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Amazon raked in $19.3bn in revenue in Q2 but made no money during the quarter.

Lloyds confirms its nearing a deal while sources peg settlement at £300m

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is accusing Barclays of fraud through HFT.

The largest Brazilian broker XP Investimentos is holding its first trading championship — Campeonato de Traders 1ª Edição. The event is arranged with the help of MetaQuotes Software– developer of MetaTrader trading platforms.

NZ central bank raises OCR by 25 basis point to 3.5% but hints at period of pause before further hikes.

Ultra-violent jihadists control revenue-generating oil facilities in Syria and Iraq.

India wants to increase oil imports from South America and Africa.

Egypt says it will settle its debts to foreign oil companies by 2017

TalkTalk posted its sixth consecutive quarter of growth

The yuan has reversed almost a quarter of the decline in the past three months, helped by stronger trade and growth numbers over June and July.

ABB net profit drops 17% in April-June quarter to $636m.

The regulator claims the Financial Group's two subsidiaries failed to supervise and control current staff

Foreign buying and higher Asian stocks boosts NSE's Nifty.

Boakes has 13 alleged offences relating to an unauthorised investment scheme

Bats President William O'Brien has stepped down from his role.

The British pound is trading at multi-year highs versus euro and Swiss franc.

Islamic State jihadists have taken over all oil production facilities in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor.

Swiss trade surplus fell to $1.38bn in June from $2.85bn in May while analysts had been expecting $2.82bn, data showed Tuesday.

Indian issuers have raised $60bn in bonds listed on SGX.

Scottish food and drink sales remain strong ahead of the 18 September referendum

Be warned: Everything economic has a delayed reaction of nine to twelve months

Despite a rise in profits, sales fell for Premier Foods.

It's important to shine a spotlight on the victims of financial scandals that continue to go unheard

Speculators' net buy positions rise to 18-month high of 150,021 in gold.

The regulator fined him £450,000 for two instances of market abuse

Swiss banking giant agreed in May to pay $2.6bn fine to US authorities.

It also ordered Thames Water to cut costs by £79m and 'pay back' £7m to customers and communities.

British bank faces allegations of lying to clients from New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

USD/THB drops to 31.9150, its lowest since late November last year, down 0.7% from Friday's close.