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Italian Investment Guru Says No Time Like the Present to Invest in Russia
January 18th, 2016
Ernesto Preatoni, an Italian real estate developer and investment guru with projects stretching from the Middle East to Eastern Europe, says that there’s no time like the present to invest in Russia. Interviewed by Italy’s Il Giornale newspaper, Preatoni, ...
Pimco Asks Court to Throw Out Bill Gross’s Civil Suit
November 10th, 2015
Firm calls suit ‘legally groundless and sad postscript’ to a storied career Pacific Investment Management Co. on Monday asked a California court to throw out the civil lawsuit of bond investor Bill Gross, saying the complaint is “legally groundless” ...
Visa, Citi, Nasdaq, Fiserv and Capital One back blockchain startup Chain
September 11th, 2015
Five financial services heavyweights have joined in a $30 million funding round for blockchain startup Chain, which is aiming to overturn Wall Street conventions for the issuing and handling of financial securities. Investors in the round include Visa, Nasdaq, ...
Snapshots of the Global Energy
July 29th, 2015
When the BP Statistical Review of World Energy is published each year, I skim through the figures and tables as a way of grounding myself in some basic facts. Here’s are a few things that caught my eye this year. Here’s ...
Africa Mobile Money Market Worth $14.27 Billion by 2020
July 15th, 2015
According to a new market research report, “Africa Mobile Money Market by Transaction mode (NFC/Smart Cards, Direct Mobile Billing, Mobile Web/WAP Payments, SMS, STK/USSD, and others), by Nature of Payment, by Location, by Type of Purchase, and by Country ...
Nokia Agrees to $16.6 Billion Takeover of Alcatel-Lucent
April 15th, 2015
The Finnish telecommunications company Nokia said Wednesday that it had agreed to an all-share takeover of Alcatel-Lucent that valued its French rival at 15.6 billion euros, or about $16.6 billion. The combined company is expected to become the world’s second-largest telecom equipment manufacturer ...
GFG Market Insight – Will Gold Go Below $1,000?
March 13th, 2015
In Brief: Gold’s charts suggest this precious metal may decline below $1,100 per ounce in the near-term. If this proves true and gold’s buyers fail to step up and support gold at those levels, gold appears poised to drop quickly below ...
Intercontinental Exchange Reports ICE and NYSE Volume for February 2015; Record Daily Oil Volume, up 59% over Prior February
March 5th, 2015
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today reported February exchange traded volume. ICE’s February 2015 futures and options average daily volume (ADV) declined 6% compared to February 2014. Commodity ADV increased 11% ...
Revenge of Disaffected Europe Risks Crisis Sparked in Greece
January 22nd, 2015
They speak different languages, they come from different backgrounds, yet all have the same message of frustration that’s threatening to redraw the European political map over the next year. Starting with elections this Sunday in Greece and heading west ...
The Russian Central Bank Is Intervening Again To Halt A Rouble Collapse
December 4th, 2014
Traders are claiming that the Central Bank of Russia has stepped back into currency markets to halt the rouble’s slide as it continued to fall in early trading on Wednesday. Here’s the evidence — the rouble sudden reversed its ...
