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- 2010-04-02 13:39:46 EU court’s online ad ruling pleases Google and LVMH
The European Court of Justice has said Google did not infringe trademark law by selling keywords to trigger ads. International luxury French fashion house Louis Vuitton and others had said the practice undermined their brands. - 2010-04-02 06:40:46 Trade signals, forex analysis, forex forecasts: EURUSD, GBPUSD 02/04/2010
US jobless figures
And finally, Friday brings US unemployment figures for March. Anything above 10 percent will be seen as a blow to the White House. - 2010-03-31 06:52:13 Trade signals, forex analysis, forex forecasts: EURUSD, GBPUSD 31/03/2010
The latest German unemployment figures are out on Wednesday. Germany’s labour market has fared relatively well compared to other EU economies, thanks in part to a government-sponsored work scheme. - 2010-03-28 13:18:35 Trade signals, forex analysis, forex forecasts: EURUSD, GBPUSD 29/03/2010
Russia’s central bank has cut interest rates by another quarter of a percentage point, to a record low. The move, the 12th in less than a year, aims to stimulate lending and breathe life into the Russian economy that has found exiting the global recession tough going. Policy makers also hope the cut will contain the rouble, which remains strong against other currencies. - 2010-03-26 07:19:38 Trade signals, forex analysis, forex forecasts: EURUSD, GBPUSD 26/03/2010
And on Friday the Federal Reserve in Washington hosts the International Research Forum for Monetary Policy. Experts from major central banks around the world will discuss ways to promote currency stability. - 2010-03-24 07:07:28 Trade signals, forex analysis, forex forecasts: EURUSD, GBPUSD 24/03/2010
The UK’s inflation rate dropped in February, for the first time since September and by more than economists had forecast. Consumer prices rose three percent, after January’s 14-month high of 3.5. Analysts had predicted the rate rise would be 3.1 percent. The decrease is being put down to a fall in the prices of toys, games, books and gas bills. The news is likely to raise hopes that inflation has peaked and will drop back below the Bank of England’s two percent target by the end of the year. - 2010-03-21 13:13:30 Trade signals, forex analysis, forex forecasts: EURUSD, GBPUSD 22/03/2010
The head of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, has called for tougher regulation and oversight of hedge fund speculators. At a conference at the European Commission, Trichet spoke out against the speculative use of credit default swaps. They are used to insure against debt default and have been blamed by some for worsening Greece’s debt crisis - 2010-03-18 07:19:32 Trade signals, forex analysis, forex forecasts: EURUSD, GBPUSD 18/03/2010
BMW has said it expects a significant rise in pretax profit this year. That would come from demand for new models like its 5 Series and the four door, four-wheel drive Mini Countryman SUV. It also forecast better results in all three of its businesses – cars, motorcycles and loans to buyers. BMW, which made a loss in its car division last year, expects sales of more than 1.3 million vehicles - 2010-03-16 07:37:16 Trade signals, forex analysis, forex forecasts: EURUSD, GBPUSD 16/03/2010
Fed interest rates The Federal Reserve will announces its interest rates decision on Tuesday. Markets expect them to stay unchanged as the jobless recovery persists. However excess liquidity in the market, might increase borrowing costs in the coming months. - 2010-03-14 14:52:45 Trade signals, forex analysis, forex forecasts: EURUSD, GBPUSD 15/03/2010
More signs have emerged that the economic recovery is on course as industrial output in the euro zone soared in January; it recorded its biggest monthly increase on record . In addition the figures for December were given a major revision by the European Union statistics office Eurostat. Industrial production in the 16-countries using the single European currency jumped 1.7 percent from December.
