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Massive fraud link to major mortgage broker
January 7th, 2015
The Melbourne man at the centre of an alleged $110 million mortgage fraud holds a senior position in one of the country’s largest mortgage brokerage networks, raising concerns that the true scale of the potential financial losses is yet to be ...
Oil: How Low Will It Go?
January 2nd, 2015
Naturally nobody knows, but the chart below makes a very compelling case for continued downside in this key commodity. This technical case for oil to go lower from current levels rests on at least two factors. First is oil’s ...
Goldman Sachs sparks outrage by paying staff highest UK bonuses
January 2nd, 2015
Goldman Sachs has paid the highest bonuses to senior staff among banks operating in the UK, sparking outrage and leading to calls the firm must return to “planet earth”. Overall, the US investment bank paid 121 London bosses and ...
MegaBigPower: 2014 Was a Game Changer for Bitcoin Mining
December 30th, 2014
The bitcoin mining landscape was, perhaps, permanently shaped over the past year, as events both great and small made their marks on the industry. 2014 saw community uprisings against large hashrate contributors, growing amounts of capital flowing into the ...
Entry Point of JPMorgan Data Breach Is Identified
December 23rd, 2014
The computer breach at JPMorgan Chase this summer — the largest intrusion of an American bank to date — might have been thwarted if the bank had installed a simple security fix to an overlooked server in its vast ...
Who Are the Winners of Russia’s Ruble Meltdown?
December 18th, 2014
The Russian ruble‘s spectacular falls this year have been relentlessly portrayed as bad news. But with the ruble now down some 45 percent against the U.S. dollar since January, are there no winners? Companies that produce in Russia but sell abroad are bound ...
Yen Falls From Four-Week High Before Fed as N.Z. Dollar Slides
December 17th, 2014
The yen retreated from the strongest in four weeks against the dollar before the Federal Reserve concludes a two-day policy meeting today. The yen has been the biggest gainer among the 10-currency Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Indexes in the past week ...
Brent below $60: Prepare for ‘dramatic’ investment cuts
December 16th, 2014
Brent crude prices fell below $60 per barrel for the first time since July 2009 on Tuesday, prompting analysts to warn of a “dramatic” cut in investment – which could hit future supply. Brent for January delivery was trading ...
Proposal To Form China’s First Bitcoin Advocacy Group To Test Government Attitude
December 10th, 2014
Established in 2012, the Bitcoin Foundation has quite a few titles – It is a “top trade organization”, an “unofficial organisation to represent the interests of Bitcoin”, a Bitcoin “lobbying group” and “one of the world’s leading advocacy groups ...
Two Sydney men plead guilty to insider trading
December 5th, 2014
Two Sydney men, including a former analyst with ratings agency Moody’s, today pleaded guilty to insider trading that netted a profit of more than $180,000. Daniel Joffe, 37, of Vaucluse, passed on information acquired in the course of his ...
