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NBG absorbs Cooperative Bank of the Peloponnese
December 21st, 2015
The Cooperative Bank of the Peloponnese is heading toward a split between a “good” and “bad bank” as it is the only cooperative lender to have failed to cover its capital requirements. Its healthy side will be passed on ...
Apple & China UnionPay to Bring Apple Pay to China
December 18th, 2015
Apple® and China UnionPay today announced a partnership to bring Apple Pay®, which transforms mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay, to China. China UnionPay cardholders will be able to easily add their bank cards ...
IBM Opens Watson IoT Global Headquarters, Extends Power of Cognitive Computing to a Connected World
December 15th, 2015
IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced the opening of its global headquarters for Watson Internet of Things (IoT), launching a series of new offerings, capabilities and ecosystem partners designed to extend the power of cognitive computing to the billions of connected devices, sensors and systems ...
The Commission acts for full, proper and timely implementation of EU law
December 14th, 2015
The Commission ensures proper application of EU law for the benefit of citizens and businesses: This month’s infringement package includes 34 reasoned opinions, 9 referrals to the Court of Justice of the EU, and 83 closures. To help citizens ...
Gold braced for Fed rate hike
December 14th, 2015
Historical data shows that this isn’t the time to initiate shorts on gold Gold has been lost for direction in recent weeks, moving sideways in the range of $1,060-1,080/ounce. Last week, it ended at $1,074/ounce, down 1.1 per cent. ...
Swiss National Bank released: Monetary policy remains expansionary
December 10th, 2015
The Swiss National Bank has issued today a press release to inform in relation to its monetary policy assessment. Monetary policy remains expansionary The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is maintaining its expansionary monetary policy. The target range for the ...
Falling Oil + Rising Dollar = Crisis For A Whole Lot Of People
December 10th, 2015
Oil is plunging again, this time in the wake of OPEC’s inability to limit its members’ production. The US dollar, meanwhile, is up on the divergence between Fed tightening and ECB/BoJ/BoC easing. This widening gap is a perfect storm ...
Asian markets trade lower, China bucks trend on IPO reform news
December 10th, 2015
Chinese stocks bucked a generally downward trend in Asian markets on Thursday to trade in positive territory after news broke that Beijing will finally introduce much-need IPO reforms. Oil prices, which remain under pressure due to a global supply ...
EU: Council agreed on first ever EU rules on cybersecurity
December 9th, 2015
MEPs close deal with Council on first ever EU rules on cybersecurity Transport and energy companies will have to ensure that the digital infrastructure that they use to deliver essential services, such as traffic control or electricity grid management, ...
Russia And Turkey: Teetering On The Brink
December 7th, 2015
The Russian state-run propaganda machine is currently fanning anti-Turkish vitriol full-time. Economic ties between Russia and Turkey are being effectively severed, while military forces have been put on high alert. Is this escalation a mere PR exercise to mobilize ...
