China’s attempts to keep its economic engine revving at high speed, with the country’s total private and public debt now ballooning to a 249% debt to GDP ratio, could... Read More

Last year, Chinese policymakers introduced a wave of measures to try and curb overcapacity in the country’s old economy. As prices for commodities such as coal and steel collapsed,... Read More

The Bank of Japan’s recent policy evolution clearly shows that policymakers are running out of options according to Deutsche Bank’s Foreign Exchange Economic’s analyst George Saravelos. ECB and BOJ Balance... Read More

U.S. criminal prosecutors appear to be getting tough with high frequency trading, as a firm has been hit with criminal charges for manipulating prices in futures markets, court documents... Read More

The financial sector caught some acquisition news today, as it was announced that BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) had struck a deal with Susquehanna Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ:SUSQ) to acquire the business in a... Read More

Hutchin Hill, famous for bagging the other side of the London Whale trade, was up 3.83 percent in Q1 after adding a 0.95 percent return in March. The programming... Read More

Rising Asian exports to the EU give more evidence of a recovery, even though EU nations haven’t yet published the corresponding import data, and could help Asia deal with... Read More

As The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) management credits Warren Buffett for encouraging them to change position on an executive compensation plan that was construed by the Berkshire Hathaway founder as “excessive,” value... Read More

Jeffrey Ubben’s ValueAct Capital Master Fund, L.P., declined 1.3% in the fourth quarter (on a time-weighted basis) and 2.2% for the year ending December 31, 2015, after all fees... Read More

Buybacks are expected to rival pre-crisis highs in absolute terms this year and to make up as much as a quarter of corporate cash use, and the practice is... Read More