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Chinese economy concerns wipe $40bn off value of Apple
July 23rd, 2015
Fall in share price of world’s biggest company mirrored by slide in stocks in mining and commodity firms to their lowest level since market crash of 2008 Growing concerns about the health of the Chinese economy helped wipe $40bn off the ...
12 Ways The Economy Is Already In Worse Shape Than It Was During The Depths Of The Last Recession
July 22nd, 2015
Did you know that the percentage of children in the United States that are living in poverty is actually significantly higher than it was back in 2008? When I write about an “economic collapse”, most people think of a ...
Russia and its oil are likely to be losers in Iran deal
July 17th, 2015
In its negotiations with the United States on any number of geopolitical issues, Russia has become accustomed to playing its “Iran card.” But after the West’s historic nuclear agreement with Iran, some experts are suggesting Russia will have less ...
The Interface Companies of the Sharing Economy
July 17th, 2015
In the world of competitive sports, “bulletin board material” refers to when you collect negative comments from others and post then in public place to fire up your motivation. In my world, “bulletin board material” refers to comments that ...
China Growth Beats Economists’ Forecast as Stimulus Kicks In
July 15th, 2015
China’s economic growth proved resilient in the second quarter as policy makers stepped up support and a stock market boom — since soured — spurred services. Gross domestic product rose 7 percent in the three months through June from ...
Mideast digital economy to hit $30b by 2018
July 13th, 2015
The Middle East business landscape is quickly adopting latest technologies to capture competitive advantages arising from leveraging the Internet of Things and leveraging mobile technology in their core businesses. An SAP and Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report indicates that ...
US stocks seen higher on Greek agreement
July 13th, 2015
U.S. stock markets were tipped to open higher on Monday following news that Greece and its international creditors have reached a bailout agreement. European Council President Donald Tusk said early on Monday that euro zone leaders reached an unanimous ...
Total confusion about a Greek deal
July 12th, 2015
EU Council president Donald Tusk announced this morning that the planned EU summit is cancelled and that a separate euro zone summit meeting will start at 1400 GMT (1600 local time). Tusk said the eurozone summit would last until we ...
Italy Ratifies FATCA Agreement with US
July 10th, 2015
Italy has ratified the inter-governmental agreement top facilitate compliance with the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. FATCA, enacted by the US Congress in 2010, is intended to ensure that the US obtains information on accounts held abroad ...
China’s central bank injects US$8b into market
July 7th, 2015
The People’s Bank of China, China’s central bank, has injected 50 billion yuan (US$8.2 billion) into the money market through open market operations, it announced on Tuesday. This has marked the fourth consecutive cash injection through the central bank’s ...
