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PwC economists reveal predictions for 2016
January 11th, 2016
G7 to grow at fastest rate since 2010, led by US and UK Geopolitics (rather than economics) will top policymakers’ agendas Commodity prices will remain lower for longer End of the Eurozone crisis African population to rise in 2016 ...
Nasdaq and Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Sign Landmark Strategic Agreement
January 7th, 2016
Will Form a New Joint Platform for Private Israeli Growth Companies Tel-Aviv to Expand Business and Boost Trading Technology With Genium INET Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) have officially announced a strategic cooperation. The two have agreed to form a jointly-operated venture to support private growth companies in Israel. The venture, which will ...
Cyprus is ‘next property investment hotspot’, says agency
January 7th, 2016
Cyprus is set to join London, New York and Paris as a top international property hotspot, says a leading agency. Chestertons International says there has been growing interest from investors for luxurious Cyprus properties, with sales rising 23% in October ...
New Bitcoin app will Pay You to Walk
January 7th, 2016
Franky Imbesi and Nissan Bahar, social entrepreneurs working in Africa, have created a new app that will pay you to walk. Rather that use computing power to “mine” bitcoin, the app allows you to generate Bitwalking Dollars by walking. The practical ...
World Bank:Anemic recovery in emerging markets to weigh heavily on global growth in 2016
January 7th, 2016
Weak growth among major emerging markets will weigh on global growth in 2016, but economic activity should still pick up modestly to a 2.9 percent pace, from 2.4 percent growth in 2015, as advanced economies gain speed, according to ...
Saudi Arabia: Could This Spark a Stock Market Crash in 2016?
January 4th, 2016
Saudi Arabia’s Budget Woes Could Trigger Economic Collapse in 2016 The collapse of oil prices to below $37.00 per barrel, compared to $56.00 last January, has sunk Saudi Arabia’s accounts and hurt its budget expectations. According to the 2015 ...
The 25 financial events that shaped the year 2015
December 30th, 2015
As we are close to move from year 2015 to year 2016, OneStopBrokers has collected and presents the major Financial events happened in 2015. 2015 was a year that the Eurozone was almost collapsed. We all witnessed a possible ...
World Economic League Table 2016 Highlights
December 29th, 2015
Slower Chinese GDP growth and a weaker currency mean that China is now forecast to overtake the US in 2029 compared with 2025 in last year’s forecasts. Japan has the weakest forecast growth of all major economies and is ...
Credit Suisse, Barclays and Deutsche Bank under new management
December 28th, 2015
In 2015, new bank chief executives have been rather like buses. You wait ages while anger mounts over regulation of the service, then three turn up at once. In the space of seven months in 2015, a trio of ...
UAE leads Middle East’s internet economy
December 28th, 2015
Country stands at the forefront of the ‘internet of Things’ revolution, BCG says The UAE leads the Middle East when it comes to the maturity of the internet economy, according to The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)’s 2015 e-Intensity Index ...
