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Three Things B2B Marketers Should Know About Data in 2018
January 17th, 2018
The most successful business-to-business (B2B) brands are buyer-centric. They know who their buyers are, what their pain points are and how they make purchase decisions. These sorts of insights are possible, in part, due to data. In 2018, B2B ...
Is There Such Thing As A Stable Cryptocurrency?
January 17th, 2018
Bitcoin and its sister cryptocurrencies have rocked the world markets. The sheer volatility of the currency, with incredible, four-figure fluctuations daily, have tanked confidence in vendors. Take the example of the PC gaming delivery platform Steam, who stopped accepting ...
Asian equities’ best start to a year since 2006 continued Tuesday; The euro gained less than 0.05 percent
January 16th, 2018
Asian equities’ best start to a year since 2006 continued Tuesday as most bourses in the region pushed higher. The yen declined amid concern Japanese authorities may want to limit gains that pushed the currency to a four-month high. ...
Will coffee futures recover in 2018?
January 11th, 2018
Coffee prices fared poorly last year, despite (depending on which analysis you follow) ideas of another world production deficit. The impact of the shortfall, evident in downbeat export data from Brazil and Vietnam, was muted by the extent to ...
Dollar edged higher against a basket of six major currencies
January 11th, 2018
The dollar edged higher against the yen on Thursday after comments by China’s foreign exchange regulator eased concerns that China may reduce its buying of U.S. government bonds. The dollar rose 0.2 percent to 111.70 yen JPY=, pulling away ...
Euro near three-year peak as dollar languishes, risk appetite hurts yen
January 5th, 2018
The euro hovered near a three-year high against the sagging dollar on Friday, while improving investor risk appetite weighed on the yen. The euro was 0.05 percent higher at $1.2074 after rising 0.45 percent overnight. The common currency received ...
Shell, Barclays say US tax plan means billions in 4Q charges
December 28th, 2017
Two major European companies, oil producer Shell and Barclays bank, say the U.S. tax reform law will force them to take big charges in the last quarter of the year. Shell said Wednesday it expects to book between $2 ...
Agricultural commodity prices to fall again in 2018, says Goldman Sachs
December 27th, 2017
Agricultural commodity prices, on course for a third successive year of decline, are on course for a fourth, Goldman Sachs said, even as it lifted its forecast for cotton prices. The investment bank forecast commodity returns overall, as measured ...
Main moves in markets: Asian stocks mixed, Yen was little changed, Euro was up, Pound was flat
December 19th, 2017
Asian stock benchmarks were mixed amid growing optimism that U.S. legislators are on the brink of passing sweeping tax cuts. Benchmarks in Japan and South Korea were down while stocks in Sydney, Hong Kong and China advanced after U.S. ...
Yen Rose, Euro Was Little Changed, Dollar Headed For Its First Weekly Loss
December 15th, 2017
Stocks in Asia declined and the dollar headed for its first weekly loss this month as investors assessed messages from Federal Reserve and European Central Bank meetings this week and concerns about the Republican tax overhaul package lingered. Hong ...
