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TOP STORIES
BoE set to cut rates as survey flags sharpest UK downturnsince 2009
LONDON - Britain's economy is shrinking at its fastest ratesince the financial crisis after last month's Brexit vote,making a Bank of England rate cut on Thursday a "foregoneconclusion", a closely watched survey of businesses shows.(BRITAIN-EU/ECONOMY (UPDATE 1), moved, by David Milliken, 672words)
+ See also:
- EUROZONE-ECONOMY/PMI (WRAPUP 1), moved, by Jonathan Cable,600 words
HSBC's $2.5 bln buy-back boosts shares as bank postponesprofit goal
HONG KONG/LONDON - HSBC announces a $2.5 billion sharebuy-back and pared ambitions to grow dividend payouts andreturns as it takes pragmatic steps to soothe investors amidslowing growth in its home markets of Britain and Hong Kong.(HSBC-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Sumeet Chatterjee andLawrence White, 646 words)
+ See also:
- STANCHART-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Lawrence Whiteand Sinead Cruise, 556 words
Time Warner beats profit estimates, picks up stake in Hulu
Time Warner Inc reports a higher-than-expected quarterlyprofit as it signed up more viewers for its premium Home BoxOffice network, and discloses a 10 percent stake in streaming TVservice Hulu. (TIME WARNER-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 2), expect by 1300GMT/0900 AM ET, by Rishika Sadam, 350 words)
Bitcoin worth $72 mln stolen from Bitfinex exchange in HongKong
HONG KONG - Nearly 120,000 units of digital currency bitcoinworth about US$72 million was stolen from the exchange platformBitfinex in Hong Kong, rattling the global bitcoin community inthe second-biggest security breach ever of such an exchange.(BITFINEX-HACKED/HONGKONG (UPDATE 2, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, byClare Baldwin, 599 words)
MARKETS
European bank rebound not enough to save world stocks fromfurther losses
LONDON - World stocks fall for a third straight day,depressed by growing nervousness surrounding central bank policyand the spike in world bond yields, although European bankshares rebounded after two major earnings reports.(GLOBAL-MARKETS/ (WRAPUP 5, PIX), moved, by Jamie McGeever, 671words)
Dollar struggles near 6-week lows, labour market data eyed
LONDON - The dollar struggles to break away from six-weeklows against a basket of currencies, kept under pressure by theview that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rateslater rather than sooner. (GLOBAL-FOREX/ (UPDATE 3), moved, byJemima Kelly, 525 words)
Gold steadies as lower shares offset higher dollar
LONDON - Gold is little changed, hovering close to athree-week high hit in the previous session, as the impact oflower European share markets is offset by a steadier dollar. (GLOBAL-PRECIOUS/ (UPDATE 4), moved, by Clara Denina, 433 words)
Oil edges up to $42 after slide, but glut still weighs
LONDON - Oil edges higher towards $42 a barrel after hittingits lowest since April the previous day, supported by anindustry report showing a fall in U.S. inventories and a weakerdollar. (GLOBAL-OIL/ (UPDATE 4), moved, by Alex Lawler, 391words)
ECONOMY
The 'what if' spooking markets: policy success
LONDON - Voter rebellions? A protectionist wave? Loomingrecession? Islamic militancy? Perhaps the biggest shock to worldmarkets now would be if central banks met their inflation goals.(GLOBAL-MARKETS/SHOCK (ANALYSIS), moved, by Mike Dolan, 899words)
One in five company bonds bought by ECB yielded less thanzero
FRANKFURT - One in five company bonds bought by the EuropeanCentral Bank since June yielded less than zero, the ECB reports, raising questions about whether the bank risks fuelling amarket bubble and will need to slow the pace of its purchases.(EUROZONE-ECB/CREDIT (moved), by Francesco Canepa, 425 words)
A survey of over 150 strategists covers the outlook for thedollar versus major currencies alongside the Swiss franc,Canadian dollar, Swedish and Norwegian crowns, Russian roubleand the Turkish lira.
The poll also includes the outlook for Latin American andother emerging market currencies over the next 12 months.
