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Oil scrambles off April lows but oversupply still weighs
July 28th, 2016
Oil prices steadied just above three-month lows on Thursday as producers continued to pump more than needed, filling inventories, and economic growth prospects darkened. Brent crude oil LCOc1 was down 10 cents at $43.37 by 0750 GMT (03:50 a.m. ...
Yen Plunges and Japan Stocks Rebound on Stimulus Bets; Oil Sinks
July 27th, 2016
Aussie jumps after inflation data, before reversing gains U.S. stock-index futures climb on Apple’s after-market rally The yen dropped as Japan’s Prime Minister was reported to commit to a $265 billion stimulus package. Chinese stocks tumbled and crude oil ...
UnionPay takes top spot from Visa in $22 trillion global cards market
July 25th, 2016
Having been the largest scheme worldwide for card numbers since 2010, UnionPay overtook Visa to also become the largest by value of card payments in 2015 Payment cards worldwide increase by 8% to reach 13 billion in 2015 New ...
Precious Metals Slide on Stronger Dollar Before Fed as Yen Drops
July 25th, 2016
Ringgit falls sixth day to lead Asian currency declines Turkish stocks climb after steepest weekly drop since 2008 The dollar’s strength weighed on precious metals as investors looked toward central bank meetings this week in the U.S. and Japan. European ...
Asian Stocks Drop as BOJ Rejecting Helicopter Money Supports Yen
July 22nd, 2016
Oil below $45 a barrel as gold retreats with copper, nickel Ringgit sinks as 1MDB scandal in focus; yuan strengthens Asian stocks fell with European equity index futures as commodities sank to levels last seen in May. Malaysia’s ringgit ...
Globalization’s Few Winners and Many Losers
July 21st, 2016
Quality, quality of life, and well-being are not easily quantified, so they are ignored. I often write about the Tyranny of Price, the rarely examined assumption that lower prices are all that matters. Thanks to the Tyranny of Price, ...
Big Four in talks with UK government on Brexit
July 21st, 2016
Accountants’ expertise will be needed as the trade negotiations start following the UK’s vote to leave the EU, the government has confirmed, while the Big Four are building up specialist Brexit teams to meet the demand for advice on ...
Asian shares at nine-month highs on inflow bets; dollar strong
July 21st, 2016
Asian stocks climbed to nine-month highs on Thursday, helped by a recovery in global oil prices, while the dollar strengthened against the safe-haven yen on resurgent expectations of a U.S. interest rate hike this year. European shares are expected ...
UnionPay International accelerates the localization of its overseas business
July 21st, 2016
UnionPay International is accelerating the localization of its overseas business by enlarging card-issuing scale abroad, and by supporting overseas cardholders’ card-using in the local market, China as well as other countries and regions. Latest data show that, by the ...
Invoice fraud costs developing countries billions
July 20th, 2016
Some developing countries are losing as much as 67% of their exports to invoice fraud, according to research commissioned by the United Nations (UN), which claims that the over-and-under invoicing of trade transactions over the past two decades has ...
