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The pensions mess: can gold help?
June 14th, 2016
The British have recently seen two unpleasant examples of the cost of pension fund deficits. A deficit at British Steel, estimated to be about £485m, was followed by a deficit at British Home Stores of £571m. In both cases, ...
BP announces latest gas discovery in Egypt’s East Mediterranean
June 13th, 2016
BP Egypt announced today another important gas discovery in the Baltim South Development Lease in the East Nile Delta. The Baltim SW-1 exploration well, drilled in water depth of 25 metres by operator IEOC (Eni), reached a total depth ...
Brexit: All you need to know for UK’s EU referendum
June 13th, 2016
What is happening? A referendum is being held on Thursday, 23 June to decide whether Britain should leave or remain in the European Union. This article is designed to be an easy-to-understand guide – if you have any questions ...
6 Investments Traders Say Will Rally: Bitcoin, SolarCity, Swiss Francs and More
June 13th, 2016
Here’s what traders have been saying about six important investments, including bitcoin, SolarCity (SCTY) stock and the Swiss currency. Bitcoin and Manchester United (MANU) are going to soar, at least according to what traders have been saying at Tradebird, a social trading ...
An Everyman’s Guide To Understanding Cryptocurrencies
June 13th, 2016
Cryptocurrencies have a role that could increase as global currencies are devalued. When an asset rises by almost 30% in a few weeks, it tends to attract attention. Recently, that asset was bitcoin (BTC). The price of BTC in ...
Top 10 international law firm announced revenues of EUR 1bn for 2015
June 13th, 2016
CMS, the top 10 international law firm, today announces its financial results for 2015. Total annual revenues of EUR 1.01bn compared with 2014 revenues of EUR 934.5m, a year-on-year increase of 8.4% Net profit up 6.8% compared with 2014 ...
Fintech revenues might double to $2.4 bn by 2020
June 10th, 2016
Growing smartphone penetration, evolving e-commerce ecosystem and customer expectations to give the big push The market for financial technologies (fintech) software in this country is estimated to double to $2.4 billion by 2020 from around $1.2 bn at present. This would ...
TechFinancials announced issued of shares for Joint Venture partner on a binary trading platform
June 10th, 2016
TechFinancials (AIM: TECH), a software developer that supplies simplified trading solutions to online brokers, announced the establishment of a joint venture with the owners of Option fortune Trade Limited, a company registered in Hong Kong (“the Partner”) which would ...
China opens its huge 8.4 trillion payment cards market to foreign firms
June 10th, 2016
China will allow foreign payment card companies to operate in the country under rules issued on Tuesday, potentially giving groups like Visa Inc (V.N) and MasterCard (MA.N) access to its 55-trillion-yuan ($8.4 trillion) card payment market. Visa and MasterCard, ...
Silver Acting Like ‘Gold on Steroids’ as Assets Near Record High
June 10th, 2016
ETFs backed by silver have seen assets increase for 8 days Prices are up 25% in 2016, tracking similar rally in gold For all the concerns whether the rally in precious metals will last, investors are close to making ...