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Index Defined
Statistical composite that measures changes in the economy or in financial markets, often expressed in percentage changes from a base year or from the previous month. Indexes measure the ups and downs of stock, bond, and some commodities markets, in terms of market prices and weighting of companies the index.
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Barclays Expands Japan Team to Hedge Commodities (Update1)
Published August 21, 2008, 9:01 pm, Bloomberg.com
The moves took effect this month, said Barclays Capital Japan Ltd., a Tokyo Commodity Exchange member since June 2007. The hirings are intended to boost sales of swaps and other products that help airlines, shipping companies and others shield profit from record-high energy costs.
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-22 04:47 Taipei shares turn lower as Chen scandal keeps investors nervous
Published August 21, 2008, 8:58 pm, Interactive Investor
TAIPEI (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices were lower in late morning trade.
Asian currencies steady to firmer as dollar falters
Published August 21, 2008, 8:57 pm, Philippine Daily Inquirer
SINGAPORE -- Asian currencies were steady to moderately stronger against a broadly weaker US dollar on Friday, led by the Singapore dollar and Chinese yuan. The Singapore dollar rose as far as 1.4026 per US dollar, up almost 0.7 percent from late Asian trade on Thursday to its strongest level since August 13.
Stocks end mixed despite a surge in oil prices
Published August 21, 2008, 8:52 pm, The Kansas City Star
Wall Street finished mixed Thursday after investors largely shrugged off a jump in oil prices and focused instead on a bullish call on Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. that eased worries about the financial sector.
Double-Count Accounting Magic
Published August 21, 2008, 8:51 pm, GoldSeek.com
The dollar, to my utter astonishment, has been strengthening lately, when it should be collapsing, as befits the currency of the biggest debtor nation in the world that has borrowed so damned much money, for so many decades, and which now has an economy comprised mainly of shuffling financial assets about, growing a huge, suffocating, labyrinthine system of spend-o-holic governments supporting ...
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-22 04:16 Tokyo shares end morning lower; firmer yen undermines exporters - UPDATE
Published August 21, 2008, 8:44 pm, Interactive Investor
TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - Japanese shares ended the morning session lower on Friday after a firmer yen sapped investor appetite for exporters, while fears about the outlook for the global economy also undermined market sentiment.
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-22 04:21 Indonesian shares higher in early trade, led by commodity stocks on oil rise
Published August 21, 2008, 8:44 pm, Interactive Investor
JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) - Indonesian shares were higher in early trade on Friday, with a rise in oil prices reviving buying interest in commodity stocks, such as plantation companies and coal miners.
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-22 04:37 JGB futures fall on profit grab after Treasuries dip
Published August 21, 2008, 8:44 pm, Interactive Investor
TOKYO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Japanese government bond futures fell back on Friday from a four-month high after U.S. Treasuries dropped on a big bounce in oil prices above $120 that revived inflation fears.
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-22 04:38 UPDATE 1-Kagara Australia zinc find to yield 300,000 a year
Published August 21, 2008, 8:43 pm, Interactive Investor
SYDNEY, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Australian miner Kagara Ltd's Admiral Bay deposit could yield 300,000 tonnes of zinc and 250,000 tonnes of lead a year once it is fully developed, the company said on Friday.
NZ's F&P Healthcare sees 38% lift in H1 profit
Published August 21, 2008, 8:41 pm, Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News
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