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French financial transaction tax misses mark as loopholes abound

By Helene Fouquet and Adria Cimino | November 14, 2012

As France begins collecting its financial-transactions tax, it is becoming evident that the levy is missing those it was aimed at: speculators.

Bernanke sedates bond traders seeing Treasuries added to QE3

By Liz Capo McCormick and Daniel Kruger, Bloomberg | October 22, 2012

The world’s biggest bond traders say the Federal Reserve will decide before year-end to buy Treasuries in addition to purchasing $40 billion of mortgage bonds a month

U.S. stocks retreat as results from GE, Microsoft disappoint

By Nikolaj Gammeltoft and Rita Nazareth, Bloomberg | October 19, 2012

U.S. stocks fell, sending benchmark indexes toward their biggest declines since June, as Microsoft Corp. and General Electric Co. results missed estimates and euro-area leaders failed to discuss aid for Spain at a summit.

EU risks missing deadline to set up bank supervisor

By Rebecca Christie and Tony Czuczka, Bloomberg | October 19, 2012

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it’s an open question whether European policy makers can meet the deadline they’d set hours earlier to establish a euro-area bank supervisor by year-end.

Yen weakens to two-month low on BOJ easing bets; krona climbs

By Lukanyo Mnyanda and Kristine Aquino, Bloomberg | October 18, 2012

The yen slipped to the weakest level in almost two months versus the dollaron speculation that the Bank of Japan will boost stimulus measures sapped demand for the nation’s assets as a haven.

U.S. stocks fall as Alcoa slumps amid corporate earnings concern

By Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg | October 10, 2012

U.S. stocks fell, extending losses in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a fourth day, as Alcoa Inc.’s forecast fueled concern over corporate earnings and global economic growth.

Treasuries decline before debt sale, Federal Reserve Beige Book

By Susanne Walker and Lukanyo Mnyanda, Bloomberg | October 10, 2012

Treasuries decline, pushing 10-year yields to highest point in more than two weeks, before the U.S. sells $21 billion innotes, the second of three auctions this week totaling $66 billion.

Stocks fall before earnings as euro weakens, commodities decline

By Rita Nazareth and Whitney Kisling, Bloomberg | October 8, 2012

Stocks, commodities and the euro fell as concern about U.S. corporate profits grew and European finance ministers met to discuss the region’s debt crisis.

GM says ‘nobody’ makes money in Europe as VW sees bankruptcies

By Craig Trudell, Christian Wuestner and Mathieu Rosemain , Bloomberg | September 27, 2012

General Motors Co. said Europe’s car industry will remain unprofitable at current vehicle pricing levels, while Volkswagen AG said some competitors are at risk of going out of business without state aid.

S&P 500 has longest slump in 7 weeks on European crisis discord

By Rita Nazareth and Jonathan Morgan, Bloomberg | September 24, 2012

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell a third day, its longest decline in seven weeks, as European leaders clashed on ways to stem the debt crisis and data from China and Germany signaled the slowdown is deepening.

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