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Egyptian Exchange Vacation On 25 January 2015 For Police Day And 25th Of January Revolution Day

Date 22/01/2015

Next Sunday 25 January 2015 will be an official vacation for the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) for the occasion of Police yearly day and 25 th of January revolution day. Trading will be resumed effective Monday 26 January 2015.
 

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Weekly Review: 18-22 January 2015

Date 22/01/2015

Trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) during the third week of 2015 was characterized by declines in prices of all the leading share indices led by telecommunications shares that fell by 5.4%

Statement By IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde On ECB Decisions

Date 22/01/2015

Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement regarding today’s decisions of the European Central Bank (ECB):

“We welcome the measures announced today that will strongly reinforce the ECB’s accommodative stance. The planned expansion of the ECB’s balance sheet will help lower borrowing cost across the euro area, raise inflation expectations and reduce the risk of a protracted period of low inflation. These measures will also strongly increase the prospects of the ECB achieving its price stability mandate."

Irish Stock Exchange Publishes Statistics For Q4 2014

Date 22/01/2015

SEC Charges Former Executive At Tampa-Based Engineering Firm With FCPA Violations - Company To Pay $3.4 Million In Deferred Prosecution Agreement

Date 22/01/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former officer at a Tampa, Fla.-based engineering and construction firm with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by offering and authorizing bribes and employment to foreign officials to secure Qatari government contracts. 

ECB QE - "The ECB's Money Printing Bazooka Is No Magic Wand" - Comments From David Lamb, Senior Dealer At The Foreign Exchange Specialists FEXCO

Date 22/01/2015

Draghi’s ‘QE Battleship’ Sinks The Euro - Tom Elliott, International Investment Strategist, deVere Group

Date 22/01/2015

Investors will welcome with caution the ECB’s “shock and awe” announcement and will look to buy eurozone equities – particularly exporters - and to a lesser degree the Danish Krona and gold, affirms a leading global analyst with one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations.

TheCityUK Calls For Urgent Action To Expand Open Markets And Global Trade In 2015

Date 22/01/2015

Ahead of this week’s Trade Ministers’ meeting at Davos with the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Roberto Azevêdo, Lord Green, Chairman of TheCityUK’s Advisory Council, has sent a letter to all participants calling for urgent action to be agreed to safeguard and expand open markets and global trade as a key catalyst for global economic growth. 

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting: Germany's Chancellor Merkel Calls For Urgent Fiscal Reform In Europe

Date 22/01/2015

• Whatever the decision of the European Central Bank, Europe requires urgent fiscal and structural reforms
• The European single market needs to become less regulated and more open
• Germany’s actions are oriented towards keeping Greece in the Eurozone

Thomson Reuters IFR Awards Dinner Raises Over £1.1m For Save The Children

Date 22/01/2015

At the 20th annual Thomson Reuters International Financing Review (IFR) awards gala dinner on Wednesday, 21 January £1,164,240 was pledged to Save the Children, the global charitable organisation that works to save and improve the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable children. Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, President of Save the Children, attended the prestigious event to present Colm Kelleher, president of the Institutional Securities Group at Morgan Stanley, with the coveted “Bank of the Year Award” for 2014. Last night’s total takes the cumulative fundraising figure from the annual awards ceremony to £23,345,087million.