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FXCM hit by shock, gets $300 mn from Jefferies owner Leucadia

Steepest oil-rig drop shows shale losing fight to Opec

US drillers have taken a record number of oil rigs out of service in the past six weeks

Casualties from Swiss shock spread across the world

Sensex will climb 18% by year-end: Strategists

Consumer confidence in US at highest level since July 2007

The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index rose to 45.4 in the period ended January 11, the highest reading since July 2007, from 43.6 the week before

'Samsung offered $7.5 bn for BlackBerry'

Stocks of Canadian phone-maker falls after denying talks; Samsung calls report 'groundless'

Samsung tries to reduce reliance on Google

Smartphone giant launches $92 phone in India

'Plunging oil prices, rising debt leave Asia staring at deflation'

The ratio is close to or has exceeded 200 per cent in seven of 10 nations including China and South Korea

Wells Fargo expenses rise to two-year high, crimping profit

Fourth-quarter expenses climbed 4.7% from a year earlier to $12.6 billion, the San Francisco-based bank said on Wednesday in a statement

Banks 'under assault' by US regulators: JPMorgan CEO

Dimon, who previously blamed regulators for stifling economic growth, seemed to strike a more conciliatory tone last year

Reliance options reach 6-month high before earnings

Market falls as metal shares tumble amid growth woes

Japan's five-year govt bond yield touches 0%

Goldman, SocGen cut oil price outlook

Forecasts bring price to 5-1/2-year low; Brent declines 5%, WTI falls 4.7%

RBS mulls sale of Asian corporate banking biz: Source

ECB weighs bond buying of up to Euro 500 bn

Euro area consumer prices fell last month for the first time in more than 5 years and ECB President Mario Draghi has signalled the deflationary risks may demand a response

Russia cut to one step above junk by Fitch on oil, sanctions

Russia is on the brink of a recession after crude fell more than 50% since June and the US and its allies imposed sanctions following Putin's annexation of Crimea

Market climbs as Infosys rallies on earnings, outlook

Draghi says any ECB measures may include sovereign-bond buying

China plays down stimulus talk while Xi trumpets new normal growth