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Asia Roundup: Antipodeans touch multi-week highs, dollar index hits 5-1/2 week low as Fed continues to weigh, Asian shares volatile amid holiday-thinned-trading - Monday, March 20th, 2017

Mar 20, 2017 06:16 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Merkel: We want open markets, free trade, no barriers - Reuters Aso: Believe G20 was able to confirm importance of free trade, despite language in communiqué - Reuters Aso: No one at...

Americas Roundup: Dollar stays weak, but long-term outlook still upbeat, Oil prices steady but outlook more bearish, gold heads for first weekly gain in three as Fed hurts dollar-March 18th 2017

Mar 17, 2017 21:58 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup US Feb Industrial production 0% v forecast 0.2%, -0.1% previous, Mfg production 0.5% v forecast 0.4%, 9.5% previous. US Capacity Utilization 75.4% v 75.5% forecast 75.5% previous. University of...

Europe Roundup: Sterling rallies on BoE rate vote split, dollar touches 5-week trough as Fed disappoints bulls, investors eye weekend G20 meeting - Friday, March 17th, 2017

Mar 17, 2017 11:42 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup EUR/USD +0.05%, USD/JPY -0.05%, GBP/USD +0.3%, DXY -0.2% DAX -0.05%, CAC +0.4%, Brent +0.2%, Gold +0.2%, Copper +0.2% Dollar poised for weekly losses after Fed disappoints bulls G20...

Asia Roundup: Kiwi gains following upbeat Business NZ PMI, euro touches 5-1/2-week peak, dollar set for weekly losses on Fed's slower-than-expected rate hike path - Friday, March 17th, 2017

Mar 17, 2017 06:15 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup End-Dec Japan household assets up 0.9% y/y to record Y1800 trln, corporate deposits Y244 tln (+7.5%), BoJ holdings of JGBs Y421 tln (39.1% of total), JGBs held by offshore accounts Y113 tln...

Americas Roundup: Dollar sinks to lowest in a month, Euro buoyed by results of Dutch election, Oil slips despite weak dollar as U.S. stockpiles remain high-March 17th, 2017

Mar 16, 2017 22:07 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup US housing starts 1.288m v 1.26m forecast, 1.251m previous, boosted by warmer weather; building permits -6.2%. US jobless claims 241k v 240k forecast, 243k previous; continuing claims 2.03m v 2.06m...

Europe Roundup: Euro eases despite upbeat CPI figures, dollar steadies near 1-month low, markets eye BoE policy meeting outcome - Thursday, March 16th, 2017

Mar 16, 2017 11:52 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup EUR/USD -0.2%, USD/JPY flat, GBP/USD -0.3%, DXY -0.05% DAX +1.0%, CAC +0.7%, Brent +1.3%, Gold +0.6%, Copper +1.4% Dollar steadies after worst fall in two months EZ Feb Inflation final...

Asia Roundup: Antipodeans ease on downbeat domestic data, dollar slumps as Fed sticks to gradual rate hike, Asian share advance - Thursday, Friday 16th, 2017

Mar 16, 2017 06:28 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup BoJ leaves monetary policy as is, as forecast, short rate target -0.1%, 10-year JGB target @zero, vote 7-2, to maintain QQE, Sato-Kiuchi again dissent, economic assessment left mostly as is, housing...

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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

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Why is the London Stock Exchange losing out to the US

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Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back

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Politics

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

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History for sale: what does South Africa’s struggle heritage mean after 30 years of democracy?

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Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight

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Joe Biden Proposes Record 44.6% Capital Gains Tax in Latest Budget Plan That May Favor Cryptocurrencies

President Joe Biden has proposed raising the capital gains tax to an unprecedented 44.6% in a bold fiscal move, targeting the wealthiest Americans. This hike is part of his 2025 budget proposal to reduce income...

Turkey’s suppression of the Kurdish political movement continues to fuel a deadly armed conflict

The world has 91 democracies and 88 autocracies. Yet 71% of the worlds population (some 5.7 billion people) are living under autocratic rule, a big jump from 48% ten years ago. This trend towards authoritarianism can...

Science

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

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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...

Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time? An astronomer explains

The James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST for short, is one of the most advanced telescopes ever built. Planning for JWST began over 25 years ago, and construction efforts spanned over a decade. It was launched into space on...

US media coverage of new science less likely to mention researchers with African and East Asian names

When one Chinese national recently petitioned the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to become a permanent resident, he thought his chances were pretty good. As an accomplished biologist, he figured that news...

Technology

Ethereum Whales Sell Off 56K Coins, Fueling Fears of Further Price Drops

Whales have shaken the Ethereum market by dumping 56,000 coins, leading to widespread speculation about further price corrections amid the crypto markets broader instability. Impact of Whale Transactions on...

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