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IBM Big Data expert shares tips with CPAs
May 20th, 2016
Paul Zikopoulos uses the mall as an example of how Big Data can be used for meaningful business insights. When you go to the mall, who doesn’t sign onto the “free” wireless internet service so you can use your ...
Undeniable Evidence That The Real Economy Is Already In Recession Mode
May 19th, 2016
You are about to see a chart that is undeniable evidence that we have already entered a major economic slowdown. In the “real economy”, stuff is bought and sold and shipped around the country by trucks, railroads and planes. ...
Dollar stands tall as Fed minutes rekindle June rate hike bets
May 19th, 2016
The dollar stood tall and set a three-week high against the yen on Thursday, after the minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting rekindled expectations for a June interest rate hike. The dollar rose to 110.27 yen ...
Lifting sanctions on Iran opens up business opportunities
May 9th, 2016
Economic sanctions have cost Iran an estimated $120 billion (€105 billion) since 2012, primarily in lost oil and gas revenues. That equates to about 30 per cent of the economy of the second-largest country in the Middle East after ...
How bitcoin’s sister technology could change the future of healthcare
April 22nd, 2016
The larger world didn’t start paying much attention to bitcoin until 2013. That was the year mainstream companies like Microsoft, Expedia and Dell, among others, began to accept the alternative, electronic payment method. That was also the year the ...
Morningstar: Interview with Robin Milway, Manager of the New Capital Dynamic European Equity Fund
April 21st, 2016
Trouble in the US led to a contagion melt down across the Channel last year – and while American markets have bounced back, there are still opportunities in Europe Emma Wall: Hello, and welcome to the Morningstar series, “Why ...
Britain’s buy-to-let market showing early signs of a slump
April 13th, 2016
Interest from investors fell 27% last month compared to a year earlier Areas where rental yields are strong include Durham, Rightmove says Average monthly rent in London now stands at £2,021, findings say Since the beginning of April, a 3 per ...
World’s Top Traders Say the Worst Is Over for Oil
April 13th, 2016
CEOs from Gunvor, Mercuria and Trafigura predict higher prices Oil traders expect “tougher” 2016 after boom times last year Top executives at the world’s largest oil-trading houses said the worst of the market’s woes are probably over, with some ...
Helicopter Money: Global Central Banks Consider Distributing Money Directly To The People
March 24th, 2016
Should central banks create money out of thin air and give it directly to governments and average citizens? If you can believe it, this is now under serious consideration. Since 2008, global central banks have cut interest rates 637 ...
Draghi Defines His Era With Stimulus Measures Locked Into Next Decade
March 11th, 2016
Lending program can lock in ultra-low rates until next decade ECB action provides rebuttal to doubts over central bank power Whether Mario Draghi’s latest barrage of stimulus works or not, the European Central Bank president made one thing clear on ...
