Global (economic) warming
February 26th, 2017
If the economy was on its uppers, Trumpenomics could be reasonably compared with Reaganomics. But that is not the case. The economy is operating close to capacity, ….any further fiscal and monetary expansion will begin to create …. economic ...
FRENCH RETENTION/SALES OFFICER
February 24th, 2017
Industry: Financial Services Description: Xtrade is an award-winning provider of desktop and mobile trading services, featuring CFD trading on stocks, national stock indices, commodities, and currencies. The brokerage’s financial technology includes five digital trading platforms, all of which are ...
Bundesbank posts distributable profit of €0.4 billion in 2016
February 24th, 2017
The Bundesbank posted a profit of €1.0 billion for the 2016 financial year, compared with €3.2 billion in 2015. Owing to an allocation to the reserves, the remaining distributable profit amounted to €0.4 billion and was transferred in full ...
Bitcoin is getting closer to its all-time high
February 23rd, 2017
Bitcoin is getting closer to a record high. Early buying on Thursday has the cryptocurrency up 2.2%, or $24.16, to $1153.47 a coin, and on track for its 10th straight day of gains. Its all-time high of $1,161.88 was set ...
Playtech reports revenues up 12% for year 2016 vs 2015
February 23rd, 2017
Playtech (LSE: PTEC) today announces its results for the year ended 31 December 2016, together with a trading update for the period to 20 February 2017. Group financial highlights · Total revenues up 12% vs 2015 on a reported ...
How Many Euro Crises Will This Make? It’s Getting Hard To Keep Track
February 23rd, 2017
Every few years, it seems, one or another mismanaged eurozone country falls into one or another kind of crisis. This leads to speculation about the end of the common currency, which in turn spooks the global financial markets. Then ...
Danish police first to use bitcoin to jail drug traffickers
February 23rd, 2017
Danish police have become the first in the world to hunt down internet drug traffickers by analysing their bitcoin transactions. Kim Aarenstrup, the head of the Danish police’s cyber crime unit NC3, told Berlingske that police had built a ...
Ex-Forex Traders jailed for false trades
February 22nd, 2017
Ex-Deutsche Bank trader Toh sentenced to eight weeks Former HSBC senior dealer Chng handed 15-week sentence Two former currency traders from Deutsche Bank AG and HSBC Holdings Plc were sentenced to jail terms of as long as 15 weeks ...
Bitcoin prices touch fresh 3-year high
February 22nd, 2017
The price of a single bitcoin leapt to its highest level in more than three years on Tuesday, as traders bought up coins in anticipation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ruling on a proposed bitcoin exchange-traded fund. One ...
China’s bitcoin traders are finding new ways to trade
February 21st, 2017
China’s central bank has stepped up oversight of bitcoin exchanges this year, leading major trading platforms to impose halts on withdrawals and other checks to appease the regulator. But Chinese traders aren’t playing along—they are apparently flocking to peer-to-peer ...