Two companies have agreed for strategic partnership to allow merchants to accept Bitcoin on the Limonetik payment platform. The partnership will allow merchants accept payment from anyone anywhere in the world at low cost and with no chargeback risk...
U.S. stocks began the week on an upbeat note, with the main indices rising Monday, after eurozone leaders reached an agreement for a third bailout program for Greece...
On Monday the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries trimmed 2015 demand forecast for its oil...
European shares surged in early trade Monday after European Council President Donald Tusk said euro zone leaders reached a unanimous agreement following all-night talks in Brussels to move forward with a bailout loan for Greece...
On Monday oil prices fell by as much as 3 percent as Iran and six world powers were close to concluding a nuclear deal...
It’s been five months since Johnson Umeadi and his wife, Adaku, received their salaries as government workers in southeastern Nigeria. With Nigeria’s finances shot by last year’s collapse in oil prices, they’re struggling with rent and can’t afford school fees for their three children...
Greece struggling to convince creditors it’s for real As it seeks a third European bailout in five years, Athens aims to show it can push through dramatic reforms BRUSSELS (AP) — Greece’s finance minister was struggling late Saturday to convince skeptical creditors that the Greek government can b...
Who Would Benefit From a Stock Market Correction? (A Wealth of Common Sense) see also Short Sales Are at Their Highest Level Since the Financial Crisis (Bloomberg) No Slowing RIA Growth (Wealth Management) Stephen Roach: Why the Stock Meltdown Doesn’t Spell Doom for China...
"Control over the gold price is exercised in New York and London, leaving China at the mercy of those two centers." Julian Phillips, GoldForecaster.com...
Jersey to Create Bitcoin Regulations in Line with Public Opinion The Government of Jersey has asked public to provide its opinion on whether it should regulate decentralized virtual currencies such as Bitcoin or not...
Riverstone Holdings LLC and Blackstone Group LP-backed Siccar Point Energy Ltd. are considering bidding for oil and gas fields in the North Sea that are being sold by Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s LetterOne, people with knowledge of the situation said...
On Friday the dollar pushed lower against a basket of other major currencies, as growing hopes for progress in Greece debt negotiations spurred demand for riskier assets...
On Friday the euro hit one-and-a-half week highs versus U.S. dollar, lifted by hopes that the Greek deal will be reached before the end of the week...
BitX mentioned how it was to receive requests from Nigeria, traders and businesses, something that led them to full-fledged launch in Africa’s largest economy. Greece...
Greece Seeks $59.2 Billion Bailout in Effort to Keep Euro Will it work? The government of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sought a three-year bailout loan of at least 53.5 billion euros ($59.2 billion), in a last-ditch effort to keep the country in the euro...
The BRICS group of developing nations, meeting in Russia to bolster ties, said they’re disturbed by the turbulence that’s roiled global markets from energy to stocks...
Proof That Merkel Is Europe’s Economic Bully She’s the most dominant leader in the euro zone with virtual veto power over decisions “The lesson of this crisis is more Europe, not less Europe,” Angela Merkel said in 2012 as the integrity of the region’s monetary union was threatened by financial i...
