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With the launch of this new service, users will be able to book hotels via the hotel channel of Gome.com.cn. The hotel channel will enable booking of 280,000 hotels across China...
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Allegations against Chinese anti-virus company Qihoo 360 are doing little to quell fears about using Chinese security software...
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To get a grasp on what a margin call is, you should understand the purpose and use of Margin & Leverage. Margin & Leverage are two sides of the same coin. The purpose of either is to help you control a contract larger than your account balance...
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Market players themselves must better understand moral hazard; that in return for taking the big bucks, there are penalties for stupidity. Gone are the days when we used to glibly say in the broking business. “Market up, market down; put them in, take them out. Two commissions...
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Political party which is though liberal in ideology, calls out for stricter control measures to be placed on the technology in a bid to improve security and prevent fraudulent and criminal activity...
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Gold and technical patterns go hand in hand in the market. Many believe that gold finds more power in movements from technical patterns than fundamentals and I'm generally inclined to agree with them on that, except when it comes to FOMC and Non-farm payroll days...
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It hasn't been a great couple of years to be a gold bug. Since peaking at $1,923.70 per troy ounce in September 2011, gold has lost nearly 40 percent of its value. And while gold hasn't dropped dramatically this year, it has failed to gain back...
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The key theme on the gold price chart are the two trading ranges since gold’s all time highs. One trading range started end of 2011 and lasted till early 2013, the second one is still in play. In technical terms, both trading ranges took the form of a descending triangle...
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Online payments expert Stripe added Bitcoin payment support to its API, following which users will able to accept payments in digital currency alongside credit cards. The new-feature is scheduled to come out of beta testing in January 2015 and will charge a fee of 0.5% per transaction...
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With all the "talk" of diverging paths of monetary policy... one could be forgiven, if glancing at the chart above, for thinking the inevitable endgame of Keynesianism is very much at hand as first The BoJ, then The Fed, then Europe all enter ZIRP... and now NIRP...
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The S&P 500 ended the day 1.6% lower to $2,002.70, taking the losses for the week to 3.5%. The last time that it suffered such a decline was in May 2012, as reported by The Financial Times. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 1.8% or 312 points to 17,284...
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AUD/USD’s small rebound has produced a Dragonfly Doji on the daily which is threatening to evolve into a bullish Morning Star formation. The close of the current candle above 0.8450 and an ensuing up-session would be required to confirm the pattern and open the prospect of further gains...
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10 Wednesday Reads

12 November 2014, 16:55
The Pension Wars: Finite assets. Infinite managers. The battle is on. (CIO) Buffett Said He Paid a Lot. $15 Billion Later, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Is a Cash Machine...
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US DOLLAR TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Prices may be gearing up for a turn lower after prices produced a bearish Dark Cloud Cover candlestick pattern. Near-term support is at 11246, the 14.6% Fibonacci retracement, with a break below that on a daily closing basis exposing the 23.6% level at 11211...
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USD Dollar Forecasts - Dollar Climbs to Five Year High as Yields and FX Volatility Rebound Global risk trends seems to be on a firm recovery while monetary policy softens from Europe to Asia...
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US Dollar Forecast US Dollar to Advance as Upbeat Payrolls Data Fuels Fed Rate Hike Bet. Softer ISM Data May Be Offset by “Fed-Speak” Pointing to Steady Outlook GBPUSD Pound Forecast Bank of England Rate Decision threatens volatility on surprises...
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EUR/USD Weekly BIG picture, monthly RSI has broken out of a triangle pattern. Sometimes, a pattern breakout in momentum (or OBV) precedes the breakout in price. The development’s implications are obviously significant...
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Ebola crisis hit home for Americans the other week with the death of a Liberian man in Dallas...
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Crude Oil was weak most of the month on lower demand and high production with a global glut. The commodity closed at 91.16 after climbing back above the $94 level and then crashing as the markets closed for the month. Brent Oil dipped from over $100 to close at 94...
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Ebola: Financial Impact

10 October 2014, 18:11
Ebola virus is in West Africa and now in Spain and in the U.S. With more than 3,500 deaths and about 8,000 reported cases, it is one of the most severe disease outbreaks in recent years. All the focus has rightly been on the medical implications of the disease and the tragic human consequences...