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Eight men earn more than 3.6 billion people: our economics is broken
January 16th, 2017
Today, eight people have the same wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population. Stop and think about this. It is a mind-boggling concept. Last year we said we would have needed a double-decker bus to transport the ...
The Path to $10,000 Bitcoin
January 16th, 2017
So let’s imagine a scenario in which tens of trillions of at-risk wealth suddenly seek an alternative–any alternative to staying in an asset class that’s circling the drain. As my colleague Davefairtex observed recently, the paint isn’t quite dry ...
Global market maker Citadel Securities to pay $22.6 million to settle charges
January 16th, 2017
Citadel Securities Paying $22 Million for Misleading Clients About Pricing Trades The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Citadel Securities LLC has agreed to pay $22.6 million to settle charges that its business unit handling retail customer orders ...
Malice in Wonderland
January 15th, 2017
Malice in Wonderland Recently, I was quietly reading in my armchair, eyes closing and trying to stay awake, and the next moment I was falling down a rabbit hole. After falling into the void, I found myself outside a ...
Google reportedly close to tax deal with Italian authorities
January 13th, 2017
Google is reportedly close to finalising a €280m settlement with Italian tax authorities for routing profits through Irish and Dutch subsidiaries to reduce its tax liabilities. It would follow a similar settlement by Apple for €300m last year. Facebook ...
Second Forex Dealer pleads guilty to conspiring to fix prices in the FX market
January 13th, 2017
A foreign currency exchange (FX) dealer became the second person to plead guilty to conspiring to fix prices in the FX market, the Justice Department announced today. According to the one-count information filed in the U.S. District Court for ...
FTSE 100 extends a record-breaking run
January 11th, 2017
European stocks rose Wednesday, with London striking another record pinnacle on the sliding pound and rebounding commodity prices. Sterling fell as weak official trade data offset bright industrial output figures — and the currency’s slide gave a fresh impetus ...
The price of Bitcoin falls 10% as China plans to investigate exchanges
January 11th, 2017
The price of bitcoin fell by around 10 percent after Chinese authorities announced plans to inspect bitcoin enterprises. The People’s Bank of China published an announcement this morning that it will carry out site inspections on January 17 to ...
Smoking costs the world’s economies over $1 trillion every year
January 10th, 2017
Policies to control tobacco use, including tobacco tax and price increases, can generate significant government revenues for health and development work, according to a new landmark global report from WHO and the National Cancer Institute of the United States ...
Brokers used in-and-out trading strategy to defraud customers
January 10th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two New York-based brokers with fraudulently using an in-and-out trading strategy that was unsuitable for customers in order to generate hefty commissions for themselves. The SEC’s complaint alleges that Gregory T. Dean ...
