PARIS--The French economy returned to only slight growth in the third quarter of this year and business sentiment remains weak, a survey by the Bank of France indicated Wednesday. The monthly survey by the central bank forecasts that the eurozone's second largest economy expanded 0...
On Wednesday, both the Japanese yen and the Australian dollar declined in Asia with China markets back to action after a week-long holiday...
MOSCOW--The Bank of Russia has intervened to shore up the ruble, shifting the currency's trading corridor again following its drop to record lows Monday on foreign-exchange markets, according to latest data from the central bank...
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- The Bank of Japan kept its policy unchanged Tuesday as widely expected, adding no new easing...
One of the worst days in the history of cryptocurrency trading: leading digital currency Bitcoin fell to the session’s lowest figures, altcoins like Litecoin, Dogecoin and Darkcoin also crashed by huge margins...
In a few weeks, we reach the beginning of that six-month stretch when stocks over the decades have tended to perform at their best. But looking ahead, David Kotok, chairman of Cumberland Advisors and a respected value investor, is decidedly cautious...
Speaking at the Institute of Directors’ annual convention in the Royal Albert Hall, Jon Matonis, executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation claimed that “When it clicks, we’re going to reach an inflection point and Bitcoin will become the new gold...
This weekend Financial Secretary John Tsang admitted that the government was not psychologically prepared for such scale of the protests...
(Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday there are both positive and negative factors to a weak yen, stressing that he will closely monitor the effects on the economy. "I won't comment on specific exchange-rate levels...
won’t comment on specific yen levels; in general weak yen pushes up import costs and hurts small companies while exporters; Japanese PM giving us a quick lesson in basic economics; export declines have stopped due to weak yen since Abenomics introduced; hopes firms are beginning to shift investme...
Bill Gates believes that the digital currency is a revolutionary technology and key. He was participating in SIBOS 2014 at Boston. Talking to Bloomberg TV’s Erik Schatzker, Bill Gates admitted said that the Bitcoin technology is key...
Hello everyone and welcome to my blog. I'm going to discuss my newest indicator the ABSAV; why I made it and why I think every trader should use it. The idea that volume and price and interconnected isn't a new one...
PayStand, an e-commerce gateway for alternative and traditional forms of payment, announces that is bringing up its API (Application Programming Interface) which according to it supports payments with credit cards, e-checks and Bitcoin...
"In 2014, [gross domestic product] is expected to grow at 3% driven by public sector support, net exports, and a mild revival of private consumption in the later part of the year," the IMF said...
Jobless rate falls to 5.9% from 6.1% amid broad gains in hiring...
The greenback advanced against a basket of other major currencies on Friday, heading close to a four-year peak before a highly anticipated U.S. employment report due later in the day and as Thursday's jobless claims data also lent strength...
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The pound GBPUSD, -0.37% fell back to levels not seen since mid-September this year on Friday, continuing its decline after Bank of England Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent dampened expectations for an immediate rate hike...
On Friday the yen kept weakening in Asia on a mix of civil turmoil in Hong Kong and disappointing serice industry surveys in Australia and China...
Monthly job cuts in September (30,477) fell to their lowest level in 14 years, according to a report released Thursday by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas — and now 2014 is on pace to have the fewest job cuts since 1997...
The price of bitcoin has seen a subtle recovery following a week of steadily plunging prices, moving up to around $385 (£240, €305) over the last 24 hours...
