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What’s next for blockchain and cryptocurrency
January 24th, 2017
In May of 2010, someone on a Bitcoin forum by the name of Lazlo claimed to have bought two pizzas for 10,000 bitcoins. It was the first time anyone had purchased anything with the new digital currency, which at ...
Shipping Conglomerate and Former CFO Charged With Failure to Recognize Hundreds of Millions in Tax Liabilities
January 24th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged shipping conglomerate Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) and its former chief financial officer Myles R. Itkin with failing to recognize hundreds of millions in tax liabilities in its financial statements that had accumulated ...
Deutsche Börse presents blockchain concept for risk free cash transfer
January 23rd, 2017
Eurex Clearing acts as trusted party for transactions Direct payments with commercial bank money Deutsche Börse Group has developed a concept for riskless transfer of commercial bank money via an infrastructure based on distributed ledger technology (DLT). By combining ...
Is Europe Headed For A Political And Financial Crisis In 2017?
January 23rd, 2017
Is Europe Headed For A Political And Financial Crisis In 2017? While most eyes are on the dramatic shifts possible for U.S. economic policy as Donald Trump is sworn in as president on January 20, similarly deep political currents ...
Gulf markets rise in early trade, Kuwait continues bull run
January 23rd, 2017
Gulf stock markets mostly rose in early trade on Monday with Kuwait continuing a bull run that has made it by far the region’s best-performing bourse this year. The Kuwaiti index, which rose 15.6 per cent between the end ...
PBOC Unveils Plans To Create Blockchain-based RMBCoin
January 23rd, 2017
Even though China is not a big fan of Bitcoin, they see the merit of digital currencies. In fact, the PBOC has been working on RMBCoin, a national digital currency project. By the look of things, RMBCoin will not ...
Gold – a primer for 2017
January 22nd, 2017
You know when to buy gold: it’s when nearly every trader and commentator tells you that gold is going lower and you should sell it. This is Harry Dent on 10th January: “I still see gold landing somewhere between ...
How blockchain technology could revolutionise global trade
January 21st, 2017
Blockchain technology could revolutionise trade – making it cheaper, quicker and simpler for businesses to trade internationally. From “letters of credit” to “bills of lading”, merchandise trade today is heavily reliant on paper documents. In our digital, connected world, ...
Mastercard `Preying on Millions’ Sparked $17 Billion Fee Lawsuit
January 18th, 2017
Consumers seek permission to bring U.K.’s largest class action Mastercard says damages would be impossible to calculate Mastercard Inc. preyed on more than 46 million unknowing consumers by unfairly charging card fees over a 16-year period, lawyers seeking to ...
Deutsche Bank Agrees to Pay $7.2 Billion
January 18th, 2017
Deutsche Bank Agrees to Pay $7.2 Billion for Misleading Investors in its Sale of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Deutsche Bank’s Conduct Contributed to the 2008 Financial Crisis The Justice Department, along with federal partners, announced today a $7.2 billion settlement ...
