CENSUS SAYS THE PERCENTAGE POINT DECREASE IN U.S. POVERTY RATE IN 2015 IS THE LARGEST SINCE 1999...
FITCH ON IRAQ - GOVERNMENT DEBT IS RISING SHARPLY ON BACK OF THESE DEFICITS AND WE FORECAST IT WILL AVERAGE 73% OF GDP IN 2015-17...
As of August 2016, 113 companies have defaulted worldwide, according to Standard & Poors Fixed Income Research. The figure is the highest for a year since 2009, the time of great recession. in 2009, 208 companies defaulted...
FITCH ON IRAQ - GOVERNMENT DEBT IS RISING SHARPLY ON BACK OF THESE DEFICITS AND WE FORECAST IT WILL AVERAGE 73% OF GDP IN 2015-17...
UK BREXIT MINISTER DAVIS SAYS MAY WELL HAVE TO BE PARLIAMENTARY RATIFICATION FOR BREXIT LEGISLATION...
SYRIAN GOVERNMENT FORCES HALT FIRE EXCEPT IN FIGHTING AGAINST ISIS AND NUSRA FRONT - RIA...
U.S. POVERTY RATE FALLS TO 13.5 PCT IN 2015 VS 14.8 PCT IN 2014, CENSUS BUREAU SAYS...
ZUMA SAYS DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY RATING AGENCIES SHOULD DOWNGRADE GIVEN FACT THAT ECONOMY IS PICKING UP...
BRAZIL'S BENCHMARK BOVESPA STOCK INDEX FALLS 2 PCT...
ZUMA SAYS HE IS ATTENDING TO THE MINES MINISTER ZWANE OVER HIS STATEMENT THAT BANKS BE PROBED OVER GUPTA ACCOUNT CLOSURES...
U.S. STOCKS EXTEND FALL, S&P 500 DOWN 1.00 PCT...
U.S. STOCKS EXTEND FALL, DOW JONES DOWN 1.00 PCT...
Official figures released earlier on Tuesday showed that UK inflation in August was stable at 0.6 percent on the year, unchanged from July. Economists had predicted a rise to 0.7 percent, while the Bank of England forecast the headline rate would climb to 0.8 percent...
ZUMA SAYS THERE IS NO WAR BETWEEN THE PRESIDENCY AND THE TREASURY...
ZUMA SAYS HE IS ATTENDING TO THE MINES MINISTER ZWANE OVER HIS STATEMENT THAT BANKS BE PROBED OVER GUPTA ACCOUNT CLOSURES...
PRESIDENT ZUMA SAYS LATEST GDP DATA SHOWS SOUTH AFRICA SENDING A GOOD SIGNAL ON RATINGS, INVESTMENT...
BANK OF ENGLAND SAYS RECEIVED OFFER-TO-COVER RATIO OF 3.21 AT BUY-BACK OF LONG-DATED GILTS...
FORMER U.S. TREASURY TIMOTHY GEITHNER: FINANCIAL SYSTEM MORE STABLE NOW BECAUSE CAPITAL CUSHIONS ARE 'THICKER'-CNBC CONFERENCE...
CORRECTED-US 30-YEAR TREASURY YIELDS RISE BEFORE AUCTION TO SESSION HIGHS (CORRECTS SPELLING) OF 2.39 PERCENT...
U.S. STOCKS EXTEND FALL, S&P 500 DOWN 1.00 PCT...