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Microsoft and MIT Explore Unique Applications of the Bitcoin Blockchain
July 30th, 2015
Microsoft New York and MIT Media Lab presented a 70-minute report called #Blockchain4good this week. Speakers included Brian Forde, MIT Media Lab director of digital currency and former senior technology adviser at the White House, and John Paul Farmer, ...
Asian shares, dollar up on Fed’s optimism; earnings in focus
July 30th, 2015
Asian stocks tiptoed higher on Thursday and the dollar consolidated recent gains after the U.S. Federal Reserve painted a relatively bright picture of the economy, but a deepening sell-off in commodities kept gains in check. Prospects of stronger U.S. ...
Forexware Invests in Asia with New Shanghai Operations
July 29th, 2015
Forexware, a leader in end-to-end forex (FX) solutions, as part of its continued expansion into the Asian market, today announced an arrangement with Shanghai Fu Li Lai Information and Technology Limited to act as an exclusive reseller of Forexware ...
Blockchain-based SETL plans to revolutionise payment and settlement
July 29th, 2015
A new venture plans to create a multi-asset, multi-currency institutional payment and settlements infrastructure based on blockchain technology. Called SETL, the venture is backed by Peter Randall, former chief executive at Chi-X, the multilateral trading facility that is now ...
Interdealer broker Tullett Prebon acquired MOAB Oil broker and announced Financial Results
July 29th, 2015
Tullett Prebon plc (the “Company”) announced that it has acquired MOAB Oil, Inc. (“MOAB”) a leading independent broker of physical and financial instruments in the energy markets. MOAB’s expertise includes physical gasoline, gasoline blending components, oil product swaps, ethanol, ...
China: Major Devaluation Coming
July 28th, 2015
The whole “market economy” thing is turning out to be a little trickier than China’s dictators expected. To set up the story: After the 2008 crash the country borrowed about $15 trillion (an amount that dwarfs the US Fed’s ...
When Authorities “Own” the Market, The System Breaks Down: Here’s Why
July 28th, 2015
Central planning asset purchases aimed at propping up prices destroy the essential price discovery needed by private investors. Panicked by the possibility of declines that undermine the official narrative that all is well, authorities the world over are purchasing ...
What are the implications of the Greek crisis for legal business and the rule of law
July 27th, 2015
What are the implications of the Greek crisis for legal business and the rule of law? At a roundtable held under the Chatham House Rule, Jonathan Rayner heard City lawyers consider the potential fallout. Greek riot police silhouetted against ...
Greece’s headache: how to lift the capital controls?
July 27th, 2015
It is just the headache Greece‘s government does not need right now: how can it loosen the capital controls that are shielding its banks, but strangling the rest of the economy? For the past month, Greece has been financially ...
Deutsche Boerse Buys 360T to Expand in Currency Trading
July 27th, 2015
Deutsche Boerse AG will buy foreign-exchange trading platform 360T for 725 million euros ($796 million) to move into the $5.3 trillion-a-day currency trading market. The agreement was signed by 360T shareholders including U.S. private equity firm Summit Partners, Deutsche ...
