Sixweek high here. And oil below 44. Our road map begins with the markets and a pause in the post election rally. Plus, were going to get numbers from alibaba on its biggest sales day of the year. And well also have a live interview with its president. Skb disney, the stock volatile after earnings and revenue miss, higher right now. Were going to dive into those numbers. First up, one day after the dow hit the new alltime high, the fed also in focus at a banking conference in chile. Fies chairman Stanley Fischer calling the case for a rate hike quite strong saying the fed is, quote, reasonably close to achieving its employment and inflation goals. No real direct comment, jim, on the election per se, but nudging further along the argument hes made for a long time. Given the run in the j. P. Morgan and bank of america stocks, thank heavens he said that. I mean, this thing a lot of this rally involves again today with the treasuries. People are just saying, okay, look, weve been waiting f
Bloombergs European Headquarters in london. I am francine lacqua. Guy johnson is off today. Lets start with our top story, the crisis in ukraine. Russian foreign minister sergey laparotomy is in geneva with Foreign Ministers from ukraine, the u. S. And the eu. Russia, president putin hosts his annual q a with the public. Ryan chilcote is in geneva following the meetings. They are due to meet in about 10 minutes. That is right. Unrest continues in Eastern Ukraine, the interior minister reporting that they have killed three prorussian activists at a military base that was being attacked in the east of the country, diplomacy is getting underway in geneva. The u. S. Secretary of state just met with catherine ashton. He is now meeting with the Ukrainian Foreign minister. Sit down of them will with the Russian Foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov in about 10 minutes. The first real talks between ukraine and russia this time accompanied by the u. S. And the eu. Contours of a deal, we know what the
HARARE - In a strategic move aimed at diversifying funding sources and bolstering the local sector, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has initiated discussions with the government to explore raising debt through capital markets. A debt market, characterized by the issuance, listing, and trading of debt securities with a maturity period of one year or…
SecZim chief executive officer (CEO) Anymore Taruvinga told the Independent that the capital markets conference will play a leading role in mobilising resources.