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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
March 17th, 2016
Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace despite the global economic and financial developments of recent months. Household spending has been increasing at a ...
Apple ‘raised technological barriers’ to stop warrant in iPhone case: U.S. government
March 11th, 2016
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) rhetoric was “false” in a high-profile fight over the government’s bid to unlock an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters. Last month, the Federal Bureau ...
Gold is the only sound money
March 11th, 2016
This article notes that the technical situation for the gold price has sharply improved, to the evident surprise of many mainstream analysts. It discusses possible reasons behind the turnaround, and implications for the future The technical situation is shown ...
Asia markets erase early losses as traders digest ECB easing
March 11th, 2016
Asia markets reversed early losses to trade mostly higher on Friday, as traders digested fresh easing from the European Central Bank (ECB) overnight. The Japanese benchmark Nikkei 225 erased losses to close up 86.52 points, or 0.51 percent, at 16,938.87. The ...
Bitcoin Group withdraws from its IPO and ASX listing application
March 10th, 2016
Bitcoin Group Ltd has issued a press release to inform investors in relation to its IPO and ASX listing application. Below is the press release as it was published by the company: The Directors of Bitcoin Group Ltd would firstly ...
Deutsche Boerse-LSE eye savings from merger move
March 9th, 2016
Deutsche Boerse (DB1Gn.DE) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE.L) are targeting cost savings of more than 300 million euros ($331 million), once a merger of the two exchanges is completed, three people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. ...
Oil prices stable as falling U.S. output offset by demand worries
March 9th, 2016
Oil prices were only slightly higher on Wednesday as support from falling U.S. production was countered by a strengthening U.S.-dollar and concerns over slowing demand. U.S. crude futures CLc1 were at $36.60 per barrel at 0449 GMT, up 10 ...
Asia trades lower, with Shanghai off 2.9%, Nikkei lower by 1.3%
March 9th, 2016
Most Asian markets stumbled Wednesday, with China shares dropping sharply, as analysts pointed to renewed concerns about the mainland’s economy following lower-than-expected trade data for February. The Shanghai composite dropped 2.9 percent, while the Shenzhen composite fell 2.22 percent. Elsewhere, the Japanese benchmark Nikkei ...
Asia markets lower, ASX down 0.7%, Shanghai down 1.7%
March 8th, 2016
Markets in Asia lost ground Tuesday, stepping back from their recent rally as traders digested the weak China trade data. Angus Nicholson, a market analyst at IG, told CNBC a lot of the recent rally in stocks has been ...
Microsoft, Google Join Rivals to Back Apple in FBI Fight
March 4th, 2016
Tech competitors argue privacy, security threatened in case San Bernardino shooting victim among those supporting Apple Tech giants including Microsoft Corp. and Google set aside often fierce rivalries to back Apple Inc. in its fight against a judge’s order ...
