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Does The IMF Actually Want To Cause A Greek Debt Default?
June 24th, 2015
When it comes to geopolitics, there are often wheels working within wheels that are working within wheels. Once in a while we get a peek behind the scenes, but for the most part the machinations of the global elite ...
How EU data protection law could interfere with targeted ads
June 24th, 2015
The successor to the 20-year-old European data protection directive has inched closer to becoming law, having been approved by the Council of Ministers, which represents each of the 28 EU member states. This has led to howls of anguish from some ...
Japan shares clear 18-year peak, dollar firm
June 24th, 2015
Asia shares were trying to score a sixth session of gains on Wednesday as investors chose to be optimistic on the chances of a Greek debt deal, while the dollar held firm as the prospect of U.S. rate rises ...
Legal Suit Sheds Light on Secret Trading Technology
June 23rd, 2015
Ashbury Heights accuses former data partner of misusing intellectual property A legal dispute in San Francisco is shedding light on the secret tools that some of the biggest quantitative hedge funds, including WorldQuant LLC and Two Sigma Investments LLC, ...
ECB: TARGET2-Securities successfully launched
June 23rd, 2015
TARGET2-Securities (T2S), the Eurosystem’s landmark platform for securities settlement, started live operation this morning A first group of securities depositories and their user communities from Greece, Malta, Romania and Switzerland are now connected to T2S for settlement of euro ...
Hopes for Greece bailout deal rise sharply as Athens gives ground
June 23rd, 2015
Creditors view new Greek proposals on pensions and VAT as the most positive move yet in five months of wrangling Hopes of a deal that would spare Greece from a looming debt default and possible exit from the single ...
EU-Greece negotiations are at the finish line
June 22nd, 2015
After five months of high drama, debt negotiations between the leftist government in Greece and its official lenders – the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Central Bank – are near the finish line. On June ...
Could Russia afford to bail out Greece and what would that mean?
June 22nd, 2015
There are deep cultural and historical ties between Greece and Russia. In terms of religion, the majority faith in both countries is Eastern Orthodox. And Russia has a track record of standing up for Greece, like it did during ...
€2bn Russia-Greece gas deal: The EU should applauding us, Putin says
June 22nd, 2015
A deal to jointly build an extension of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline across Greece will help Athens to settle its multibillion euro debt to international creditors, President Vladimir Putin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Talking ...
China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba sees business potential in Russia; Interview with Ma Yun
June 22nd, 2015
Ma Yun, founder and chairman of China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba, speaks during an interview with Xinhua News Agency in Moscow, Russia, June 21, 2015. China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba sees promising prospects for the development of Russian online trading market, ...
