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Australian stock market becomes haven for tech startups
April 11th, 2016
The Asia-Pacific region has been picking up some of the slack we’ve been encountering lately within the technology merger and acquisition (M&A) landscape. While US capital markets are tightening, tech M&A activity in the Asia-Pacific region reached a three-year ...
Can A Divided OPEC Agree On Anything In Doha?
April 6th, 2016
Only two weeks remain until the fated meeting between the OPEC countries and their counterparts from outside the organization, scheduled to take place in the Qatari capital of Doha on the coast of the Persian Gulf. The meeting could ...
Virtual Currency that is rival to Bitcoin, attracts attention and has soared in value
March 28th, 2016
A new virtual gold rush is underway. Even as Bitcoin, riven by internal divisions, has struggled, a rival virtual currency — known as Ethereum — has soared in value, climbing 1,000 percent over the last three months. Beyond the ...
Oil to rebound to around $50 by year end – Saxo Bank
March 28th, 2016
Several factors are helping oil prices gain ground The past two months of oil price volatility have taken its toll on the financial markets, with the main culprits for this dramatic price fall being excess production, concerns about a ...
Saudis to take control of largest U.S. refinery
March 22nd, 2016
The crown jewel among America’s oil refiners may soon be owned by Saudi Arabia. Saudi Aramco, the state oil company of OPEC’s most powerful player, recently announced plans to take full control of the sprawling Port Arthur, Texas refinery. ...
Non-Opec member Oman yet to be invited to Doha meeting
March 21st, 2016
Oman has said it’s yet to receive an invite to a historic meeting of oil producers, where they’re expected to discuss freezing output to support prices. This is despite Oman being the largest non-opec oil producer in the Middle ...
Barclays accused of ditching clients born in countries considered high-risk for money laundering
March 18th, 2016
Barclays has been accused of ditching clients who were born in countries that are classified as high-risk after it was pulled up by the Financial Conduct Authority in November for failing to do due diligence and proper financial crime ...
Oil prices jump to $40
March 18th, 2016
Crude oil is back from the dead — for now at least. Oil prices jumped to $40 a barrel on Thursday for the first time since early December. The milestone marks a dramatic 54% spike in the span of ...
Two-thirds of law firms actively target international growth
March 17th, 2016
Pricing and competition the biggest challenges facing firms in EMEA and APAC Over half of law firms across geographic regions are optimistic about growth in 2016, but pricing and competition pose the two biggest challenges to success, new research ...
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 ...
