(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks were mixed in trading thinned by year-end holidays. Japanese benchmarks traded near the highest levels since the early 1990s, while China's currency reached its strongest since September. U.S. equity-index futures opened little changed in their first trading this week.
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(Bloomberg) — While most of the world's currency traders were off drinking eggnog, the euro was left at the mercy of the algorithms. … (Bloomberg) — India's biggest oil explorer plans to snatch up producing assets to reach its goal of raising overseas output by more than half in about three years, a faster
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China unveiled a new barometer of the health of its regional economies based on environment-related indicators. Statistics authorities released the “Green Development Index” of 31 provincial-level regions Tuesday based on gauges ranging from environment quality, resource utilization to the local
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Columbia Property Trust (NYSE: CXP) and Government Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ:GOV) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment?
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Indian equity benchmarks rose to record highs on Friday led by technology heavyweights such as Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys. This morning, Japan's stocks opened flat after reaching the highest in more than a quarter century Monday, while the euro rebounded from a brief slump during
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