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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The U.S. currency gained ground on the yen and the euro Tuesday, cementing the strongest quarterly rise for the ICE dollar index since a haven-inspired surge into the greenback during the height of the financial crisis. The index DXY, +0.35% rose 0.4% to 85.916...
Johnson & Johnson agreed to acquire privately held Alios BioPharma Inc. for $1.75 billion, in a deal that gives the health-products giant a biopharmaceutical drug developer focused on treatments for viral diseases...
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollar jumped versus the Russian ruble Tuesday after a news report said Russia's central bank is weighing whether to impose capital controls to halt money flowing out of the country. The dollar fetched 39.667 rubles in recent action, up 0.5...
If you’re a student at university today and you want to get into banking, it’s time to apply. Most banks opened their analyst application processes weeks ago. Some are closing them again in the weeks to come...
International banks are not viewing the Middle East with a huge amount of optimism. While revenues within investment banking have picked up in recent months, the story is still one of caution when it comes to naming new people on the ground in the Gulf...
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Chinese officials have issued a formal approval for Apple Inc.'s AAPL, +0.15% new iPhone 6 handsets, China's official Xinhua News Agency said in a one-sentence item out Tuesday...
STOCKHOLM--Swedish telecom operator TeliaSonera AB (TLSN.SK) Tuesday announced new initiatives to increase its competitiveness through both growth and savings measures, and maintained its full year guidance...
JPMorgan is laying London people off. Who knew? We didn’t, although maybe we should have given that the US bank declared its intention to make investment banking cost savings back in July. Three months ago, the talk at JPM was all of cutting technology and support staff...
In the latest hiring roundup, Millennium continues to add talent, new firms launch on both sides of the pond and Santander is expanding in London...
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Crude-oil futures rose Monday on news U.S. consumer spending rebounded, suggesting the U.S. economy kept growing, albeit modestly. The news stoked hopes that demand for oil may head higher along with prices. So far, futures have been ticking higher...