(FOREX-POLL/ASIA, moved, by Sumanta Dey, 600 words;
FOREX-POLL/CENTRALEUROPE, moved, by Sandor Peto, 600 words;
FOREX-POLL/STERLING, moved, by Jonathan Cable, 600 words;
FOREX-POLL/EURO, moved, by Rahul Karunakar and ShruteeSarkar, 600 words;
FOREX-POLL/LATAM, expect at 1320 GMT/09.20 AM E.T., byGabriel Burin, 600 words;
FOREX-POLL/CANADA, expect at 1320 GMT/09.20 AM E.T., byFergal Smith, 600 words)
BOJ June minutes: Some members question focus of monetaryeasing
TOKYO - At least two members of the Bank of Japan's boardquestioned its actions at their June meeting, minutes show,highlighting doubts about the sustainability of its policies.(JAPAN-ECONOMY/BOJ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Stanley White, 300words)
China's state planner drops call for monetary easing fromstatement
BEIJING - A research office at China's top economic plannercalls for the central bank to cut interest rates and bankreserve requirements, but later removes the remarks in anupdated statement posted on its website. (CHINA-ECONOMY/NDRC(UPDATE 3), moved, 455 words)
+ See also:
- CHINA-BANKS/REGULATION (PIX), moved, 750 words
New Zealand's central bank cancels media "lockups" afterreview
WELLINGTON - New Zealand's central bank has decided tocancel media "lock-ups" for interest rate decisions andfinancial stability reports after a security review followed aleak of information last March. (NEWZEALAND-CENBANK/, moved, 250words)
COMPANIES
French banks beat Q2 forecasts, but retail suffers
PARIS - France's biggest banks post better-than expectedearnings in the second quarter as their diversified businessmodels helped mitigate the pressure from low interest rates andweak markets. (FRANCE-BANKS/RESULTS (WRAPUP 1), moved, by MayaNikolaeva, 484 words)
Office Depot reports sales drop, to shut another 300 stores
Office Depot Inc, which scrapped a plan to merge with largerrival Staples Inc in May on antitrust concerns, said it wouldclose about 300 more stores in the next three years to help cutannual costs by $250 million by the end of 2018. (OFFICEDEPOT-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 400 words, SruthiRamakrishnan)
Dutch lender ING outshines European peers with strong loangrowth
AMSTERDAM - Dutch financial services company ING Groupeasily beats market forecasts with a 27 percent jump inquarterly earnings, helped by strong loan growth as it addedhundreds of thousands of customers. (ING GROEP-RESULTS/ (UPDATE2), moved, by Anthony Deutsch, 457 words)
Rio Tinto earnings slump to 12-year low, warns conditionsstill tough
MELBOURNE/LONDON - Global miner Rio Tinto reports a 47percent slump in first-half profit to its weakest in 12 yearsand predicts more commodity market volatility, although a firmerbalance sheet allows it to pay a higher-than-expected dividend.(RIO TINTO-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), expect by 1500 GMT/11 AMET, by Sonali Paul and Barbara Lewis, 550 words)
Next higher as second quarter improves despite Brexit
LONDON - Next, one of Britain's biggest clothing retailers,improves its worst case outlook for sales this year afterreporting a pick-up in its second quarter as it drew in shoppersdespite unseasonal weather and the Brexit vote in June.(NEXT-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Sarah Young, 450 words)
Kate Spade misses profit estimates, cuts full-year salesforecast
Kate Spade & Co reported a lower-than-expected quarterlyprofit as the accessories and apparel maker offered morediscounts and a strong dollar discouraged tourists from shoppingat its stores, sending its shares down 16 percent premarket.(KATE SPADE & CO-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 2), moving shortly, by SubratPatnaik, 400 words)
Axa's half-year profit boosted by property sales
PARIS - Axa, Europe's second-biggest insurer, reports aweaker than expected 4 percent rise in its first-half netprofit, hit by lower investment returns, higher claims anddespite a boost from real estate sales. (AXA-RESULTS/ (UPDATE2), moved, 526 words)
Komercni Banka shares slump after dividend review
PRAGUE - Komercni Banka shares slump more than 10 percentafter the Czech bank cut its dividend outlook for 2016,abandoning its more generous payout policy a year earlier thanexpected due to a rise in capital requirements. (KOMERCNIBANKA-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Jason Hovet, 480 words)
Australian banks face new challenge in boosting deposits
SYDNEY - Australia's major banks are lifting deposit ratesin a counter-intuitive move that will further squeeze theirprofit margins to record lows as they face regulatory pressuresto strengthen funding and liquidity profiles.(AUSTRALIA-BANKS/DEPOSITS, moving shortly, by Swati Pandey, 650words)
+ See also:
- AUSTRALIA-POLITICS/ELECTION (PIX), moved, by Tom Westbrookand Jarni Blakkarly, 550 words
India's biggest tax reform looms, many companies unprepared
NEW DELHI - Throughout years of political gridlock, the riskthat India might pass its biggest tax reform since independenceappeared reassuringly remote for many businesses. (INDIA-TAX/(PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Manoj Kumar and Douglas Busvine, 700words)
Toyota to delay global Prius launch to winter from autumn
TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp says that it would delay theglobal launch of its plug-in Prius gasoline hybrid model towinter, from an initial schedule of autumn. (TOYOTA-PRIUS/(UPDATE 1), moved, 200 words)
COMMODITIES
Australia's tiny miners rise from the ashes of the bust
SYDNEY - From gold to graphite to zinc to lithium,Australia's army of "penny dreadful" stocks is rising from theashes of the mining bust and growing at rates that majors likeBHP Billiton and Rio Tinto can only wish for.(AUSTRALIA-MINING/SMALL (PIX), moved, by James Regan, 750 words)
