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Why the EU is doomed
September 16th, 2016
We are accustomed to looking at Europe’s woes in a purely financial context. This is a mistake, because it misses the real reasons why the EU will fail and not survive the next financial crisis. We normally survive financial ...
KCG Completes Acquisition of Neonet
September 15th, 2016
KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) (“KCG”) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Neonet Securities AB (“Neonet”), an independent agency broker and execution specialist based in Stockholm, Sweden. The Neonet business, which will operate as a subsidiary ...
Mike Lynch’s Invoke Aims to Replace M&A Lawyers With Robots
September 15th, 2016
Former Autonomy CEO backs startup using AI for due diligence Move comes a week after HP sold former Autonomy assets Could the armies of lawyers needed to close billion-dollar deals soon be a thing of the past? That’s what Invoke ...
KPMG, EY, PwC, Deloitte, Accenture’s new weapons: toys, tech and Play-Doh
September 15th, 2016
Think of it as the consultant’s version of an arms race – but played out with fancy gadgets. KPMG’s new Innovation Lab, located at the accounting and advisory firm’s Barangaroo digs in Sydney, is designed to unsettle clients so ...
“Stock Trading Whiz Kid” to Pay $1.5 Million to Settle Stock Newsletter Fraud Charges
September 15th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a self-proclaimed “stock trading whiz kid” and his stock newsletter company in Los Angeles have agreed to pay nearly $1.5 million to settle charges that they defrauded subscribers through false statements ...
The impoverishment of the masses
September 14th, 2016
Feudal and mercantilist economic systems were characterised by the lower orders of ordinary people being enslaved by, or subjected to, the commands of an elite. Beyond basic subsistence, serfs and slaves were not enabled to consume other goods, nor ...
One of Bitcoin’s Biggest Miners is Launching a Second Pool
September 14th, 2016
As if running the third-largest bitcoin mining pool wasn’t enough, China-based Bitmain announced the launch of its second mining pool yesterday. Unlike the other large mining pools, though, the new offering (launched through its subsidiary BTC.com) will be open sourced ...
Elliott Wave Analysis On AUDUSD And USDCAD
September 13th, 2016
Good morning traders! Stocks and energy markets are down early this morning which puts some pressures on commodity currencies that are weakening at the moment against USD. It appears that AUD, NZD and CAD are in fifth wave ...
The most common scams and how to avoid them
September 12th, 2016
Call it an occupational hazard, but I’ve become so nervous of scammers and fraudsters that I now delete even legitimate emails from my providers. In the past months alone this has seen my PayPal account suspended and my web ...
Here’s How Europe Implodes, Part 1: Italian Junk Bonds And The End Of Austerity
September 12th, 2016
The “whatever it takes” economy is progressing nicely around the world, with governments and central banks doing things that no 20th century economist would have viewed as possible, let alone wise. Now the question becomes, where does this ...
