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Oil markets extend gains after biggest daily climb in six years
August 28th, 2015
Crude oil futures rose on Friday, adding to their biggest one-day rally in over six years the day before, led by recovering equity markets and news of diminished crude supplies. U.S. crude are on track for their first weekly ...
US economic growth revised up sharply to 3.7%
August 27th, 2015
The US economy grew by far more than previously thought between April and June, revised figures have shown. The economy grew by an annualised rates of 3.7%, up from the first estimate of 2.3%. Growth of 0.6% in the ...
Kuroda Says Bank of Japan Can Still Achieve Inflation Target
August 27th, 2015
BOJ stands ready to adjust record stimulus if needed Central bank has “many options” for its monetary policy The Bank of Japan can achieve its 2 percent inflation target with the current level of monetary stimulus, even as it stands ...
Why Saudi Arabia Won’t Cut Oil Production
August 27th, 2015
Nine months after OPEC decided to leave its production target unchanged and pursue market share instead of trying to prop up prices, the group is facing a set of complex problems and decisions going forward. At first blush, the ...
Major Mining Pools Make a Stand Against Bitcoin XT Fork, Support for BIP 100 Grows
August 26th, 2015
It has been little over a week since Mike Hearn and Gavin Andresen included Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 101 (BIP 101) into the alternative Bitcoin implementation Bitcoin XT. BIP 101 is designed to create a hard fork in the blockchain to ...
Mideast Stocks Fall as Saudi Arabia Mulls Budget Cut on Oil Drop
August 26th, 2015
Dubai’s benchmark gauge is biggest decliner in region Brent crude has dropped almost 60 percent in 12 months Most Middle Eastern stock markets declined amid mounting concern the region’s largest economy will cut spending after oil prices slumped to the ...
Bank of Scotland is most complained-about bank, watchdog reveals
August 26th, 2015
More than 20,000 complaints about bank dealt with by financial ombudsman in first half of 2015, with Barclays and Lloyds also prompting many complaints Bank of Scotland, Barclays and Lloyds have been named the three “most complained-about” financial firms so ...
EY and Los Alamos National Laboratory Make New Cybersecurity Tools Available to the Private Sector
August 26th, 2015
Ernst & Young LLP and Los Alamos National Laboratory have formed a strategic alliance to deliver some of the most advanced behavioral cybersecurity tools available to the commercial market. “Cybersecurity attacks are ever more frequent and more sophisticated, and ...
Bitcoin 2.0: What do banks want from blockchains?
August 25th, 2015
Most financial institutions are currently in stealth mode, trying to wrap their heads around some version or other of a blockchain, the shared ledger system made famous by Bitcoin. But banks don’t want decentralisation or anonymity or open access. ...
CQG Connects to ASX 24 ITCH™
August 25th, 2015
Provides ultra-low latency access to Australian futures and options markets CQG today announced direct market access to ASX 24 ITCH™, the Australian Securities Exchange’s (ASX’s) premium ultra-low latency protocol for accessing ASX 24 markets, which include interest rate futures ...
