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Dollar, S&P 500 Futures Drop on Health-Care Flop: Markets Wrap
March 27th, 2017
Yen gains, while dollar is close to erasing post-Trump rally Japanese, Hong Kong equities retreat while gold climbs The dollar and U.S. equity futures accelerated Friday’s declines and gold climbed with bonds as investors shunned risk assets amid increased skepticism ...
World’s biggest meat producer scandal: Countries imposed import bans
March 24th, 2017
China, the EU, Japan, Chile, Mexico and Hong Kong have imposed various degrees of import bans on Brazilian meat after a corruption scheme allowing the sale of products past their due date was uncovered late last week. Meat is ...
The Russian “Laundromat” exposed; how the complex money laundering scheme worked
March 23rd, 2017
Three years after the “Laundromat” was exposed as a criminal financial vehicle to move vast sums of money out of Russia, journalists now know how the complex scheme worked – including who ended up with the $20.8 billion and ...
How powerful is your passport?
March 23rd, 2017
The Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom that their citizens enjoy. For more than a decade, Henley & Partners has analyzed global visa regulations to present an index ...
Oil prices recovered on Thursday
March 23rd, 2017
Oil prices recovered on Thursday from losses chalked up the session before, but the market remained under pressure as bloated U.S. crude inventories and rising output dampen OPEC-led efforts to curb global production. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark ...
Asia Stock Selloff Eases as Yen Weakens With Gold: Markets Wrap
March 23rd, 2017
Japan’s Topix fluctuates after biggest decline since November 10-year Treasury yields steady after four days of losses A global equities selloff that spurred the biggest drop in Japanese shares since Donald Trump’s election eased as demand for haven assets ...
Can state spending ever be cut?
March 22nd, 2017
President Trump was elected on several promises, including one that he would fund tax cuts by cutting public spending. Cynics might note that his first action was to increase spending on the military by $54bn, the equivalent of six ...
What You Do On Your Cell Phone Could Come Back To Haunt You
March 20th, 2017
As far as Big Brother is concerned, nothing that you do on your cell phone is ever private. And if the government really wants to see what is on your cell phone, they are going to get that information ...
IBM Goes Live With First Commercial Blockchains
March 20th, 2017
Tech giant IBM is set to unveil what it’s calling the first “commercial application” of Hyperledger’s open-source Fabric codebase. Previously released in beta and scheduled for official release today, the offering – dubbed “IBM Blockchain” – is formally debuting in front ...
Dollar Slides Fourth Day, Asian Stocks Are Mixed: Markets Wrap
March 20th, 2017
Australia 10-year bond yield slides for fifth day in six New Zealand shares tumble, yen maintains last week’s strength A gauge of the U.S. dollar headed for its longest losing streak since Donald Trump won the election, while stocks ...
