China's imports of nickel ore and concentrate declined 30.66 percent on monthly basis in December to 4.37 million tons amid soft domestic demand and high stockpiles, Antaike analyst Xu Aidong told Interfax Feb....
The spark spread represents the theoretical margin of electric power producers. Its understanding can reveal several speculative opportunities that traders can use to expand their market activity. There are several fundamental methods of...
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Public Hearing Basis Reporting by Securities Brokers and Basis Determination for Debt Instruments and Options AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking...
Strong Capital Generation With Tier 1 Common Equity Ratio at 9.86 Percent Global Excess Liquidity Sources Remain Strong at $378 Billion, up $42 Billion in 2011 Investment Bank Maintained No. 2 Global Ranking...
Retail diesel prices ended six weeks of declines by rising last week for the first time since late November, the Department of Energy reported, as fleet managers said they were bracing for the...
The working week on Jan. 13 ended with crude oil prices down as fears that Iran could close the Strait of Hormuz and of a potential cut in Nigerian oil exports were offset...
Platform Company Fund in Top 1% of Morningstar's International-Stock Asset Class for 2011 DENVER -- GaveKal Capital today announced it has surpassed $200 million in assets under management in its Platform Company Strategy....
Global Derivatives ADV Up 12% Year-over-Year; U.S. Equity Options ADV Up 17% NYSE Liffe U.S. Crosses One Million Contracts in Total Exchange Open Interest European Cash ADV Up 9%; U.S. Cash ADV Down...
CHICAGO -- Vision Financial Markets LLC (Vision), a clearing member of the leading U.S. futures exchanges, and Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a leading provider of order-entry software and solutions for professional derivatives...
HEADNOTE Iran, Weather Signal Likely End of Lower Prices Wholesale diesel prices spiked last week as tensions in the Middle East rose and temperatures in the eastern United States fell, signaling the likely...
IMQubator (IMQ) and Hong Kong-based Synergy Fund Management (SFM) - founded by Eliza Lau, former CEO and CIO of SAIL Advisors - have teamed up to source and seed the next generation of...
TOKYO -- Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) announced today that December 2011 trading volume averaged 112,492 contracts per day, down 5.3% from November 2011 with year-on-year volume up 8%. There was a significant drop...
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- The Brazilian Government recently announced new amendments to taxes on financial transaction regulations, which includes the reduction of tax on foreign exchange transactions (Impostosobre Operacoes Financeiras - IOF) related to...
Risk of Global Recession Inches Upward As Challenges Remain for Europe and U.S. Consumers ________________________ U.S. Economy Will Likely Grow by 1.75 to 2.5%, Japan Likely to Outpace Growth of Other Major Economies...
Front-month WTI in 2011 averaged $95.09/b, up from $79.64 in 2010 and from $62.11 in 2009. The US Energy Department expects WTI to rise in 2012 to an average of $98/b and this...
Hectic trading action on the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) hints at the dynamism and potential of the economy. On the exchange floor, buyers in khaki coats and sellers in green coats strike bargains...
The IRS issued proposed regulations (REG-111283-11) clarifying when swap contracts and certain similar agreements will be subject to mark-to-market accounting and the other rules of Sec. 1256. The proposed regulations attempt to eliminate...
HEADNOTE The CME Group's response to the failure of MF Global After MF Global's bankruptcy and the subsequent revelation it had misused customers' funds, the grain industry was left reeling from frozen accounts...
The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) spearheaded a joint letter submitted to Congress, signed by 18 other national trade associations, banks and lending organizations, that urged lawmakers to review the protections that...
BRADENTON, Fla. -- With global oil prices on the rise, emerging oil and gas developer First Titan Corp. (OTCBB:FTTN) anticipates a prosperous year ahead in 2012. Many analysts say that crude oil will...