Hin Leong Failed to Declare $800 Million Losses
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- Futures losses weren’t shown in financial statements: people
- Trader said to have accounting deficit of about $3.34 billion
THE RACE TO 270: With 41 days left until the general
election, President Obama holds a significant lead in most national
polls. But as Al Gore learned the hard way, the keys to 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue don't go to the man who wins the popular vote in
November. So here's a look at where things stand in the all-important
Electoral College in the eyes of Real Clear Politics, which keeps running tabs on all the major polls.
Solid Obama (142): The president appears to have
secured himself a meaty base of at least 142 electoral votes, via:
California (55), New York (29), Illinois (20), Massachusetts (11),
Maryland (10), Rhode Island (4), Hawaii (4), Delaware (3), Vermont (3)
and the District of Columbia (3).
Likely Obama (37): He should also be feeling pretty
confident of another 37 courtesy of: New Jersey (14), Washington (12),
Connecticut (7) and Maine (4). Solid + Likely = 179.
Leans Obama (86): Things are a little dicier in
seven other states that Obama will likely need this fall: Pennsylvania
(20), Ohio (18), Michigan (16), Minnesota (10), Wisconsin (10), Oregon
(7) and New Mexico (5). Solid + Likely + Lean = 265, or five votes shy of the total he'll need for reelection.
Solid Romney (76): The GOP challenger, meanwhile,
can more or less bank the electoral vote of more than a dozen
conservative states: Alabama (9) Louisiana (8), Kentucky (8), Oklahoma
(7), Mississippi (6), Arkansas (6), Kansas (6), Utah (6), Nebraska (5),
West Virginia (5), Idaho (4), Alaska (3) and Wyoming (3).
Likely Romney (74): It's also looking good for the
former governor in Texas (38), Georgia (16), Tennessee (11), Montana
(3), North Dakota (3) and South Dakota (3). Solid + Likely = 150.
Leans Romney (41): He also has small but significant leads in Arizona (11), Indiana (11), Missouri (10), and South Carolina (9). Solid + Likely + Lean = 191.
TOSS-UPS: Which brings us to the seven all-important
swing states that are still considered to be largely in play: Florida
(29), North Carolina (15), Virginia (13), Colorado (9), Iowa (6), Nevada
(6), and New Hampshire (4). If the current projections hold—an all-caps
IF if ever there was one—Romney would need to sweep all of the current
toss-ups, with the lone exception of the Granite State and its
relatively meager four electoral votes.
DEEPER STILL: That looks like an uphill battle for
the Romney-Ryan ticket because the president currently holds narrow
leads in all seven of those swing states based on the RCP statewide
averages, including Florida, where he's out in front by a slim 3.1
points.
Taiwan isolated from mergers trend
Financial Times
By Robin Kwong The wave of consolidation sweeping global exchanges has yet to arrive in Asia, but in Taiwan, the futures exchange stands in splendid isolation from the trend. Taiwan Futures Exchange (Taifex), is unlikely to be able to pursue tie-ups ...
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Does the European Commission think speculators are behind rising food prices? It depends when you ask. A draft study from the European Union's executive arm last week said it found no evidence of "a correlation between the substantial increase in index fund positions and commodity futures prices." That put the commission in line with bodies like the International Monetary Fund, which have argued that rising demand from Asia and a stretched supply of key crops are behind the bout of food inflation.
Open outcry is the name of a method of communication between professionals on a stock exchange or futures exchange which involves shouting and the use of hand signals to transfer information primarily about buy and sell orders.[2] The part of the trading floor where this takes place is called a pit.
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