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28Mar/17

Mixed messages on eve of Brexit

March 28, 2017BrexitAftermath of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, Aftermath of the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, Bank of England, Brexit, British MPs, Business/Finance, Country: United Kingdom, Culture, Economic effects of Brexit, European Union, Euroscepticism in the United Kingdom, Geography of Asia, Germany, Ivor Bennett, James Bevan, London, Politics, Qatar, Stock market crashes, THE BANK OF ENGLAND, Theresa May, Time, United Kingdom, United Kingdom and the European Union, United Kingdom invocation of Article 50, Western Asia, Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Unionsmbale

With a day to go before UK prime minister Theresa May triggers Article 50 to start separation talks with the EU, the Bank of England is warning UK banks to prepare themselves in case of a disorderly Brexit. But, as Ivor Bennett reports, the eve of Brexit also attracts a vote of confidence from Qatar as its sovereign wealth fund pledges over $6 billion in investment in Britain. Continue reading →

22Jan/17

Trump’s first 100 days: the analysts’ view

January 22, 2017EconomyBGC Partners, Business/Finance, Businesspeople, ccla investment management, China, CMC Markets, Company: BGC Partners, Company: CCLA Investment, Company: Twitter, Country: United States, Donald Trump, Finance, Ivor Bennett, James Bevan, Justin Urquhart Stewart, Michael Hewson, Mike Ingram, Money, Panmure Gordon & Co., President of the United States, SIMON FRENCH, Stockbrokers, Trump, United Statessmbale

As the US moves from a ‘post-truth’ election to post-Trump inauguration, markets ponder an uncertain future for the world economy. Ivor Bennett canvasses analysts on what they expect to emerge from the new president’s first months in office. Continue reading →

17Jan/17

China’s Xi: globalisation not to blame

January 17, 2017EconomyAnthony, Anthony Scaramucci, Articles, Beijing, Businesspeople, Celebrity Big Brother, China, Davos, Donald Trump, Globalism, Humans, Ivor Bennett, James Bevan, Lincoln, United States, World Economic Forum, Xi Jinpingsmbale

Chinese President Xi Jinping offered a vigorous defense of globalisation and free trade in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday. As Ivor Bennett reports, it underscores Beijing’s desire to play a greater global role as the United States turns inward. Continue reading →

08Jan/17

The rise of the greenback: unstoppable?

January 8, 2017FinanceBusiness/Finance, ccla investment management, cent, China, City: San Luis Potosí, Company: CCLA Investment, Company: FIL, Company: Ford Motor, Company: San Luis Potosi, Company: Trump, Country: United States, Currency, Currency symbols, David Pollard, Dollar, Economy, Euro/US Dollar FX Spot Rate, FX Spot Rate, THOMSON REUTERS, Fidelity International, Fixed exchange rate, Foreign exchange market, Hong Kong dollar, Inflation, James Bevan, Japan, Mexico, Renminbi, Reuters, San Luis Potosi, TOM STEVENSON, Trump, United States, United States dollar, US Dollar/Chinese Renminbi FX Spot Rate, FX Spot Rate, THOMSON REUTERS, US Dollar/Mexican Peso FX Spot Rate, FX Spot Rate, THOMSON REUTERSsmbale

The U.S. dollar has been at 14-year peaks on an abundance of upbeat global economic data and signs of quickening inflation, and a new Reuters polls shows most analysts expect the rally to continue through 2017. David Pollard reports on the winners and the losers of the greenback’s surge. Continue reading →

18Jan/16

The Swiss ski resort of Davos

The divided world debate at Davos

January 18, 2016EconomyActivism, Alps, Canada, Central Intelligence Agency, Davos, Grace Pascoe, Humans, Israel, James Bevan, Joe Biden, JOHN KERRY, Kevin Spacey, Klaus Schwab, Leonardo DiCaprio, Liberal democracies, Member states of the Council of Europe, Member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Member states of the United Nations, Organizations, Pascoe, Schwab, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Western Europe, World Economic Forumsmbale

Politicians and business leaders gathering in the Swiss Alps this week face an increasingly divided world, with the poor falling further behind the super-rich and political fissures in the United States, Europe and the Middle East running deeper than at any time in decades. Grace Pascoe reports. Continue reading →

18Jan/16

Tata Steel to axe 1,050 UK jobs as steel crisis simmers

January 18, 2016BusinessAxe, British Steel, Brussels, BSE SENSEX, China, CNX Nifty, Companies, Corus, Dumping, Economy of India, Economy of Jharkhand, Gareth Stace, Germany, Graham Rowlands, India, James Bevan, States and union territories of India, Steel, Steel crisis, Stuart Wilkie, Tata Corus acquisition, Tata Steel, Tata Steel Europe, TATA STEEL LIMITED, Tata Steel Ltd, United Kingdom, Walessmbale

Tata Steel, the biggest steelmaker in Britain, is expected to axe more than 1,000 jobs, on top of the 1,170 cuts it announced last year, due to low steel prices.

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12Jun/15

DSK acquitted of “aggravated pimping”

June 12, 2015PoliticsAlumni of the University of Bristol, ccla investment management, Chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, DSK, Economics, France, Henri Leclerc, International economics, International Monetary Fund, International relations, James Bevan, Jewish surnames, Kahn, Law/Crime, lawyer, New York, New York v. Strauss-Kahn, Organizations, Strauss, Surnames, United Nationssmbale

(REUTERS) – It was expected and now it’s official.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s lawyer leaves a French court with the news of his client’s acquittal.

DSK, as he’s known in France, was found not guilty of hiring prostitutes for a party he and others attended.
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