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Global trade update
January 30th, 2017
The easy pattern of prolonged trade negotiations has been rudely interrupted by President Trump. Europe The easy pattern of prolonged trade negotiations has been rudely interrupted by President Trump. Even before he had become President his anticipated presence in ...
ACCA identifies six business models transforming business
January 30th, 2017
A new report published by ACCA, the global body for professional accountants and the Economic and Social Research Council has identified six business models which could transform the way in which companies transact. The report Business models of the ...
The seven simple rules on how to avoid Forex scams
January 30th, 2017
Forex scams are common despite the fact that regulatory authorities around the world are actively trying to set regulations and rules to protect investors and public from fraudsters. Forex market is still unregulated to a large extent and fraudsters ...
Euro area reports up in household income per capita
January 30th, 2017
In the euro area, in real terms, household income per capita increased by 0.2% in the third quarter of 2016, after an increase of also 0.2% in the previous quarter. Household real consumption per capita increased by 0.3% in ...
How Gulf stock markets are in early Monday; Saudi Arabia’s index fell
January 30th, 2017
Major Gulf stock markets were weak in early trade on Monday in response to soft global equities and crude oil prices, although Dubai courier firm Aramex soared on a fourth-quarter earnings beat. Saudi Arabia’s index fell 0.1 percent after ...
Oil extends declines on rising U.S. output
January 30th, 2017
Oil prices extended declines on Monday, dragged down by signs of growing output in the United States that could partly offset output cuts by OPEC and other producers. Uncertainty over the outlook for U.S policy also broadly weighed on ...
Dollar Slips After Trump Move, Asia Stocks Decline: Markets Wrap
January 30th, 2017
Yen gains with gold; many Asia markets shut for Lunar New Year Global criticism of Trump’s ban is building across globe The dollar declined with Asian stocks as traders digested the tensions sparked by Donald Trump’s order halting some ...
Demand Soars for Colored Diamonds
January 28th, 2017
Last spring, Mahyar Makhzani, a Geneva-based fund manager, placed a 4.08-carat pear-shaped gem against special ultrawhite paper and peered at it through his eyeglass. He liked what he saw. Several days later, after 10 minutes of negotiation on the ...
MoneyGram Agrees to Merge with Ant Financial
January 27th, 2017
MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI), a global provider of innovative money transfer services, and Ant Financial Services Group, one of the world’s leading digital financial services providers and parent company of Alipay, a global mobile payment platform, today announced that they ...
Credit China FinTech Enters into US$30 Million Deal with Bitfury Group
January 26th, 2017
The board of directors (the “Board”) of Credit China Fintech Holdings Limited (“Credit China Fintech” or the “Company”, stock code: 8207) and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) announced today that it has entered into a US$30 million deal with BitFury ...