Thursday, September 20, 2012

Snack Pack: Oil, Currency War, Oracle, Muni Bonds


Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Alix Steel, Sara Eisen, Dominic Chu, Stephanie Ruhle and Adam Johnson update the top trading stories of the day. They speak on Bloomberg Television's "Lunch Money."

Euro Falls Most in Two Months


Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Sara Eisen reports on today's top currencies news headlines. She speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Lunch Money." (Source: Bloomberg)

Spain's Bond Success: 4.8B Euros of Bonds Sold


Spain sold 4.8 billion euros ($6.2 billion) of bonds, the most since January, as the Treasury focused on short term notes that would be targeted for central-bank buying in the case of a bailout.

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Will the Eurozone Get Back on its Feet? | Made in Germany



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After the Decisions by Germany's Constitutional Court and the European Central Bank: We talk about the issue with Ansgar Belke, director of the Institute of Business and Economic Studies and Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

Spain borrowing costs ease, Catalonia unhappy



Published on Sep 20, 2012 by
http://www.euronews.com/ Spain's borrowing costs on its 10-year government bonds fell to the lowest level since January on Thursday.

At its latest debt auction raised 4.8 billion euros and saw strong demand from investors for the bonds maturing in three and 10 years time.

Madrid has been able to more easily sell its bonds at lower rates of interest since the European Central Bank announced its bond-buying plan.
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Eurozone slump deepens



Published on Sep 20, 2012 by
http://www.euronews.com/ The European Central Bank's aggressive new bond-buying plan has not boosted business activity or sentiment in the eurozone.

The latest surveys of company purchasing managers show while the decline in Europe's largest economy, Germany, did ease by a surprising amount this month, French firms are performing poorly.

Eurozone manufacturing was slightly better than expected, but there was a sharp downturn in the services industry.

A good indicator of economic performance, the composite eurozone PMI fell to 45.9 in September from 46.3 in August. Below 50 denotes contraction and survey compiler Markit said the surveys were consistent with a roughly 0.6 percent economic contraction in the third quarter.

"The fall in the PMI is another reminder that the ECB's new asset purchase programme is not an answer to all of the region's problems," said Ben May, European economist at Capital Economics, in a research note.

"The euro zone recession looks set to deepen in the latter part of the year."

Economists said the surveys made it more likely the ECB will cut its main interest rate at its next meeting in October, to a new record low 0.5 percent from 0.75 percent currently.

In Britain, suffering its own economic downturn, retail sales ticked down in August driven by a slump in online sales as Britons watched the Olympics on television, data showed on Thursday.

Forbes Rich List 2012 - The Richest People In America



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The Forbes Rich List 2012 presents the richest people in America, and no surprise to see Bill Gates top the ranking for the 19th year running...

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Forbes magazine has released its annual ranking of the richest people in America.

And featured on the cover page are Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Oprah Winfrey.

Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp, tops the list for the 19th year running.

His personal fortune stands at $66 billion, up 7 billion from last year.

In second place is Buffet, chairman and chief executive of insurance conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc, worth an estimated $46 billion.

Although Oprah makes the cover page, she is actually ranked at 151, with a net worth of $2.7 billion.

According to Forbes, the 400 richest people in America are all billionaires, mostly male, and mostly self-made.

And their combined wealth equals a staggering 1 eighth of the entire U.S. economy.