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'Liquidity Jumping': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, December 13, 2020 - 5:35pm | 1495The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: After auctioning to new all-time highs, U.S. index futures moved back into balance. Remember This: “With Global Liquidity jumping by some US $20 trillion in 2020, or some 25% of World GDP, there is a lot to spend... Consider that following the 1930s...
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'The Third Wave': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, December 6, 2020 - 6:15pm | 1183The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: In light of hopes for a sustained economic rebound, U.S. broad market indices pushed to new all-time highs. Remember This: “[T]he third wave is now hitting the economy harder than we thought and that the damage is likely to keep adding up in coming...
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Fintech Focus For October 12, 2020
Sunday, October 11, 2020 - 7:33pm | 1989Quote Of The Day: The only impossible journey is the one you never begin. - Tony Robbins Fintech Movers: The Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate, the research and development wing of the United States Department of Homeland Security, has given close to a million dollars to five blockchain...
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Fintech Focus For September 23, 2020
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - 4:39pm | 2196Quote Of The Day: Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. - Francis Bacon Fintech Movers: Consumers continue to reject legacy banking bill-paying platforms, which are perceived as inefficient. In most cases, they prefer making payments directly to service providers. - BillGO One Finance...
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New ID Will Help 1 Million Britons Avoid Arrest For Cannabis
Monday, September 14, 2020 - 9:16am | 1111This article was originally published on The Cannigma, and appears here with permission. More than a million Britons using medical marijuana may be eligible for a card that will protect them from being arrested by police, beginning as early as November 1st. The CanCard is a...
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Honda Confirms Swindon Plant Closure
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 10:57am | 459Honda has confirmed that it will close its Swindon car plant in 2021 along with a smaller plant in Turkey, with the loss of 3,500 jobs in the British factory. However, up to four times as many jobs at companies that supply the Honda facility will likely be lost, including transport and logistics...
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Approval Of The Fox/Sky Transaction Likely Despite UK Regulator Stalling, Says Rosenblatt
Friday, June 30, 2017 - 7:22am | 405Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ: FOXA) already owns a 39-percent stake in the British-based satellite broadcaster Sky, but his quest to acquire the remaining 61 percent has now stalled. Fox's £11.7 billion deal to acquire the remaining stake in Sky is now being questioned by...
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Were Surprising Election Results In Britain And France A Backlash Against Populism?
Monday, June 12, 2017 - 3:20pm | 847A clear victory for the centrists in France and the stunning loss of a legislative majority by the right in Britain begs the question: Is there a backlash to the populism that put President Donald Trump in power and influences politics through much of the democratic world? In a word, maybe. It does...
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British Pound Falls Ahead Of Next Week's Election
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 7:55am | 368The British pound fell on Wednesday and is trading a near a one-month low of $1.2775 amid political uncertainty across the pond. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May shocked the political landscape in April when she called for an early election in June 2017. May's Conservative party holds a majority of...
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Why Britain's NHS Is Great, Despite Its Dire Financial Situation
Saturday, July 30, 2016 - 3:39pm | 468Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) recently turned 68 years old, and, in spite of its bleak financial situation, the Independent’s Indie 100 shared 11 reasons to celebrate the birthday of the oldest single-payer healthcare system in the world. Top 11 Reasons To Applaud NHS Every...
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What Analysts Think Central Banks Will Do Following Brexit
Friday, June 24, 2016 - 10:35am | 398Now that Britain has officially voted to leave the eurozone, central banks are left to decide what (if anything) they will need to do to stabilize global markets. Several Wall Street analysts have already given their takes on the issue. Capital Economics believes the rhetoric about the dangers of a...
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Will Today Become Britain's Black Friday? Stock Panic Through The Years
Friday, June 24, 2016 - 10:09am | 319With market mayhem widespread on both sides of the pond following a referendum vote for Britain to leave the European Union (EU), the full extent of the carnage remains to be seen. The widespread hysteria and effect on the British pound solicits comparisons to Britain’s so-called “Black...
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Everything You Need To Know About The Brexit
Thursday, June 23, 2016 - 9:46am | 627If your eyes have glossed over every time the financial media has discussed “Brexit” in 2016, it may finally be time to understand what is at stake and how a British vote could impact your portfolio of fine American stocks. Here’s a breakdown of everything you need to know...
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London's Tech Sector Thinks Brexit Will Be A Disaster
Friday, June 17, 2016 - 10:00am | 289The British people will vote next week in a national election to decide the country's fate within the European Union. The vote, dubbed "Brexit," will ask the people if they want Britain to remain a member of the European Union or not. Recent polls suggest a vote to leave the EU is currently winning...
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Bloomberg: European Stocks Could Plunge Around 25% Under A Yes 'Brexit' Vote Outcome
Monday, June 13, 2016 - 8:44am | 283Britain will hold a vote on June 23 to decide if the country will leave or remain in the European Union. The vote has been dubbed "Brexit," and the outcome of the vote will likely have a large impact on the equity market. According to Bloomberg, European stocks could lose 24 percent of their value...