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Oil prices rise as investor sentiment turns upbeat
April 22nd, 2016
Oil prices rose on Friday, setting crude futures on course for solid weekly gains, as market sentiment turned more upbeat despite ongoing oversupply. International benchmark Brent crude futures LCOc1 were trading at $44.88 per barrel at 0713 GMT, up ...
How bitcoin’s sister technology could change the future of healthcare
April 22nd, 2016
The larger world didn’t start paying much attention to bitcoin until 2013. That was the year mainstream companies like Microsoft, Expedia and Dell, among others, began to accept the alternative, electronic payment method. That was also the year the ...
Russia wins Hague court appeal over $50bn Yukos judgement
April 21st, 2016
A Dutch appeal court has overturned an arbitration court decision which required Russia to pay shareholders in the former Yukos oil company $50 billion, the Interfax news agency reports. “We have won our appeal of the arbitration court decision ...
Moscow & Shanghai seek to dominate gold trade
April 21st, 2016
The Bank of Russia and the People’s Bank of China want to create a joint platform that would unite gold trading by the world’s two biggest gold buying countries. “BRICS countries are large economies with large reserves of gold ...
European Stocks Little Changed as ABB, Miners Offset Energy Drop
April 20th, 2016
Crude prices retereat as Kuwait workers agree to end strike Miners advance as BHP Billiton cuts iron ore output forecast European stocks were little changed as miners advanced and investors focused on companies that posted better-than-expected earnings, offsetting a ...
Cryptocurrency For Beginners – Bitcoin, Ethereum, And BitGold
April 20th, 2016
What do you know about Bitcoin? Ever purchased/sold any? Used it to pay for something, online or at a bricks and mortar store? What about Ethereum? BitGold? If you’re like the majority of the public, you may have a ...
Israeli police collaborate with French regulator; 15 FX company directors under criminal investigation
April 20th, 2016
4XP, BForex, Sisma Capital, Tradaxa and Aston Invest involved in a massive scam operation that took an average of €210,000 from each victim The world of Forex and Binary Options scams in Israel is being dragged out by a ...
Asian Stock Rally Sputters as Crude Retreats; China Shares Slump
April 20th, 2016
Aussie, Kiwi fall from the strongest levels since June Oil slips to about $40 as Kuwait strike ends; silver gains A rally in Asian stocks stumbled as oil fell back to around $40 a barrel and Chinese equities slumped ...
Once A Tax Haven, Gibraltar Now Says It’s Low-Tax
April 19th, 2016
Gibraltar, a tiny British territory at Europe’s southern tip, is famous for its geography — a huge limestone rock — that appears on the Prudential logo. It’s a global center for offshore banking, with the trappings of wealth to prove ...
FSMA updated its list of unauthorised investment firms in Belgium
April 19th, 2016
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has issued an announcement to inform that the Authority has updated its list of providers of/intermediaries in binary options and forex products, “recovery rooms” and “boiler rooms”, all operating unlawfully in Belgium. ...
