Posts from Tuesday Dec 11 2012

The Closer

| Dec 11 2012 22:47 | Comment |

ROUND-UP

FT markets round-up: “Better news out of Europe and building optimism that a US budget deal can be reached, alongside hopes for more central bank easing, has extended Wall Street’s latest winning streak. Wall Street’s S&P 500 is gaining 0.7 per cent, its fifth straight day of gains while the FTSE Eurofirst 300 index is up 0.4 per cent and the single currency has advanced 0.5 per cent to $1.3005. Moves across other asset classes mostly point to general bullishness, with “havens” in retreat. The dollar index is down 0.3 per cent and US Treasuries are under pressure, pushing yields up 4 basis points to 1.65 per cent.” (Financial Times) Read more

‘Negative’ has such unfairly negative connotations

David joined the FT in 2011 as a Marjorie Deane fellow. He covered emerging markets, equities and currencies before making the jump over to FT Alphaville in May 2012.

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| Dec 11 2012 12:36 | Comment |

Dear people,

ATTENTION:

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Losing for tax purposes, a diagram

Lisa joined FT Alphaville in September 2011 after a tour of duty through the guts of the financial industry, having worked as an analyst at a bank and for a financial data company.

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| Dec 11 2012 11:07 | Comment |

There’s a problem with the Starbucks story, which first broke in mid-October when a Reuters report noted that the company hasn’t been paying corporation tax in the UK due to technically being loss-making.

It’s a real pain to visualise. So FT Alphaville threw this together… Read more

Markets Live: Tuesday, 11th December, 2012

Bryce is the FT's UK equities reporter.

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| Dec 11 2012 11:02 | Comment |
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Live markets commentary from FT.com 

The (early) Lunch Wrap

Izabella Kaminska joined FT Alphaville in October 2008. Before that she worked as a producer at CNBC, a natural gas reporter at Platts and an associate editor of BP's internal magazine.

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| Dec 11 2012 10:37 | Comment |

HSBC to pay $1.9bn over money laundering accusations || Asian shares mixed ahead of Fed meeting || Monti in talks to run for PM || StanChart settlements to reach $667m || Optimism over fiscal cliff talks || Treasury to sell final AIG holdings || Little urgency ahead of next EU meeting || China November new loans below forecasts || Mervyn King warns of currency wars  Read more

Losing in the court of public opinion

Lisa joined FT Alphaville in September 2011 after a tour of duty through the guts of the financial industry, having worked as an analyst at a bank and for a financial data company.

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| Dec 11 2012 10:04 | Comment |

Who doesn’t enjoy a bit of Starbucks bashing? FT Alphaville has certainly engaged in a spot of “what’s that burnt coffee smell? Oh look, there’s a Starbucks!” on our way to our local caffeine supplier, but we don’t hold a candle to the lethal swarm of British politicians, campaigners and journalists that have surrounded the company of late. Read more

China’s banking Weapons of Mass Ponzi problem pops up again

Kate is FT AV’s Asia Correspondent. She joined FT Alphaville in mid-2011 after carrying out various roles in the FT’s London office since 2005: interactive editor, companies reporter, and founding editor of the FT’s Energy Source blog.

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| Dec 11 2012 09:10 | Comment |

A somewhat familiar tale of investors who thought their money was safe as a deposit in a state-backed bank… and a curious regulatory response.  Read more

Further reading

Kate is FT AV’s Asia Correspondent. She joined FT Alphaville in mid-2011 after carrying out various roles in the FT’s London office since 2005: interactive editor, companies reporter, and founding editor of the FT’s Energy Source blog.

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| Dec 11 2012 08:11 | Comment |

Elsewhere on Tuesday,

- Publishing warz: Economists vs computer scientists.

- Robots, recapped.

- Short China stocks, get chased by ‘tattooed gangsters’. Read more

The 6am Cut London

Kate is FT AV’s Asia Correspondent. She joined FT Alphaville in mid-2011 after carrying out various roles in the FT’s London office since 2005: interactive editor, companies reporter, and founding editor of the FT’s Energy Source blog.

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| Dec 11 2012 05:32 | Comment |

HSBC to pay $1.9bn over money laundering accusations || Asian shares mixed ahead of Fed meeting || Monti in talks to run for PM || StanChart settlements to reach $667m || Optimism over fiscal cliff talks || Treasury to sell final AIG holdings || Little urgency ahead of next EU meeting || China November new loans below forecasts || Mervyn King warns of currency wars Read more