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The Bank of England not only sets the rates, but also releases the meeting minutes and publishes its Quarterly Inflation Report (QIR). Will it try to depress the recovering pound? Will we see a unanimous vote against raising rates? Join Valeria Bednarik and I for a live Carney Coverage after the big dollar dive: (If […]

Innovation and technology are helping to lessen the environmental impact of shipping. Sustainable Energy finds out how. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com

* Orders of below 5 mln eur accounted for 80 pct of Q4 intake read more >>> Source : Reuters

By Michael Shields ZURICH (Reuters) – Credit Suisse reported its first full-year loss since 2008 after it took a big impairment charge for its investment banking business under new Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam. Shares fell more than 9 percent in early trading to hit their lowest level since 1992 after Switzerland’s second largest bank also […]

In a world of manic markets and discouraging economic prospects, more Canadians seem to be clinging to their cash. But if your liquid cash gets too lazy, analysts warn it could make things more difficult down the road. read more >>> Source : CBC.Ca

Expectations for any rise in UK interest rates have now all but collapsed for the next two years, a quarter point rise in rates now only fully priced in for 2018. read more >>> Source : EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.Com

LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Stocks advanced in Europe and Asia on Thursday, with the focus on energy companies as speculation U.S. interest rates may not rise at all this year left the dollar nursing… read more >>> Source : Reuters

Draghi was dovish, the ECB’s monthly bulletin showed worries and the retail PMI remains in negative territory. Nevertheless, the common currency keeps taking advantage of the weak greenback and EUR/USD reaches new highs. Three things should have stopped the euro: Dovish Draghi: The president of the ECB showed his utmost determination to act in order […]

MOSCOW, Feb 4 (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Thursday declined to name a Russian military trainer killed in Syria this week and said Russian servicemen were still not taking part in ground operations in Syria. read more >>> Source : Reuters

Credit Suisse said it will accelerate its cost-cutting programme — read job cuts — after posting its first annual loss since 2008. The bank announced on Thursday that it took a CHF3.8 billion ($3.8 billion, £2.6 billion) impairment charge on assets in the fourth quarter, pushing the bank more than CHF2 billion in to the […]

ONE of the founders of £170million smartphone technology firm SwiftKey sold off his stake just two weeks into the business’ birth in return for a BICYCLE, it has been claimed. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express

Credit Suisse reports its first annual loss since 2008 and announces that it is going to cut 4,000 jobs. read more >>> Source : BBC

Yesterday was not a good one for the dollar. If one looks at the dollar index vs. the US 2 year, the appearance is of a currency catching up with the message already baked into the bond market of a central bank that will struggle to raise rates again this year. The dollar was down […]

LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Sterling could fall as much as 15-20 percent if Britain votes to leave the European Union, a scenario that could alarm foreign investors and dry up the capital inflows… read more >>> Source : Reuters

Stocks across Europe popped at the open on Thursday morning after a positive day in Asian markets, driven by a rally in the price of oil on Wednesday and overnight. The biggest winner in Western Europe so far this morning has been Britain’s FTSE100, which jumped as much as 1.45% in the first ten minutes […]

Royal Dutch Shell confirms it will cut 10,000 jobs amid its steepest fall in annual profits for 13 years. read more >>> Source : BBC

Feb 4 (Reuters) – Hong Kong stocks rose on Thursday as energy shares surged on a rebound in oil prices, while an overnight tumble in the U.S. dollar eased fears of capital outflows. read more >>> Source : Reuters

Royal Dutch Shell said fourth-quarter earnings tumbled 44 per cent as the collapse in oil prices took its toll on another European oil company. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca

Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron is fiercely trying to defend his draft deal with the European Union after the public, the opposition, and even members of his own party criticised it for lacking real substance. But he may have just got the best endorsement he needs to gather more support to his cause — the […]

Foreign exchange fluctuations were Lenovo’s biggest headache in Q3, Wong Wai Ming, CFO at the world’s biggest PC maker, told CNBC. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com

* Lenders’ mission in Athens to assess reforms (Updates, releads, adds quotes) read more >>> Source : Reuters