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By Masayuki Kitano SINGAPORE | Sun May 19, 2013 9:36pm EDT SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The yen pulled up from a 4-1/2 year low against the dollar on Monday after Japan's economics minister said a further steady drop in the yen could have negative effects on households, pushing the dollar to...
By Brett Wolf Fri May 17, 2013 12:34pm EDT ST. LOUIS, May 17 (Thomson Reuters Accelus) - U.S. authorities have seized two accounts linked to a major operator in the booming Bitcoin digital currency market, Tokyo-based exchange Mt. Gox. The move may prevent the firm from facilitating t...
By Brett Wolf Fri May 17, 2013 12:34pm EDT ST. LOUIS, May 17 (Thomson Reuters Accelus) - U.S. authorities have seized two accounts linked to a major operator in the booming Bitcoin digital currency market, Tokyo-based exchange Mt. Gox. The move may prevent the firm from facilitating t...
By Masayuki Kitano SINGAPORE | Fri May 17, 2013 12:36am EDT SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar held firm near a 10-month high versus a basket of currencies on Friday after a U.S. Federal Reserve official said the central bank may begin to taper its asset buying this summer, while Asian ...
By Vidya Ranganathan and Umesh Desai SINGAPORE | Tue May 14, 2013 1:59am EDT SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Investors are becoming increasingly picky about which bonds and stocks they buy in Southeast Asia's fast-growing economies as the risk of policy bungling makes them more discerning. The ...
By John O'Callaghan SINGAPORE | Thu May 9, 2013 8:58am EDT SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The parents of Shane Todd, an American engineer found dead in Singapore last year, intend to prove at a coroner's inquiry that he was murdered over a project they say involved the illegal transfer of sens...
By Vidya Ranganathan SINGAPORE | Fri May 10, 2013 8:17am EDT SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The yen's fall past 100 per dollar highlights growing concerns about ultra-loose monetary policy around the globe and raises the prospect that policymakers elsewhere may take action to protect their eco...
By Douwe Miedema WASHINGTON | Mon May 6, 2013 6:32pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. derivatives regulator is considering whether the Bitcoin virtual currency should be subject to its rules, a top official at the agency said. Bart Chilton, one of five commissioners at the Comm...
