Speaking at the Institute of Directors’ annual convention in the Royal Albert Hall, Jon Matonis, executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation claimed that “When it clicks, we’re going to reach an inflection point and Bitcoin will become the new gold...
(Reuters) - Silicon Valley stalwart Hewlett-Packard Co, which has struggled to adapt to the new era of mobile and online computing, plans to split into two companies as it looks to put more focus on the faster-growing corporate services market, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Sunday...
This weekend Financial Secretary John Tsang admitted that the government was not psychologically prepared for such scale of the protests...
(Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday there are both positive and negative factors to a weak yen, stressing that he will closely monitor the effects on the economy. "I won't comment on specific exchange-rate levels...
won’t comment on specific yen levels; in general weak yen pushes up import costs and hurts small companies while exporters; Japanese PM giving us a quick lesson in basic economics; export declines have stopped due to weak yen since Abenomics introduced; hopes firms are beginning to shift investme...
Bill Gates believes that the digital currency is a revolutionary technology and key. He was participating in SIBOS 2014 at Boston. Talking to Bloomberg TV’s Erik Schatzker, Bill Gates admitted said that the Bitcoin technology is key...
Hello everyone and welcome to my blog. I'm going to discuss my newest indicator the ABSAV; why I made it and why I think every trader should use it. The idea that volume and price and interconnected isn't a new one...
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Third-quarter earnings season ramps up this week, and based on some initial metrics, tech, financials, and health care companies are investor favorites, while consumer staples and consumer discretionary stocks are being snubbed...
Economy The crowds of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong decreased sharply today after the territory's chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, agreed to meet with demonstrator leaders over their demands for electoral reforms...
PayStand, an e-commerce gateway for alternative and traditional forms of payment, announces that is bringing up its API (Application Programming Interface) which according to it supports payments with credit cards, e-checks and Bitcoin...
BrightScope, a La Jolla, Calif.-based firm that analyzes retirement plans, estimates that 28,000 401(k) and other employee savings accounts have $88 billion invested in Pimco Total Return...
Look Who’s ‘Trading’ Commodities In the government’s bid to crack down on risky trading, charities and other nonprofit organizations may become collateral damage. That is causing alarm in the nonprofit world and should be a concern for donors...
"In 2014, [gross domestic product] is expected to grow at 3% driven by public sector support, net exports, and a mild revival of private consumption in the later part of the year," the IMF said...
In a glimpse of the financial stakes in the smartphone-patent wars, Microsoft Corp. said Friday that Samsung Electronics Ltd. paid the software giant more than $1 billion for an annual fee to use Microsoft technology in Samsung phones. Samsung sells smartphones and tablets powered by Google Inc...
Jobless rate falls to 5.9% from 6.1% amid broad gains in hiring...
The greenback advanced against a basket of other major currencies on Friday, heading close to a four-year peak before a highly anticipated U.S. employment report due later in the day and as Thursday's jobless claims data also lent strength...
The New York Times announced to plan to cut 100 newsroom jobs, roughly 7.5% of the staff. The Times will offer buyouts to staffers, with extra incentives for those who have been there longer, before resorting to layoffs to reach the target for reductions...
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The pound GBPUSD, -0.37% fell back to levels not seen since mid-September this year on Friday, continuing its decline after Bank of England Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent dampened expectations for an immediate rate hike...
The new factory will be built in a high-tech park in Ho Chi Minh City. "The complex will be used for addressing mid- to long-term demand for consumer electronics globally, including emerging markets," the South Korean company said in a statement...
On Tuesday evening, Argentine President Cristina Fernández accused Juan Carlos Fábrega, head of Argentina’s central bank, of "provoking a devaluation of the peso". In response Head of Argentine Central Bank Quits...
