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Gold Slumps With Silver to Lowest Since ’10 as Platinum Retreats
November 7th, 2014
Gold and silver tumbled to the lowest level in more than four years as a gauge of the dollar headed for the biggest weekly advance in more than 12 months, curbing demand. Platinum dropped to the lowest since 2009. ...
Canada and China to Set Up Yuan Trading Hub in Canada
November 7th, 2014
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will announce the establishment of a trading hub for the Chinese currency in Canada during a state visit to Beijing starting today, according to a person familiar with the matter. The deal will allow firms to exchange Canadian ...
Asian shares slump, euro wallows near lows
November 7th, 2014
Asian shares edged down on Friday ahead of U.S. employment data later in the session, while the euro wallowed around two-year lows after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi vowed to take more easing steps to spark growth in ...
Texas man charged in first-ever bitcoin Ponzi scheme
November 7th, 2014
In the first federal securities case involving a Ponzi-scheme using the digital currency, a Texas man was charged Thursday in New York with defrauding investors of millions of dollars worth of bitcoin. Trendon Shavers, 32, was arrested at his ...
Hedge fund nightmare turns into a dream
November 6th, 2014
Do computers that trade financial markets ever have nightmares about losing money? It is a question investors have asked in recent years of the hedge funds that use automated algorithms and models to buy and sell billions of dollars of assets. ...
The Economy Of The Largest Superpower On The Planet Is Collapsing Right Now
November 6th, 2014
How do you fix a superpower with exploding levels of debt, that has a rapidly aging population, that consumes far more wealth than it produces, and that has scores of zombie banks that could collapse at any moment. You ...
Thursday November 6: OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Currency pairs
November 6th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for November 6, 2014 EUR/USD The EURUSD closed below the 1.25 handle for the first time. This suggests more downside for the pair. Support below at 124.35-15 which is likely to be tested in the ...
Lenovo Second-Quarter Profit Climbs, but Shares Dip
November 6th, 2014
Lenovo Group Ltd reported quarterly revenue that missed analyst estimates, with a decline in smartphone sales curbing investor optimism about the world’s biggest maker of personal computers (PCs) turning into a force in mobile devices. Lenovo’s earnings came at ...
Euro edges higher, stocks sag before ECB meeting
November 6th, 2014
The euro edged higher and European stocks pulled back on Thursday as investors waited to see how ECB chief Mario Draghi responds to another run of poor euro zone data and reports of disquiet about his leadership style. The ...
Companies sign secret tax deals with Luxembourg: report
November 6th, 2014
More than 300 companies, including PepsiCo Inc(PEP.N), AIG Inc (AIG.N) and Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE), secured secret deals from Luxembourg to slash their tax bills, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) reported, quoting leaked documents. The companies appear to have ...
