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Android Pay vs Apple Pay: who’s winning the mobile payment battle?
December 22nd, 2016
Apple and Google have been competing in just about every field of technology for some time now – from maps to music – and mobile payments is no exception. Here we’re going to take a close look at how ...
Grant Thornton UK reports 2.5% increase in revenue to £534m
December 20th, 2016
Leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP has continued to deliver against its Vision 2020 strategy. The firm’s financial results for the year ending 30 June 2016 show a 2.5% increase in revenue to £534m for the ...
Why Lawyers Sue Yahoo?
December 19th, 2016
On Wednesday afternoon, Yahoo disclosed that it had discovered a data breach exposing the private information of more than one billion user accounts. Less than 12 hours later that same day, a plaintiffs’ firm in Los Angeles had cranked out and ...
Dollar Extends Loss Amid Drone Concern, Oil Rises for Second Day
December 19th, 2016
China seized U.S. drone in international waters in Asia Japan shares fall for first time in three days as yen gains The dollar retreated versus most major peers, as heightened geopolitical tensions over China’s seizure of a U.S. naval ...
Central Bank of Greece forecast a strengthening of growth for 2017
December 16th, 2016
Today, in accordance with its Statute, the Bank of Greece submitted its Interim Report on Monetary Policy 2016 to the Speaker of the Greek Parliament and the Cabinet. Progress with the implementation of the programme and with economic recovery ...
Dollar Climbs to Strongest Since 2003 on Fed Path; Bonds Drop
December 16th, 2016
‘It feels like going long dollar is free money, no one loses’ Asian index futures diverge as yen drives haven-asset retreat The dollar rallied to its strongest level since 2003 against the euro, while gold plunged as the prospect ...
What Dow 20,000 means for stock-market investors
December 15th, 2016
What’s in a number anyway? That may be the question stock-market investors pose as the Dow Jones Industrial Average inches closer to the psychological milestone of 20,000. The Dow DJIA, +0.25% sold off on Wednesday as the Federal Open ...
Here Are Some of the Markets Making Big Moves After the Fed Announcement
December 15th, 2016
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time this year on the back of a stronger job market and increasing inflation expectations. While the move was expected, there was a surprise: new projections show central bankers now see ...
Pound to Euro Rate: Beware a Capitulation Lower
December 15th, 2016
The British Pound is recovering from recent lows against the Euro thanks to some better-than-forecast employment and earnings data but we hear from one leading analysts that the GBP/EUR could be destined to fall as low as 1.11 again. ...
FED expected to raise interest rates for the second time in 10 years
December 14th, 2016
Fed expected to raise interest rates but won’t tell market what it wants to hear The markets want to hear whether the Trump economy could jolt the Fed into a faster pace of interest rate hikes, but there’s little ...
