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FxWirePro: USD/TWD hovers around key resistance at 30.90 mark, consistet close above requires for upside rally

Aug 14, 2018 04:45 am UTC| Technicals

USD/TWD is currently trading around 30.80 marks. It made intraday high at 30.87 and low at 30.79 marks. Intraday bias remains neutral till the time pair holds immediate resistance at 30.90 mark. A daily...

FxWirePro: BCH/USD Technical Outlook

Aug 14, 2018 04:45 am UTC| Digital Currency Technicals

BCH/USD continues drag lower along 5-DMA, trades 6.67% lower on the day at 497.13 at the time of writing. Price action has hit new lows since Nov 2017 at 471.01 before paring some losses to currently trade at 495...

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FxWirePro: BTC/USD struggles at 6000 support, bias bearish, good to sell on rallies

Aug 14, 2018 04:41 am UTC| Digital Currency Technicals

(Refer BTC/USD chart on Trading View) BTC/USD has hit a low of 5880 after it got rejected at 10-DMA resistance. The drop comes amid wider weakness in the cryptocurrency market. According to CoinMarketCap, the total...

FxWirePro: Nikkei recovers on slight weak yen, good to sell on rallies

Aug 14, 2018 04:09 am UTC| Technicals

Asian marketsare trading weak excluding Nikkei which is trading slightly higher amid weak US markets.Global markets has shown huge selling yesterday after Turkish currency jitters.Turkish lira hits life time low after...

FxWirePro: USD/SGD trades in narrow range, stay bullish only above 1.3774 mark

Aug 14, 2018 03:46 am UTC| Technicals

USD/SGD is currently trading around 1.3748 marks. It made intraday high at 1.3774 and low at 1.3745 levels. Intraday bias remains neutral till the time pair holds key resistance at 1.3774 mark. A daily close...

FxWirePro: ETH/EUR sinks to new 2018 low, total cryptocurrency market cap falls below $200 billion

Aug 14, 2018 03:39 am UTC| Digital Currency Technicals

Successive days of market declines have sent the total cryptocurrency market capitalization back below $200 billion, data from CoinMarketCap showed on Tuesday. ETH/EUR sinks to 11-month lows at 220 mark, makes a new...

FxWirePro: USD/THB remains well supported below 33.52 mark, further sideways movement likely

Aug 14, 2018 03:05 am UTC| Technicals

USD/THB is currently trading around 33.30 marks. It made intraday high at 33.40 and low at 33.29 marks. Intraday bias remains neutral for the moment. On the top side, key resistances are seen at 33.40,...

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Economy

What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

Minimum wage for South African farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the...

If the RBA’s right, interest rates may not fall for another year. Here’s why.

The Reserve Bank is now assuming Australians will see no interest rate cuts this year and quite possibly none before the next federal election, due next May. Thats a big change compared to just three months ago. Back...

Some experts say the US economy is on the up, but here’s why voters don’t think so

Many Americans are gloomy about the economy, despite some data saying it is improving. The Economist even took this discussion to TikTok. When its US editor John Prideaux examined inflation, wage and employment numbers,...

Politics

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

Former President Donald Trump reportedly proposed a $1 billion deal to oil executives, offering to end electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in return for campaign funding, according to The Washington Post. This move underscores...

US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

Ahead of the European parliament elections in June, Germany has lowered the age limit on participation to 16. This makes it the largest of just a handful of states in the EU to allow people under the age of 18 to vote....

South Africa will be president of the G20 in 2025: two much-needed reforms it should drive

South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global...

Taiwan is experiencing millions of cyberattacks every day

Taiwan stands out as a beacon of democracy, innovation and resilience in an increasingly autocratic region. But this is under growing threat. In recent years, China has used a variety of grey zone tactics to pressure...

Science

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

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...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

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...

Technology

BYD Launches Shark Hybrid Pickup in Mexico, Eyes New Factory Amid US Tariff Hike

BYD has introduced its Shark hybrid pickup truck to the Mexican market, with plans for a new factory, aiming to bolster its North American footprint despite recent U.S. tariff hikes on Chinese electric vehicles. BYDs...

Important Shiba Inu Metric Explodes by 2,300% as SHIB Price Rises: Details Inside

Important Shiba Inu metric explodes by 2,300% as the SHIB price rises. Shiba Inu adoption continues to grow, with users now able to book Airbnb and buy Nike clothes via SHIB. Shiba Inus Daily Volume Surges 2,300%,...

Pepe Coin Reaches New ATH as Smart Money Moves 250.5B PEPE Tokens

Pepe currency has emerged as one of the most promising cryptocurrencies in the meme coin industry this year, recently reaching a new all-time high. Despite the turmoil in the broader crypto market, the coin has defied...

Analysts Predict Bitcoin (BTC) Surge to $70K Soon, Here’s Why

Despite a rise beyond $63,000 on May 13, Bitcoins price has fallen to $61,500 today (May 14). One cause for the drop could be Coinbases operating troubles. System Outage on US-Based Exchange Repairs, Analysts Predict...

1.5 Trillion Shiba Inu (SHIB) Transacted in 24 Hours: Is a Comeback Imminent?

Shiba Inu has seen 1.5 trillion SHIB tokens move in huge deals over the previous 24 hours. These whale-tier transactions take place during a significant volume rise in the market over the last 48 hours. Shiba Inu may...