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* Yen close to two-week high, as BOJ-inspired gains evaporate read more >>> Source : Reuters

SOME of Europe’s biggest banks are on the brink for a crisis that echoes the 2008 meltdown, a finance expert warned, as fears over the global economy escalate. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express

To access the newsletter, click on the link: http://share.thomsonreuters.com/assets/newsletters/Indiamorning/MNC_IN_02052016.pdf FACTORS TO WATCH 9:30 am: Junior Finance Minister Jayant Sinha and RBI… read more >>> Source : Reuters

Growth in South East Asia’s largest economy, Indonesia, has come in at 4.76% for 2015 – the fifth consecutive yearly decline. read more >>> Source : BBC

By Mike Stone (Reuters) – State Street Corp is nearing a deal to acquire General Electric Co’s $115 billion asset management business, according to people familiar with the matter, as the U.S. industrial conglomerate continues to shed unloved assets. State Street, a Boston-based asset manager, has prevailed over other bidders, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc […]

During the Thursday-night Democratic presidential debate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton confronted her chief primary rival over his constant criticism of her speaking fees and contributions from Wall Street. Her primary rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), has repeatedly questioned why big banks and financial interests have given her campaign money and paid her hundreds […]

* Sharp shares jump, up 29 percent over two days (Adds share reaction and news conference details) read more >>> Source : Reuters

Oil edged up in lackluster trading on Friday as Asian liquidity faded ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday across large parts of the region. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com

In 2006, a rare $650,000 Ferrari Enzo split in half in a devastating wreck along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California. Local and national news media were all over the story. News helicopters hovered overhead, shooting video of the mangled red Italian supercar, its front end and passenger compartment resting on the side of the […]

Feb 4 (Reuters) – Click on http://tmsnrt.rs/1QJwCb6 for a Thomson Reuters report that reviews U.S. retailers’ January same-store sales. (Bengaluru Newsroom +91 80 6749 1130; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780) read more >>> Source : Reuters

This interview is part of a series on Trailblazing Women role models (Entrepreneurs and Leaders) from around the world and first appeared on “I’m excited for you. If you are reading this, you are a trailblazing woman yourself, leading the way to make a global change and have impact. I hope you’ll come away with […]

Les Moonves, the newly-named chairman of CBS, calls it a “great privilege” in his first interview since the appointment. read more >>> Source : CNN Money

Will one of the world’s largest construction projects taking place in Saudi Arabia be a success? read more >>> Source : BBC

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI inaugurated the first phase of what will eventually be the world’s biggest concentrated solar energy plant Thursday. The project is intended to slash greenhouse gas emissions. The massive plant is located outside the central city of Ouarzazate, on the edge of the Sahara desert. “We can see that it is possible […]

* Asian markets subdued ahead of closely-watched U.S. jobs data read more >>> Source : Reuters

TAIPEI, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Foxconn has offered to invest around 659 billion yen ($5.6 billion) in struggling Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. read more >>> Source : Reuters

Here’s why low rates are likely to stay around for the rest of the year too. read more >>> Source : Realtor.org

Chinese soccer clubs have gone on a buying spree, bidding for and signing some of the best players in the world for exorbitant amounts. In late January, British Premier League club Chelsea sold Brazilian international midfielder Ramires to Chinese team Jiangsu Suning in a $36 million deal, while Colombian international Jackson Martinez has signed to […]

Martin Shkreli’s new hotshot laywer, Ben Brafman, appeared on CNBC Thursday afternoon. He said Shkreli needs coaching to save him from a public relations disaster that could harm his criminal case. read more >>> Source : CNN Money

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) – The United States Marine Corps will try to maintain funding for its plans to modernize its fleet of aging aircraft and ships in the fiscal 2017 defense budget, the commandant of the Marine Corps said on Thursday. read more >>> Source : Reuters

Recently, one of my friends asked me: “What is Kim Kardashian famous for, again?” My reply was: “I think she is just famous for being famous.” But this, albeit short, topic of conversation made me want to find out what exactly it was that put the Kardashian family on the map and how they managed […]

NEW YORK, Feb 4 (Reuters) – A top Federal Reserve official on Thursday said she is comforted that U.S. interest rates are headed higher and has not yet been convinced to adjust her economic… read more >>> Source : Reuters

LinkedIn shares plunged as much as than 28 per cent in after-hours trading Thursday after it reported better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter but provided a weak forecast for 2016. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca

