Stocks rise on trade talk hopes; oil extends loss

Bloomberg US equity futures and European stocks recouped some of the previous session’s losses on hopes for progress in the American-Chinese trade dispute, even as Asian shares dropped overall. Crude oil headed for the lowest close this year. Contracts on the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 all traded higher and the Stoxx Europe 600 Index rose for the first time ...

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India Sensex gains on lower oil price; Reliance advances

Bloomberg India stocks gained on investor optimism that the falling price of crude oil, the nation’s biggest import, will help companies maintain earnings growth by keeping inflation in check. The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex index climbed 1 percent to 35,144.49 in Mumbai, reversing a drop of as much as 0.4 percent. Reliance Industries Ltd., the country’s second largest company by ...

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Credit Suisse faces Geneva scrutiny tied to ex-bankers

Bloomberg Geneva prosecutors are investigating whether a Credit Suisse Group AG unit failed to stop money laundering in a widening fraud case tied to a defunct asset manager, according to people familiar with the probe. Prosecutors added the bank to the criminal investigation late last week after two former employees were named as suspects over the summer, said the people, ...

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Fed’s Daly sees possible Dec rate hike, more next year

Bloomberg Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly said US policy makers ought to be gradually lifting interest rates to bring an economy that’s running above potential in for a soft landing. “It wouldn’t be surprising to me that we would need to go up again in December and at least a couple of times next year,” Daly ...

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BOJ hoard of assets larger than economy

Bloomberg The Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) massive asset purchase program has taken it into uncharted territory, with its ballooning holdings now larger than the country’s annual economic output. Its hoard reached a staggering 553.6 trillion yen ($4.9 trillion), figures show, compared with nominal gross domestic product of 552.8 trillion yen at the end of June. Data due on Wednesday is ...

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UBP hires 15 bankers from BNP Paribas in Asia

Bloomberg Union Bancaire Privée SA (UBP has hired a group of about 15 private bankers from BNP Paribas SA as it steps up expansion in Asia, according to a person familiar with the matter. Some of the bankers will report to Alfred Tsai, who was BNP’s Hong Kong-based head of China wealth management before he joined UBP, said the person, ...

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Poland orders probe of bank regulator after ‘misconduct’

Bloomberg Poland’s prime minister ordered an investigation into the regulator of the country’s financial industry after a newspaper reported that its chairman made an improper offer to the owner of a troubled bank. The Financial Supervision Authority rejected as “untrue” a report in Gazeta Wyborcza that Marek Chrzanowski suggested to Leszek Czarnecki, the owner of Getin Noble Bank SA, how ...

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US pilots: Boeing didn’t warn of 737 feature tied to crash

Bloomberg Two US pilots’ unions say the potential risks of a safety feature on Boeing Co.’s 737 Max aircraft that has been linked to a deadly crash in Indonesia weren’t sufficiently spelled out in their manuals or training. Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration issued directives telling flight crews about the system, which is designed to provide extra protection against ...

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India’s Tata vets Jet Airways books for potential purchase

Bloomberg Tata Group is conducting due diligence on Jet Airways India Ltd., as the conglomerate looks to expand its footprint in the country’s growing air travel sector by potentially buying a stake in the cash-strapped carrier, according to people familiar with the matter. The talks are still in their early stages and there’s no certainty they would result in a ...

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Cathay says sophisticated data hack lasted months

Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., which is under fire for the world’s biggest airline data breach, said the sophisticated attacks lasted months as it took steps to shield its exposed computer network. The attacks were most intense March through May and continued, Asia’s biggest airline said in a written submission to Hong Kong’s legislature before a panel hearing this week. ...

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