Saudi alerts sound as Yemen fighting puts key oil shipping routes under pressure

Storm leaves one dead, two injured in Cyprus

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Thursday closed up +1.66%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up +1.19%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up +3.36%.  September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) rose +1.65%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) rose +3.28%. Stock indexes settled sharply higher on Thursday after strong growth at Microsoft reassured…

Bond yields broke long term highs yesterday and are moving slightly higher again today. In both cases, we’re NOT seeing the same level of intraday correlation with oil prices that we’ve almost always seen on days without another compelling motivation for bonds. That said, oil prices still moved higher, so we can’t discount its impact….

Mumbai: The RBI has revised governance norms for banks boards, narrowing their role to strategy, risk oversight and corporate governance while empowering specialised board committees to handle a host of routine, operational matters. The amendments, which come into effect from October 1, follow draft proposals released in April and are aimed at allowing directors to…

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The blockbuster PayPal buyout could be off. Advent International and Stripe have reportedly walked away from their pursuit of the payments pioneer, ending months of speculation over a deal that would have ranked among the largest leveraged buyouts ever. PayPal shares tumbled as much as 16% in premarket trading Friday, a sharp reversal for a…