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Greece apply efforts to increase the tourist flow from Russia
June 6th, 2016
Greece has moved to offer Russians long-term Schengen visas to increase an already considerable tourist flow from Russia, the Interfax news agency reported Thursday. Those Russians who have already made at least one trip to the European Union will ...
Asian shares rise, dollar nurses losses after jobs shock
June 6th, 2016
Asian shares rose on Monday and the dollar dragged itself off its lowest levels in nearly a month after U.S. nonfarm payrolls showed the slowest job growth in more than five years, quashing expectations for a near-term U.S. interest ...
Pound Tumbles, Volatility Jumps After Polls Show Brexit Momentum
June 6th, 2016
ITV poll shows Brexit ahead 45% to 41%; TNS has 43% to 41% One-month volatility at seven-year high before June 23 vote The pound slumped to a three-week low after polls showed more Britons favor exiting the European Union, reviving ...
Fed likely to avoid rate hike before Britain votes on leaving EU
June 3rd, 2016
The U.S. Federal Reserve may be forced to delay a rate hike at its June meeting because of mounting concern over the economic fallout from Britain’s vote on whether to leave the European Union. The geopolitical risk likely will ...
U.K. Stocks Show Calm Before Brexit Storm as Pound Traders Fret
June 3rd, 2016
FTSE 100 volatility index at lowest vs currency counterpart U.K. shares’ dividend yield greater than global equity index Less than three weeks before Britain votes on its membership in the European Union, the country’s equity investors are much less ...
Bitcoin Exchange Bitstamp Enables EUR/USD Trading
June 2nd, 2016
In an announcement yesterday, Bitstamp has announced that clients can now trade Euros for Dollars, marking the bitcoin exchange’s entry into the biggest traditional currency trading pair in the foreign exchange market. Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp has entered the largest and the ...
What happens next if Britain votes to leave the EU?
June 2nd, 2016
The first hours By the early hours of Friday 24 June, it will be clear if the UK has defied the experts and pollsters by voting to leave the European Union. If that happens, a shattered David Cameron, his leadership ...
Japanese Stocks Drop as Yen Advances; Oil Near $49 Before OPEC
June 2nd, 2016
Euro climbs to one-week high before ECB policy review Haven assets including gold and U.S. Treasuries rise Japanese stocks fell by the most in a month and the yen strengthened after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held back a widely ...
OECD says the global economy is stuck in a low-growth trap
June 1st, 2016
The global economy is stuck in a low-growth trap that will require more coordinated and comprehensive use of fiscal, monetary and structural policies to move to a higher growth path and ensure that promises are kept to both young ...
EU Approves Directive On CbC reporting of tax information
June 1st, 2016
On May 26, 2016, the Council of the European Union approved a Directive on the country-by-country (CbC) reporting of tax information by multinational corporations and automatic exchange of that information between EU tax authorities, which member states would be ...
