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Europe Roundup: Sterling hits 11-month trough amid no-deal Brexit concerns, dollar rallies as U.S.- China trade war tensions mount, European shares volatile - Monday, August 6th, 2018

Aug 06, 2018 11:47 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup EUR/USD -0.23%, USD/JPY 0.18%, GBP/USD -0.51%, EUR/GBP 0.24% DXY 0.28%, DAX 0.26%, FTSE 0.30%, Brent 1.08%, Gold -0.29% Germany Jun Industrial Orders MM, -4.0%, -0.4% forecast, 2.6%...

Crypto Currency Brief: Bitcoin in red zone again; Coinbase launches new plugin system for payments; Bitcoin Superstore adds XRP to list of cryptocurrencies - Monday, August 6th, 2018

Aug 06, 2018 11:40 am UTC| Commentary Market Roundups Economy Digital Currency

BTC/USD: After recovering slightly over the weekend, Bitcoin prices again entered the red category and falling below the $7,000 mark. The price action is completely in contrast to news that San Francisco-based crypto giant...

Asia Roundup: Dollar gains as U.S. jobs data boosts Fed rate hike expectations, gold off 17-month low as China retaliates with $60 billion tariffs on U.S. imported goods, oil surges as Iran sanctions loom - Monday, August 6th, 2018

Aug 06, 2018 06:59 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Chinese state media slams Trump for extortion in trade dispute Huawei in British spotlight over use of U.S. firms software White House to detail implementation of new Iran sanctions Monday...

America’s Roundup: Dollar steady after jobs data miss; Fed rate hike hopes intact, Wall Street ends higher,Gold bounces up from 17-month low, Oil prices pull back as trade tensions weigh on market-August 4th, 2018

Aug 03, 2018 20:52 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup US Jul Non-Farm Payrolls, 157k, 190k forecast, 213k prev 248k revised. US Jul Private Payrolls, 170k, 189k forecast, 202k prev 234k revised. US Jul Unemployment Rate, 3.9%, 3.9% forecast, 4.0%...

Crypto Currency Brief: Ethereum hits near 4-month low; BTC/USD breaches immediate support; Ripple, EOS starts to recover - Friday, August 3rd, 2018

Aug 03, 2018 13:24 pm UTC| Commentary Market Roundups Economy

BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices breached yesterdays immediate support level during European session Friday, leading to losses for the fifth consecutive day. Latest news confirmed that Coinbase has launched a facility wherein users...

Europe Roundup: Sterling hits 2-week low on soft UK service PMI, dollar index off highs ahead of U.S. non-farm payroll report, European shares surge - Friday, August 3rd, 2018

Aug 03, 2018 11:35 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup EUR/USD -0.07%, USD/JPY 0.03%, GBP/USD -0.1%, EUR/GBP flat DXY 0.09%, DAX 0.5%, FTSE 0.54%, Brent -0.19%, Gold flat Strong U.S. job growth expected in July, tariffs yet to bite EZ Jun...

Asia Roundup: Aussie off 2-week low on upbeat retail sales, dollar gains amid U.S.-China trade war concerns, Asian shares nudge up - Friday, August 3rd, 2018

Aug 03, 2018 06:56 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup BOJ policymakers at logger-heads addressing weak prices, rising stimulus cost Apple breaches $1 trillion stock market valuation Trump national security team says Russia behind effort to...

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Economy

The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system

Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the U.S. isnt very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at trade as a percentage of gross domestic product a metric...

Beyond the spin, beyond the handouts, here’s how to get a handle on what’s really happening on budget night

Three weeks from now, some of us will be presented with a mountain of budget papers, and just about all of us will get to hear about them on radio, TV or news websites on budget night. The quickest way to find out what...

Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility

Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburgs literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers...

Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget

With Jim Chalmerss third budget on May 14, Australians will be looking for some more cost-of-living relief beyond the tax cuts although they have been warned extra measures will be modest. As this weeks consumer price...

Inflation is slowly falling, while student debt is climbing: 6 graphs that explain today’s CPI

Australias inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and its now less than half of what it was back in late 2022. The annual rate peaked at 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022 and is now just 3.6%, in...

Politics

US Urges China, Russia to Reject AI Control in Nuclear Arms, Align with Global Norms

Paul Dean, a senior U.S. arms control official, emphasized the critical need for China and Russia to join the U.S. in declaring that humans will always decide on the deployment of nuclear weapons, not artificial...

South Africa’s youth are a generation lost under democracy – study

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently painted a rosy picture in which the countrys youth democracys children had enormous opportunities for advancement, all thanks to successive post-apartheid governments led...

Sadiq Khan on track for third term as London mayor – but nearly half of Londoners dissatisfied with performance

Polls have consistently shown that the incumbent mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, appears to be on track to win a third term in office at the upcoming mayoral elections on May 2. One poll we commissioned as part of our...

Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’

Most American workers are hired at will: Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship except earned wages, and employees are at liberty to quit at their option. As the rule is generally stated, either party...

Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board

To say that the Labour party is flying high in the polls is something of an understatement. But despite its consistent lead against the Tories, the opposition finds itself in a rather odd position: on the cusp of power but...

Science

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...

Peter Higgs was one of the greats of particle physics. He transformed what we know about the building blocks of the universe

Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, has died aged 94. He was always a modest man, especially when considering that he was one of the greats of particle physics the area of...

Technology

Shiba Inu Dead Cat Bounce: Price Rebound or Bearish Omen?

Investors in the cryptocurrency world are eyeing Shiba Inu (SHIB) with cautious optimism as the meme coin shows signs of a potential dead cat bounce, a dubious reversal often seen in volatile markets. With SHIB struggling...

PEPE Price Surges 7% Amid 4 Trillion Pepe Coin Accumulation by Whale

A monumental 4 trillion Pepe coin accumulation by a crypto whale on May 3 has sparked a significant 7% surge in PEPEs price. This surge, observed amid bullish market sentiments, follows a week of price consolidation,...

Hyundai Motor Scales Up Hydrogen EV Truck Business in the US

Hyundai Motor Company is expanding its hydrogen EV truck operations in the United States to take the lead in this line of business in the region. As part of the initiative, South Korean vehicle manufacturers are offering...

Kakao Enhances AI Focus, Merges Kakao Brain Into Core Operations

South Koreas Kakao Corporation finally decided to absorb Kakao Brains AI unit. The tech and internet giant is taking over its AI research and development (RD) business, which will include all of the departments staff and...

Shiba Inu (SHIB) Team Insider Unravels Key Burn Mystery: Exclusive Details

In a revealing discussion, Lucie, a member of the Shiba Inu team, sheds light on the enigmatic key burns orchestrated by the projects founder, Ryoshi. Lucies insights, shared in response to community inquiries, clarify...