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Israeli police arrests Mexican Bitcoin blackmail
November 3rd, 2014
A 34 year old man was arrested at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on suspicion he had stolen information during the last few months and demanded Bitcoin worth millions of shekels in order not to disclose information. Cyber ...
Emirates NBD lists first NZ currency bond on Dubai bourse
November 3rd, 2014
NASDAQ Dubai, the region’s international stock exchange, has welcomed the listing of a 100 million New Zealand dollar ($78.1 million) conventional bond by Emirates NBD. The bond is the first to list on a GCC exchange in New Zealand’s ...
China manufacturing growth slows
November 3rd, 2014
Growth in China’s manufacturing sector slowed in October, an official survey suggests, reinforcing concerns about a slowdown in the wider economy. The country’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) fell to a lower-than-expected 50.8, from 51.1 in the previous month. Any ...
Most People Cannot Even Imagine That An Economic Collapse Is Coming
November 3rd, 2014
The idea that the United States is on the brink of a horrifying economic crash is absolutely inconceivable to most Americans. After all, the economy has been relatively stable for quite a few years and the stock market continues ...
The Opportunity in Weak Commodity Prices
October 31st, 2014
Commodity markets – especially for crude oil — continue to face headwinds from excess supply and uncertainties about divergent monetary policies. But nascent positive trends give commodity markets a more balanced outlook, in our view. Looking into the end ...
Inflation? Deflation Is New Risk
October 31st, 2014
A generation of economists and central bankers who lived through the 1970s learned that there is a large risk from runaway inflation and that steps must be taken to stop it before it gets out of control. In reality, ...
Japan’s Central Bank unexpectedly moves to stimulate economy
October 31st, 2014
The Bank of Japan will buy larger quantities of government debt in an effort to battle deflation. After insisting for more than a year that its aggressive monetary policy was sufficient to revive Japan’s economy and end deflation, the ...
Nikkei leads Asia higher after surprise BOJ move
October 31st, 2014
Japan led Asian shares higher after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) surprised markets by announcing more stimulus measures. In an unexpected decision, the BOJ eased monetary policy on worries that lower oil prices would affect consumer prices. The central ...
How Will The Stock Market React To The End Of Quantitative Easing?
October 31st, 2014
It is widely expected that the Federal Reserve is going to announce the end of quantitative easing this week. Will this represent a major turning point for the stock market? As you will see below, since 2008 stocks have ...
U.S. prosecutors reopen probes against several big banks
October 30th, 2014
U.S. prosecutors are reopening investigations into big banks on suspicion they may have violated agreements under which the institutions settled prior cases against them, The New York Times reported, citing lawyers briefed with the matter. With the settlements, the ...
