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World’s Biggest Investment Banks to Face Class Action Lawsuit in Australia
27.5.2019
Earlier this month, some of the world’s biggest investment banks were found to have been involved in widespread foreign exchange manipulation by the regulatory authorities in the European Union. At the time, it came to light that some of the traders employed with the biggest names in investment...
Renault Board Presented with Merger Offer by Fiat Chrysler
27.5.2019
In the world of top-level business, mergers and acquisitions often go on to create behemoths that can tide over any crisis in the industry and over the years, many such mergers have happened in the automobile industry. In a new development, it has now emerged that Fiat Chrysler has sent a merger...
Foreign Ownership in IT and Telecom to be Restricted by Japan
27.5.2019
Cybersecurity has been a recurring issue for the most government over the past decade or so and the worries went up several notches when the United States accused Chinese telecom giant of being a vehicle for spying for Beijing. The company was eventually banned and blacklisted, but many other...
Pressure Rises on Chinese Economy as Industrial Profits Shrink for April
27.5.2019
The downturn in the Chinese economy and the shrinking of domestic demand has been one of the biggest stories in international economics for the better part of a year. In addition to that, the turmoil brought upon by the damaging trade war with the United States has had its own effect on...
DeFi and Credit on the Blockchain: Why Loans Are Better When They’re Decentralized
26.5.2019
Decentralized loans: more accessible, more transparent and more controllable
Indian Rupee Rises by 47 Paise Against the Dollar Following Election Results
24.5.2019
When it comes to the markets, stability is something that investors crave, and that is exactly what happened with the elections in India this year. Back in 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party had come power on the back of a thumping majority but in 2019, it came back to power with an even greater...
Chilean Mining Giant Codelco’s Copper To Be Hit As Mines Go Underground
24.5.2019
As far as the largest mining companies are concerned, they have the capability of taking big hits over the short term. However, it takes a whole new dimension when a company’s largest mine is out of business due to a restructuring process. That is exactly what has happened with Codelco, the Chilean...
Indian IT Giant Infosys Completes Strategic Deal with ABN AMRO
24.5.2019
One of the most remarkable success stories over the past three decades has been the continued rise of the information technology sector in India and among the many companies that have sprung up; Infosys remains one of the most respected names. Throughout the past few decades, the company has grown...
Wall Street Believes That the Trade War with China is Set to Continue
24.5.2019
The trade war between the United States and China has proven to be the biggest diplomatic and economic issue in the world over the past few months. However, following the escalation of tensions between the two sides over the past few weeks, there is a belief that the trade war is going to persist...
Panasonic Becomes Latest Company to Sever Ties with Huawei
24.5.2019
One of the most incredible fallouts from out of the trade war between the United States and China has been the way in which Chinese tech giant Huawei has found itself pushed into a corner. The US had accused that the company’s telecom equipment is used for spying by the Chinese state and eventually...
Finance IT Infrastructure Firm Partners With Institutional Crypto Exchange Seed CX
24.5.2019
A new partnership between Avelacom and Seed CX will let Avelacom’s customers access Seed’s real-time market data and order-routing products
Maltese Government Awards 19 Blockchain Scholarships Using DLT Fund
24.5.2019
The Maltese government has granted 19 blockchain scholarships worth a total of $179,000
Business Morale in Germany Dips in May and Escalates Growth Concerns
23.5.2019
Over the past decade or so, Germany grew at a breakneck pace as it went on to become one of Europe’s and the world’s strongest economies. However, as everyone knows, a country cannot go on growing economically indefinitely, and it seems that Germany is now at that stage. The rate of growth...
As Deutsche Bank Shares Hit New Lows, CEO Promises Tough Cuts
23.5.2019
At one point of time, German banking giant Deutsche Bank was looked upon as being in the same category of some of the biggest banks of the world like Goldman, JP Morgan, and Barclays among others, as it set its sights on international domination. However, the financial crisis of 2008 burned...
Xi Jinping Warns China to Brace for Tough Time Ahead Amidst Trade War
23.5.2019
The trade war between the United States and China has been an incredibly damaging one for both countries, but needless to say, it is the latter which has had a tough time during this prolonged crisis. The Asian nation had put up a brave front throughout the course of the skirmish, but in a stunning...
Novartis Gene Therapy Treatment Might Cost Much Lower than $5 million to $4 Million
23.5.2019
Swiss drug manufacturing behemoth Novartis has almost always been at the cutting edge of drug research and one of the most ambitious projects that the company had embarked on in recent years was the one related to gene therapy. Gene therapy is needed to treat spinal muscular atrophy and consists...
US Copyright Office Responds to Craig Wright’s Bitcoin Registrations
23.5.2019
On May 21, 2019, a press release was sent to a variety of publications that said Craig Wright was granted two U.S. copyrights for the original Bitcoin white paper and version 0.1 of the cryptocurrency’s code. Meanwhile, the U.S. Copyright Office specifically addressed the matter in a press...
US Dollar Sustains Two and a Half Year Highs as Trade Tensions Grip
22.5.2019
The trade war between the United States and China has possibly been the most damaging trade issue that has engulfed the world in recent years. It is only natural considering the fact that the two nations are the two biggest economies in the world and when a trade impasse of this nature takes place...
Saudi Arabia States Oil Producers are Looking to Reduce Inventories
22.5.2019
One commodity that almost always sends investors into a bit of a tizzy is oil, and due to the current fragility in the oil market, there has been a lot of concerns from investors all over the world. In a recent report, Bank of America had even stated that the price of Brent crude could …
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Co-Founders of TransferWise Sell Partial Stake that Now Values the Company at $3.5 Billion
22.5.2019
One of the industries that have grown exponentially over the past half a decade or so is financial technology or better known as Fintech. Hundreds of such companies have opened up all over the world which are engaged in using cutting edge technology in order to provide their users with...