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The fiscal benefits of free trade
August 18th, 2017
The fiscal benefits of free trade Western governments have an overriding problem, and that is they have reached or exceeded the bounds of taxation, at a time when legally mandated welfare costs are accelerating. Treasury departments in all ...
Bitcoin, Digital Currency and AML/CFT eKYC via Paydentity™
August 18th, 2017
Highlights • iSignthis welcomes Justice Minister’s statement to include digital currency exchange sector into Australian Anti Money Laundering (AML) regulations • iSignthis Paydentity service already providing identity verification eKYC and processing services to US and EU companies, including Coinify.com ...
Dollar drops, the Yen and Euro rose, the Aussie added 0.1 percent: Brokers review
August 17th, 2017
Dollar drops; Aussie extends advance after base-metal surge Fed minutes show officials concerned about low inflation Most Asian stocks rose, led by technology shares after stellar earnings at Internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. The yen climbed and the dollar ...
UK’s financial regulator warns for unauthorised and clone firms
August 16th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s financial regulator regulator for 56,000 financial services firms and financial markets in the UK and the prudential regulator for over 18,000 of those firms, has issued announcements to warn investors and public ...
If bitcoin was a stock, it would be the seventy-fourth biggest by market capitalization
August 16th, 2017
If bitcoin was a stock, it would be the seventy-fourth biggest by market capitalization, on the S&P 500. Bitcoin hit a record high of $4,483.55 on Tuesday. Bitcoin’s market capitalization reached as high as $73.5 billion, within touching distance ...
Dollar holds most of gains
August 16th, 2017
The dollar was steady in Asian trade on Wednesday, holding onto most of its gains made after strong U.S. retail sales data kept alive the chance of another Federal Reserve interest rate hike this year. Minutes from the Fed’s ...
Dumb – And Dumber — Money Keeps Pouring In
August 11th, 2017
Someday, stock, bond and real estate valuations will matter again. And the mechanism by which this return to sanity is achieved will probably be the torrent of money now flowing in from people who, for various reasons, don’t care ...
Uber investor sues Uber’s former chief executive for fraud
August 11th, 2017
Travis Kalanick, who built Uber into a transportation behemoth, was ousted as chief executive of the ride-hailing company in June by unhappy investors. Now, one of those investors has escalated the battle by suing Mr. Kalanick, claiming fraud and ...
Stocks, dollar extend slide as U.S., North Korea tensions intensify
August 11th, 2017
Asian equity markets extended a global slide on Friday as tensions ramped up between the United States and North Korea, sending investors fleeing to less risky assets such the yen, the Swiss franc and U.S. Treasuries. Wall Street closed ...
Safe-haven currencies rise as North Korea tensions brew
August 10th, 2017
Traditional safe-haven currencies including the Swiss franc and Japanese yen rose on Wednesday, boosted by worries about increased tensions between the United States and North Korea. The greenback slipped 0.83 percent to a near two-week low against the Swiss ...
