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Liverpool Gets Its Own Digital Currency
February 6th, 2017
Liverpool, home of the 1960s English rock band, The Beatles, has become the latest destination to launch its own digital currency. Launched a month ago by Colu, a Tel Aviv-based technology company, the Liverpool Local Pound (LLP) already has ...
Looking to find a job in UAE? These are the top sectors hiring in UAE today
February 6th, 2017
UAE professionals with healthcare qualifications and experience are more likely to find a job today than most of their peers, as the industry continued to show a high demand for new talent. Across the Middle East, there are job ...
Oil prices edge up on Iran tensions, but rising U.S. drilling caps gains
February 6th, 2017
Oil prices rose on Monday, with traders shifting money into crude futures as the dollar weakened, and on concerns that new U.S. sanctions against Iran could be extended to affect crude supplies. But markets were held back by more ...
Asian Stocks Advance as Banks Rally; Dollar Mixed: Markets Wrap
February 6th, 2017
U.S. jobs data show hiring increase with weaker earnings gains S&P 500 closed within 1 point of all-time high on Friday Asian stocks advanced after the Trump administration’s plan to roll back financial regulations sparked a rally in global bank ...
Royal Bank of Scotland to Pay $85 Million Penalty
February 6th, 2017
CFTC Orders The Royal Bank of Scotland to Pay $85 Million Penalty for Attempted Manipulation of U.S. Dollar ISDAFIX Benchmark Swap Rates In Total, the CFTC Has Imposed $570 Million in Penalties for Attempted Manipulation of ISDAFIX Benchmark The ...
Price controls and propaganda
February 5th, 2017
Most economists agree on one thing; price controls do not work. Many go on to say they create shortages of goods, which inevitably drives black market prices even higher than they would otherwise be. Price controls were last tried ...
Bitcoin is back above $1,000
February 3rd, 2017
Bitcoin is back above $1,000 for the first time since January 5. The cryptocurrency was higher by 1.5% at $1,000.10 a coin as of 11:39 a.m. ET. It’s been a wild year for bitcoin. It began 2017 with a ...
Yen fell as the central bank moved to reassert control over rising yields
February 3rd, 2017
Shanghai shares slip as trading resumes after holiday Focus turns to U.S. jobs as investors seek clues on economy Japanese government bonds swung and the yen fell as the central bank moved to reassert control over rising yields, while ...
Dollar Falls as Fed Path Assessed; Stocks Retreat: Markets Wrap
February 2nd, 2017
Investors scrutinize results from Facebook to Deutsche Bank Fed policy statement does little to alter views on rate hikes The dollar slumped against most of its major peers after the Federal Reserve gave dollar bulls little to be optimistic ...
Non-committal Fed drives down dollar, dampens stocks
February 2nd, 2017
The dollar slipped to a 12-week low on Thursday and stock and bonds markets both showed caution after the U.S. Federal Reserve stuck to its mildly upbeat view of the world but gave no hint on when it will ...
