KPMG to Oversee Companies Caught Up in Alleged Nickel Fraud

SINGAPOREHANOI, May 4 Reuters KPMG has been appointed by Singapores High Court as the interim judicial manager for companies caught up in an alleged bogus nickel trading scheme, the accounting firm said on Tuesday. The alleged fraud, one of Singapores biggest, centres around a former managing director of trading companies Envy Global Trading and inactive […]
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Sterling Dips ahead of BoE Meeting, Scottish Elections

LONDON, May 4 Reuters Sterling dipped against the dollar on Tuesday with potential volatility expected by analysts ahead of Thursdays Bank of England meeting and the Scottish parliamentary elections. The BoE is expected by some analysts to announce tapering, or a reduction in the pace of its bond purchases at its meeting. On the BoE, […]
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Worlds Biggest Coal Port Loan Price Linked to Social Goals

SYDNEY, May 4 Reuters Australias Port of Newcastle has signed a A515 million 398 million loan with National Australia Bank NAB that links interest payments to nonmandatory social and environmental targets, the companies said. The worlds largest coal port will pay less if certain targets are met, including reducing its direct and indirect greenhouse gas […]
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Fed Digs a Hole for the Dollar

The dollar added 0.1 by the European open, having almost completely recovered from the decline the day before. The recent pull into the dollar is well matched by the slippage in stock markets. Since the start of last week, the SP500 has slowed markedly and turned to decline by the weeks end. A corresponding decline […]
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Stocks Struggle amid COVID19 Surges

LONDON, May 4 Reuters Emerging market stocks struggled to make headway on Tuesday as Taiwan and India wrestled with rising COVID19 infections, with the latter seeing cases surge past 20 million. Taiwans main stock index, one of the strongest performers in Asia so far this year, was 1.7 down in a second consecutive day of […]
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Dollar Retreats as Traders Brace for more U.S. Data

LONDON, May 3 Reuters The dollar retreated after its recent bounce on Monday as investors made a cautious start to a week crammed with central bank meetings and bigticket U.S. economic data, waiting for clues on the global inflation outlook and policymakers responses. Trade was thinned by holidays in Japan, China and Britain, which kept […]
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Indian Shares Weighed Down by Reliance, Virus Worries

BENGALURU, May 3 Reuters Indian shares fell on Monday as conglomerate Reliance Industries slid after missing quarterly profit estimates, and as investors weighed growing calls to curb economic activity to check a relentless surge in COVID19 infections. The NSE Nifty 50 index declined 0.53 to 14,553.4 by 0508 GMT, while the benchmark SP BSE Sensex […]
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