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...“This looks like the start of a co-ordinated crackdown on crypto, coming from the UK banking sector. We’ve already seen this strategy take shape in the United States,” said one former HSBC employee....
...Since many of these are older generation machines, like the Antminer S9, it is less cost effective to ship them to locations such as the United States. In July, the price of an S9 dipped to just $367....
...While Donald Trump often advocated for a weaker dollar, Ms Yellen made clear that the “United States does not seek a weaker currency to gain competitive advantage”....
...Read more The coronavirus risks the return of currency wars: but US monetary easing should be done with Japan and the eurozone and not to them, argues Robin Harding in the FT....
...However, investors could still exercise caution on Asian currencies amid ongoing trade tensions between the United States and China, to which there are still few concrete signs of a long-term resolution....
...We should also note this guy, who’s doing his thing: A reminder that Donald Trump, who despite everything remains The Actual President of the United States, tweeted on April 2 that a deal to end the oil...
...Canada has agreed to join a US deal with Mexico to revamp the pact, ending months of uncertainty over trade in North America that had been hanging over the economies of all three countries...
...The Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33rd Road, 11106 (noguchi.org). Salon 94, 12 East 94th Street, 10128 (salon94.com)....
...There's evidence of the Alphaville team in several places today -- not just here on the blog, but also in the Palace of Westminster where Izabella Kaminska will give evidence on digital currencies to the...
...The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell 0.01 percentage point to 2.336 per cent, according to Reuters data. Yields move in the opposite direction of prices....
...China, like America and Europe, is a large and diverse economy with a single currency. Like America, there is (mostly) a common language....
...In mid-morning trading in Europe, global marker Brent rose 1.2 per cent to $61.67 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate, the US standard, advanced 1.1 per cent to $55.01 a barrel....
...The dollar index, which measures the currency against a basket of peers, was flat in Asia trading. Oil prices were lower after the impact of Hurricane Irma was downgraded....
...Beyond the Square Mile CVS Health, America’s biggest drugstore chain, has agreed to acquire the healthcare insurer Aetna for about $69bn, in a deal that will create a new giant in the prescription drugs...
...Ocado has been increasing the grocery picking capacity at its state-of-the-art customer fulfilment centre in Andover, and has increased the number of orders processed there by 50 per cent in 14 weeks....
...A person close to the company said he had sold the shares to repay personal loans he had taken out in US dollars, following a sharp fall in the value of sterling relative to the US currency....
...FTSE 250 pharmaceuticals group Indivior has suffered a major setback in its efforts to prevent the launch of generic competitors to its key product, heightening the risk of an increase in competition that...
...The term “vsmall” referred to a specific trade volume, while the letter “v” buried in the middle of the US dollar-Swiss franc currency pair identified the particular BNP client that traded....
...number of new attractive retail markets in London and the wealthiest catchment areas in the United States....
...The dollar index — which measures the buck against a basket of peer currencies — was up 0.14 per cent in early trading to 99.308, firming a day after touching 98.86, its weakest point since mid-November....
...After the FTSE Asia-Pacific index rose 0.4 per cent, US index futures suggest the S&P 500 will open later in New York at 2,171.5, adding fractionally to the 0.5 per cent gained in the previous session....
...The dollar index, a measure of the US currency against a basket of global peers, was flat at 95.284 today, while the yield on the benchmark 10-year US Treasury was flat at 1.6907 per cent....
...The FTSE-100 software group last week agreed to buy assets of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a deal valued at $8.8bn....
...The dollar index, a measure of the US currency against a basket of global peers, was flat at 95.88....
...And it is all a result of one man. (The Atlantic) Man v machine Sensitivity to “gut feelings” is a strong predictor of success in financial trading, according to research led by Cambridge university....
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