Argentina’s debt crisis is causing the world’s biggest stock gains as investors buy equities to protect themselves against peso devaluation and soaring inflation...
On Tuesday the greenback rose to a more than one-year high against a basket of other major currencies, while the euro remained pressured amid growing expectations that the European Central Bank will announce additional easing measures...
• FTSE 100 up 0.1% to 6,825...
The Australian dollar dipped below US93¢ for the first time in a week, dropping after a weakening yen and as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) continued its mild jawboning of the currency...
Amazon and Alibaba, the world’s largest e-commerce companies, are gearing up for the next big competition: cross-border e-commerce...
Coinbase dropped a bombshell on the bitcoin world by revealing that not only are its bitcoin deposits insured, but they have been so for more than a year. This after months of competitors listing insurance as a differentiating feature...
The IMF’s latest international gold reserves data, updated yesterday, shows that in July, Russia raised its official gold reserves to 35.5 million ounces (1,104 tonnes...
China’s top legislature passed an amendment to the Budget Law laying the legal framework to let more local governments sell bonds directly to raise funds for projects of public interest. Under quotas approved by the State Council, local authorities can sell debt to invest in such projects...
Sany Heavy Industry, the flagship construction equipment manufacturer controlled by Chinese billionaire Liang Wengen, said Saturday net profit in the first six months of the year plunged 48% to 1...
U.S. & Global Stock Market News David Tice: Stocks Will Fall 30%-60% Albert Edwards: The Stock Bubble Is Making A Hissing Sound Are Stocks Heading For A Crash This Fall? Broken Links: Fed Policy and the Growing Gap Between Wall Street and Main Street...
Bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem has reached a plea deal to resolve U.S. charges that he engaged in a scheme to sell over $1 million of the digital currency to users of illicit online marketplace Silk Road, his lawyer said Friday...
European stock-index futures rose after equities posted a monthly gain, as Germany’s trade expanded more than estimated and as a drop in Chinese manufacturing spurred speculation of further stimulus. Asian stocks rose while U.S. index futures were little changed...
Before you head off to your fun in the sun, check out our longer form weekend readings: Edward Snowden: The Untold Story (Wired) Paul Graham on Money vs. Wealth: How to Get Rich (Brain Pickings) This Pope Means Business (Fortune) The Rise and Fall and Rise of Virtual Reality (The Verge...
The cryptocurrency market is facing shocks from the only coin that was rising superbly from previous days. BitSharesX fell as like it rose, indicating nothing but a well-planned pump-and-dump by its key actors. The coin’s market cap has fallen over 32% in the last 24 hours...
India's economy grew faster-than-expected in the three months to June and at the strongest pace in two years, preliminary figures from the Central Statistics Office revealed Friday. Gross domestic product grew 5.7 percent in the April to June quarter, which exceeded economists' forecast for 5...
Shares in Luye Pharmaceutical, a cancer drug maker led by Chinese billionaire Liu Dianbo, climbed by 15% at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to a record high today after the company announced plans to buy a majority stake in Beijing Jialin Pharmaceutical. Luye would pay 3...
The iWatch may be coming earlier than everyone thought. Apple plans to launch a new wearable device, presumed by many to be a smartwatch, alongside two next-generation iPhones this September according to a report on tech news site Re/code...
After delivering their Bitcoin buying and selling platform services to customers worldwide, BitQuick is now focusing into Middle-East...
The praise from Wall Street was effusive in the wake of Facebook’s second-quarter earnings report July 23, rushing to boost ratings and raise price targets...