Chipmaker MaxLinear (MXL) popped onto the Sector Leaders list Thursday, just ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings report due out after Monday’s close. The maker of communications and video display chips pre-announced its Q4 revenue Jan. 6. It projected revenue of $99 million, at the high end of its prior guidance. It put first-quarter revenue at […]

Venture funding of startup companies has surged during the last seven years and is now back to pre-recession levels. Yet with the public markets in turmoil and $1 billion “unicorn” companies holding off on IPOs, it’s hard to know what will happen to venture capital in the year ahead. For one, the sentiment is changing: […]

The federal Competition Bureau says it won’t challenge the proposed $1.6-billion acquisition of struggling wireless carrier Wind Mobile by Shaw Communications. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca

No matter whom you talk to, you will quickly find out that there are few people with solid solutions as we move into a very different way of working. Some people have more information, more data points, some have more understanding based on research and or specific trials (and some errors), and some are going […]

NEW YORK, Feb 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. economy remains sound and will overcome recent market turbulence, allowing the Federal Reserve to continue tightening its monetary policy as planned, a top Fed… read more >>> Source : Reuters

CALGARY, Alberta, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Canada will not rush to lift sanctions against Iran, despite calls to scrap the measures quickly so Canadian companies can compete for contracts, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday. read more >>> Source : Reuters

Sumner Redstone and his two other top Viacom executives together received $603 million from the company in the last six years despite the company’s troubles. read more >>> Source : CNN Money

Beyond China few may have heard of OPPO or Vivo, but these local handset vendors are rising up the rankings in the world’s largest smartphone market, using local marketing savvy and strong retail networks in lower-tier cities. Industry experts say these cities – there are more than 600 of them and some are bigger than […]

Over time, currency and oil markets tend to move inversely to each other, explains Tobias Levkovich, chief U.S. equity strategist at Citigroup. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com

On a fourth-quarter and full-year 2015 earnings conference call with analysts on Wednesday, before she uttered a single word about a car or a truck, General Motors CEO Mary Barra talked about leading “the transformation of personal mobility.” GM was founded in 1908, at a time when over 24 million horses and mules were still […]

An Indian software company plans to open its first North American sales office on Prince Edward Island this spring, creating between five and 10 jobs, the provincial government says. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca

The Berggruen Institute, an independent, non-partisan “think and action tank” that is co-publisher of The WorldPost, announced this week that Craig Calhoun will become the new president of the organization. Professor Calhoun will leave his current position as director and president of the London School of Economics and Political Science in the summer of 2016 […]

CALGARY, Alberta, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Canada will not rush to lift sanctions against Iran, despite calls to scrap the measures quickly so Canadian companies can compete for contracts, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday. read more >>> Source : Reuters

President Barack Obama plans a fee of $10 (£6.85) on every barrel of oil produced by US firms to fund green transportation projects. read more >>> Source : BBC

(Adds analyst comments, updates prices) * Canadian dollar ends at C$1.3745, or 72.75 U.S. cents * Currency touches strongest level since Dec. 11 at C$1.3640 * Bond prices mixed across the maturity… read more >>> Source : Reuters

President Obama proposed a tax of $10-a-barrel on oil companies to help pay for a wave of clean transportation investments. read more >>> Source : CNN Money

For their retirement, NFL players partly rely on a multiemployer plan that’s on shaky ground, not unlike some other plans. read more >>> Source : BankRate.Com

U.S. President Barack Obama is proposing to implement a $10 US-a-barrel tax on oil in the 2017 budget he presents to Congress next week, the White House says. The proposed fee would fund a range of green transportation initiatives. read more >>> Source : CBC.Ca

While most stocks continued to struggle, a few big names are continuing to make new highs. Mattel (MAT) made a strong move into new high territory Thursday, following up on gains since the company’s Q4 earnings beat estimates late Monday. The toy maker announced a turnaround in earnings growth with a 21% increase after eight […]

LinkedIn shares plunged by as much as 21% in after-hours trading, after the company reported quarterly earnings, with weaker-than expected guidance. The company said it expects first-quarter adjusted earnings-per-share of $0.55, but analysts had estimated $0.75 according to Bloomberg. It projected first-quarter revenues at $820 million, missing the forecast for $867.1 million. More to come […]

Former press baron Conrad Black is looking to sell his 23,000-square-foot home in Toronto’s exclusive Bridle Path neighbourhood. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca

The greenback ruled the market for much of 2015 as the prospect of higher growth and higher interest rates in the US increased demand for the dollar. read more >>> Source : EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.Com