MARKETS

Edmund Shing says now is the time to go against the flow and invest in China.

Brent crude sinks close to $82 a barrel after Saudi Arabia cut prices to US customers.

Market analysts have started calling the measures that led to the sharp yen selloff and the impact of the same on other currencies as a 'currency war'.

South Korean and Malaysian currencies fall to their lowest in nine months.

Hyundai and subsidiary Kia Motors fined over $350m for overstating fuel economy ratings.

Investors cheer central bank's stimulus move and the public pension fund's decision to double stock investment.

Persimmon built just over 11,500 homes last year

Bank proposes to raise £150m through planned IPO.

Russia-Ukraine crisis and Western sanctions impact growth in Caucasus and Central Asia.

Markit's manufacturing PMI for South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam and Indonesia have declined while Chinese and Indian numbers edged higher.

GPFG has raised its holdings of Indian bonds and stocks.

Europe set for below-average temperatures this winter after nine months of warm weather.

Ireland's manufacturing activity continued expansionary trend, Markit/Investec PMI showed.

Brent lost over 9% in October while US crude shed over 11%.

US dollar index jumps to four-year high, while euro and yen hit new multi-year lows.

China's CFLP non-manufacturing PMI slipped in October while HSBC manufacturing PMI was up.

Markets will be keen to watch the response world's response to the diverging policy rate indications from Fed and Bank of Japan.

BoJ will now buy assets at an annual pace of about 80tn yen.

Gold and silver fall to four-year lows as US dollar rallies and a surprise easing move by BoJ bolsters flows to riskier assets.

Citi revises down third-quarter net income to $2.84bn from the $3.44bn.

Danone to expand footprint in China's $17.8bn infant milk formula market with Yashili investment.

He told one victim of the Ponzi Scheme that 'God told me to call you'

Pre-tax profit at RBS came in at £1.27bn, up £260m from the previous quarter

The BoJ says it will purchase more shares of ETFs and REITs and extends the duration of its portfolio of JGBs.

Higher investment and lower macro-economic imbalances could sustain growth rates of around 7.5% over the next 5-10 years.

Dr Shafik is deputy governor for markets at the Bank of England and she's looking to make a mark.

Its operating profit jumped 10% to £832m.

Offshore RMB bond issuance has hit record high of 451bn yuan in the first three quarters 2014, surpassing the 2013 full year issuance of 376bn yuan,

The company has appointed Charles Holliday as chairman.