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Pound Traders Turn to BOE After Fed Rate-Increase Outlook Dims
October 5th, 2015
U.K. 10-year bond yield falls to lowest level since April BOE officials announce monetary policy decision on Oct. 8 After a week that saw currency traders push back their expectations for a Federal Reserve interest-rate increase, investors will turn ...
Asia Stocks Jump With Won After Weak U.S. Data; Glencore Surges
October 5th, 2015
Odds of 2015 liftoff pared as U.S. payrolls trail estimates Copper leads metals, commodities higher; China still closed Asian stocks jumped with emerging-market currencies and commodities after U.S.employment and factory reports came in well below estimates, undermining the case ...
Citi, HSBC Partner With R3CEV As Blockchain Project Adds 13 Banks
September 30th, 2015
Distributed ledger startup R3CEV has added 13 new banking partners, bringing the total number of banks involved in its activities to 22. In a release, R3 revealed Bank of America, BNY Mellon, Citi, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Mitsubishi UFJ ...
Oil falls after U.S. inventories show buildup
September 30th, 2015
Crude oil futures fell in early Asian trade on Wednesday after U.S. inventories showed a weekly buildup that far exceeded analyst expectations. The American Petroleum Institute said late on Tuesday that U.S. crude oil stockpiles rose by 4.6 million ...
Google Said to Be Under U.S. Antitrust Scrutiny Over Android
September 28th, 2015
New FTC inquiry comes years after it closed search-engine case Lingering skepticism meets probe over access to phone platform Google Inc. is back under U.S. antitrust scrutiny as officials ask whether the tech giant stifled competitors’ access to its ...
From ZIRP to NIRP
September 25th, 2015
The sudden end of the Fed’s ambition to raise interest rates above the zero bound, coupled with the FOMC’s minutes, which expressed concerns about emerging market economies, has got financial scribblers writing about negative interest rate policies (NIRP). Coincidentally, ...
RAK, UAE, and traditional tax havens
September 25th, 2015
What is the difference between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other popular tax havens? Why more and more international traders and investors find the UAE to be one of the best places to incorporate offshore companies for various ...
Russia Planning to Criminalize Bitcoin Activities
September 24th, 2015
The debate whether Bitcoin should be banned in Russia is once again picking momentum. According to a report of Interfax, the Russian government lately approached the regulators with its plan to criminalize the use and issuance of Bitcoin under ...
Is Bitcoin here to stay? Experts are still torn
September 24th, 2015
The digital currency has been called everything from a fad to the next big thing. Will Bitcoin go away? That’s the question that digital currency experts debated Monday at a conference in San Francisco hosted by tech news site ...
Oil nears $50 as U.S. stock-draw balances China data
September 23rd, 2015
Brent crude oil rose towards $50 a barrel on Wednesday as a drawdown in U.S. crude oil stocks outweighed the negative impact of weak economic manufacturing data from China. The American Petroleum Institute (API) said U.S. crude stockpiles fell ...