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Currency snapshot (major pairs)

Sep 14, 2015 16:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Dollar index trading at 95.30 (+0.15%). Strength meter (today so far) - Euro -0.23%, Franc +0.06%, Yen +0.57%, GBP -0.08% Strength meter (since last week) - Euro -0.23%, Franc +0.06%, Yen +0.57%, GBP -0.08% EUR/USD...

Commodities snapshot (precious & industrial)

Sep 14, 2015 16:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Metal pack is trading in red today. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - Gold - Gold finding support at $1100 area, however still finding sellers at rallies. Todays range - $1110-$1103 Sell gold with...

Commodities snapshot (energy)

Sep 14, 2015 15:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Energy pack is in mixed today, while oil is in red, gas is trading in green. Weekly performance at a glance in chart table. Oil (WTI) - WTI dropped today as it keep finding sellers at rallies, now on its way to test...

Trade War Series

Smelling a peg break series – strain on Saudi Arabia

Sep 14, 2015 14:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Saudi Arabia is pumping crude at record pace in its bid to protect its market share, especially in Asia, and to push high cost producers out of the oil market. However, its strategy at one hand to pump crude at record...

Forecast for Brazil gets worse

Sep 14, 2015 14:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views

According to latest survey by Brazils central bank of hundreds of analysts shows that they not only expects Brazils economy to contract both in 2015 and 2016 but contraction to be much steeper. Economists are now...

Who really benefits from deepening deflation in India?

Sep 14, 2015 13:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Latest data showed deflation deepened in India, with wholesale prices dropping by -4.95% compared to a year ago. This is 10th consecutive month of deflation. Price drop has pushed Reserve Bank of India to cut rates for...

Kiwi dollar adamant to give up 6-year lows, Chinese spillover effects adding downside pressures

Sep 14, 2015 12:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views

In our earlier posts we described leading technical indicators tend to signal NZD/USD could have trend reversal but the Chinese slowdown not only had a direct impact, in terms of the export of Kiwis dairy products and in...

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Economy

Chinese Chip Stocks Jump as Apple Reportedly Tests CXMT Memory Chips for China Devices

Chinese semiconductor stocks rallied on Wednesday after a report suggested Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is testing memory chips from domestic manufacturer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) for devices sold in China, fueling...

Iran Targets U.S. Bases in Bahrain, Kuwait as Hormuz Conflict Escalates and Oil Prices Jump

Iran dramatically escalated tensions on Wednesday, claiming it launched missile and drone attacks against U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait after the United States carried out fresh strikes on Iranian targets...

Japan Regional Bank Stocks Drop After Zentoshin Bankruptcy Sparks Credit Risk Concerns

Japanese regional bank stocks came under heavy selling pressure on Tuesday and Wednesday after investors assessed the financial impact of the bankruptcy of Osaka-based credit card payments processor Zentoshin, raising...

Cuba Power Outage Sparks Havana Protests as Fuel Crisis Deepens

Scattered protests erupted across Havana on Tuesday night as millions of Cubans continued to face prolonged power outages following the islands third nationwide blackout of the year. Residents banged pots and pans, honked...

Japan Revises Economic Blueprint to Reassure Markets on BOJ Independence

Japans government is considering revised wording on monetary policy in its latest economic blueprint in an effort to ease investor concerns over the Bank of Japans independence, according to a draft reviewed by Reuters....

Politics

Russia Launches Missile Attack on Kyiv, Injures Two as Odesa Strike Wounds 10

Russia launched a fresh missile attack on Ukraines capital, Kyiv, early Wednesday, sparking fires and leaving at least two people injured, according to city officials. The latest strike underscores the continued intensity...

Trinidad Businessman Dominic Hadeed Appeals Detention Over Alleged Assassination Plot

Businessman Dominic Hadeed and his wife, Genevieve Hadeed, have appealed their detention after being accused of involvement in an alleged plot to assassinate Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and...

Marine Le Pen Launches 2027 French Presidential Bid After Court Eases Election Ban

Marine Le Pen officially announced on Tuesday that she will run in Frances 2027 presidential election after an appeals court reduced her ban from holding public office while upholding her conviction for embezzling European...

Japan LDP Seeks Tougher Enforcement of Shareholder Disclosure Rules for Activist Investors

Japans ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is preparing proposals to strengthen enforcement of shareholder disclosure rules for activist investors, aiming to improve transparency while preserving the benefits of...

Trump Intelligence Nominee Jay Clayton Set for Senate Confirmation Hearing on July 15

President Donald Trumps nominee for U.S. director of national intelligence, Jay Clayton, is scheduled to appear before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for his confirmation hearing on July 15, according to an...

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

Wolfspeed Sues Navitas Over GaN and SiC Patent Infringement

Wolfspeed Inc. (NYSE: WOLF) has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Navitas Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: NVTS), alleging that the chipmaker violated several of its key patents covering gallium nitride (GaN) and...

Apple Tests China's CXMT Memory Chips as DRAM Maker Gains Global Market Share

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is reportedly evaluating memory chips from Chinese state-backed ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) for devices sold in China, according to a Financial Times report citing people familiar with the...

OpenAI GPT-5.6 Set for Wider Release After U.S. Commerce Approval, Report Says

OpenAI is expected to roll out its advanced GPT-5.6 artificial intelligence model to a broader audience this week after receiving approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce, according to an Axios report published...

Zhipu AI Stock Jumps on Report of Custom AI Chip Development Plans

Knowledge Atlas Tech Joint Stock (HK:2513), the listed company associated with Chinese AI startup Zhipu AI, surged on Tuesday after a report said the company is exploring the development of a custom application-specific...

SpaceX Stock Draws Bullish Wall Street Coverage Ahead of Nasdaq-100 Inclusion

Several major Wall Street banks have launched coverage of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) ahead of its inclusion in the Nasdaq-100 Index, assigning price targets between $190 and $300 as analysts take different...