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Euro-zone services Aug PMI 49.9 vs 45.7 U.K. services PMI highest in nearly two years

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.K. CIPS/Markit August services purchasing managers index rose to 54.1 in August from 53.2 in July, the highest reading in nearly two years. Higher activity was supported by solid gains in new business alongside work on existing contracts, with backlogs falling at a...

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The Markit euro-zone purchasing managers index rose to 49.9 in August, up from the flash estimate of 49.5 and above the 45.7 registered in July. That leaves it under the key 50 neutral mark for the 15th month in a row...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rules that may curb high frequency trading came into effect on exchanges from New York to London on Tuesday, threatening to crimp profits for the firms that took advantage of the controversial method. Aside from the impact on traders involved in high frequency or "flash"...

SSE + 2.14 %, HSI +0.67 %. Long HSI 19463.00.

Wegelin & Co. Private Bankers since 1741 Farewell America 1. A moral issue? The agreement between the USA and Switzerland under which Switzerland is to provide administrative assistance with regard to 4,450 UBS clients suspected of tax fraud is, in our view, remarkable in three...

Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- A federal judge rejected a request by Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of deceiving investors in rating private placement notes. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin in New York dismissed an argument by Moody’s...

Surprise! Spanish banks are not hiding their losses! So says Iberian Equities AV in their retort to a now infamous piece of research by Variant. In a note titled “The holes in Variant’s research” Iberian Equities analyst Iñigo Vega takes on Variant’s “Spain: The Hole In...

1007.75 ,too.

Oh, coincendetly enough there are fighting for both - a "certain" price level and SMA's... :D

http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/fund/xlf -0.5 % Oil unchanged EUR / USD stronger... T Bonds up Gold up 2.3 % ___________________________ Result : ? :)

Nice fight for the 60 min SMA's... :)

Time for some HFT intermezzo....

USD ADP Employment Change (AUG)...5 min countdown...

Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Wegelin & Co., Switzerland’s oldest bank, is telling wealthy clients to sell their U.S. assets, or switch banks, because of concerns new rules will saddle investors with tax obligations in the world’s biggest economy. U.S. proposals to extend reporting requirements...

A crowded trade needs some "decompression" :D

Hangseng down 1.5 %, Shanghai up + 1,5 %...hum...divergence ? :) Hnagseng 18940 - 19000 should be some good support ( 10 % ) correction from the highs !

TOKYO (Nikkei)--Japan's steel exports grew 11.6% from the previous month to 3.2 million tons in July, surpassing the 3 million ton mark for the first time in 10 months, the Japan Iron and Steel Federation said Tuesday. The figure rose for the third month in a row on strong shipments to China...

JPM's economists are still amongst the dreamers who claim we will see a V recovery... No New Normal JPMorgan Sees V-Shaped Recovery in U.S http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=avR3wifbUr1w

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