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European shares likely to open mixed as pound plunges on Brexit divide
November 16th, 2018
European stocks may open on a mixed note Friday after the pound suffered its biggest one-day loss against the euro since October 2016 amid a deepening crisis for UK Prime Minister Theresa May. Four ministers, including Brexit Minister Dominic ...
As Oil Plunges, Energy Junk Bonds Turn Dangerous — Again
November 14th, 2018
Back in 2104 oil was falling and hundreds of billions of dollars of energy junk bonds and leveraged loans looked to be at risk. Wolf Street had this to say at the time: “Oil and Gas ...
Euro and Sterling climbed higher on Wednesday; Dollar Index slipped from a 16-month high
November 14th, 2018
The euro and sterling climbed higher on Wednesday as investor confidence rose on news Britain had struck a draft divorce deal with the European Union after more than a year of talks. The rise in the euro and sterling ...
Victims of €20m French-Israeli ads scam to get some money back, not from Israel
November 7th, 2018
Seven years after French law enforcement began receiving complaints about a sophisticated advertising scam operated from France and Israel, hundreds of victims of the 20 million euro ($17.5 million) fraud are being notified by the French authorities that they ...
Bitcoin turns 10 — how it went from an abstract idea to a $100 billion market in a decade
November 1st, 2018
Ten years ago, as Lehman Brothers was declaring bankruptcy and the global economy was lurching into recession, the idea for an alternative currency was being quietly built online. Bitcoin went from an anti-establishment fad on the internet to a ...
Gold Is Becoming Cool Again
October 31st, 2018
The sentiment shift is still subtle, but it’s both real and widespread. After a few years of being ignored and/or dismissed as basically useless, gold is cool again, attracting positive press and increasing accumulation by big investors. India, for ...
UK to introduce ‘Google tax’ in 2020
October 31st, 2018
When it comes to tech, Britain wants to have its cake and eat it, too. The U.K. moved on Monday to extract more tax from the likes of Google and Facebook, even as London pushes aggressively to make itself ...
Cryptocurrency fraud: Don’t be taken in! How to determine that an offer is a fraud
October 30th, 2018
FSMA Belgium published a new warning against cryptocurrency fraud and updated the list of cryptocurrency trading platforms for which it has detected indications of fraud, adding 21 new suspect sites. This list now comprises a total of 99 websites. ...
Dollar holds near 10-week high; Euro lost 1.8 percent this month
October 29th, 2018
The dollar edged higher against a basket of its key rivals on Monday, not far off a 10-week high hit after data showed U.S. economic growth slowed less than expected and as global risk sentiment remained fragile. The U.S. ...
U.S. Dollar closes at highest level since 2017
October 26th, 2018
The dollar closed at its highest level in more than a year Thursday, buoyed by investors fleeing from volatile equity markets. The WSJ dollar Index, which measures the U.S. currency against a basket of 16 others, rose 0.1% Thursday ...