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Asian shares at 21-month highs, dollar soft on Fed views

March 21, 2017/Reuters By Hideyuki Sano Asian shares hit 21-month highs on Tuesday while the dollar and U.S. bond yields were on the backfoot on the prospect of a less hawkish than previously expected Federal Reserve policy trajectory. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 0.3 percent […]

Dollar drops to N430 at street market as CBN supplies $180m

March 21, 2017/Daily Trust By Hamisu Muhammad Naira yesterday started the week positively as it appreciated by about 4 percent at the street market. The local currency exchanged at 430 to a dollar in Abuja while it traded in Lagos at 435 before the closing hours. This is coming as […]

Goldman building robo-adviser to give investment advice to the masses

20/3/2017/Reuters By Olivia Oran Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N), known for advising the world’s richest and most powerful, is building a so-called robo-adviser geared to mass affluent customers, according to a job listing posted Monday on the bank’s website. A Goldman spokesman declined to comment. The job posting for employees […]