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Crude oil prices drop toward $37 as weak outlook prevails
December 30th, 2015
Crude oil futures slipped toward $37 per barrel on Wednesday as the market remained under pressure due to slowing demand and high supplies, while forecasts that a cold snap in Europe and the United States would be short-lived also ...
World Economic League Table 2016 Highlights
December 29th, 2015
Slower Chinese GDP growth and a weaker currency mean that China is now forecast to overtake the US in 2029 compared with 2025 in last year’s forecasts. Japan has the weakest forecast growth of all major economies and is ...
Ruble Drops to 2015 Low on Year-End Budget Flows as Oil Tumbles
December 29th, 2015
Russian currency slides past 72 per dollar as oil drops Finance Ministry seen boosting budget spending before new year The ruble fell to its weakest level this year as oil resumed declines and investors speculated a traditional pick up ...
Credit Suisse, Barclays and Deutsche Bank under new management
December 28th, 2015
In 2015, new bank chief executives have been rather like buses. You wait ages while anger mounts over regulation of the service, then three turn up at once. In the space of seven months in 2015, a trio of ...
UAE leads Middle East’s internet economy
December 28th, 2015
Country stands at the forefront of the ‘internet of Things’ revolution, BCG says The UAE leads the Middle East when it comes to the maturity of the internet economy, according to The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)’s 2015 e-Intensity Index ...
Bank of America to obtain clearing membership with MOEX FX Market. The first non-resident global bank
December 28th, 2015
Bank of America, National Association (BANA) is set to join Moscow Exchange’s FX Market as a clearing firm. The Bank is in the process of finalizing necessary documentation and will begin active trading in January 2016. It will trade via Merrill Lynch ...
Analysis – Record highs predicted for bitcoin in 2016 as new supply halves
December 23rd, 2015
2016 could prove to be the year that the price of bitcoin surges again. Not because of any dark-web drug-dealing or Russian ponzi scheme, but for an altogether less sensational reason – slower growth in the money supply. Bitcoin ...
Outlook for the USD index for 2016
December 23rd, 2015
Goldman Sachs recently released a fairly optimistic outlook for the US dollar for 2016. The group anticipates that the dollar will be strong against both the yen and euro, while expecting US inflation to increase. With an impending ...
Apple raises concerns over UK’s draft surveillance bill
December 22nd, 2015
Apple has raised concerns about the UK’s draft Investigatory Powers Bill. The proposed law aims to overhaul rules governing the way the authorities can access people’s communications. The US-based firm has passed on its thoughts to a parliamentary committee ...
Oil prices edge up as northern hemisphere moves into peak winter demand
December 22nd, 2015
Oil prices edged away from multi-year lows on Tuesday as the northern hemisphere moves into the peak-demand winter season, but mild weather and ballooning supplies mean that prices are expected to remain generally low well into 2016. The global ...
