YoopyaSep 28, 2014June 15, 20230

(Reuters) – The dollar hit a four-year peak against a basket of currencies in early Asian trade on Monday, bolstering Japanese shares, but other Asian

Business: M&A talk lifts European shares, euro dips to two-week low

YoopyaApr 22, 2014July 21, 20230

(Reuters) – M&A talk in the pharmaceutical sector lifted European shares on Tuesday, but failed to support the euro, which held at a two week

Business: Dark markets may be more harmful than high-frequency trading

YoopyaApr 7, 2014July 21, 20230

(Reuters) – Fears that high-speed traders have been rigging the U.S. stock market went mainstream last week thanks to allegations in a book by financial

Yen and Swiss franc in vogue on emerging market stress

YoopyaJan 27, 2014November 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Safe-haven currencies like the yen and the Swiss franc were much in demand on Monday as an emerging markets sell off continued, with the dollar

Emerging market chaos hits stock markets and currencies

YoopyaJan 25, 2014November 29, 20230

Traders reacted to concerns that Argentina, Turkey, South Africa among others might be on the brink of currency crises. A series of political scandals and