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Fidelity Investments takes interest in blockchain and crypto currency

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Fidelity Investments started creating services for crypto assets, and the New York State Attorney General's Office is concerned about the level of investor protection on crypto-exchanges. The American financial corporation Fidelity Investments is...

What will Aston Martin's IPO be like?

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Aston Martin will be the first British automaker to go on an IPO in the last few decades. The company plans to reveal its on Thursday (September 20), and the firm will announce the final price range of shares by the beginning of next month. In...

Coca-Cola takes an interest in marijuana drinks

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Coca-Cola is negotiating with the Canadian marijuana manufacturer Aurora Cannabis Inc. and is considering a possibility of starting production of soft drinks based on cannabis, reports Bloomberg. Coca-Cola itself confirmed that they are studying the...

Salesforce founder buys Time magazine

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One of the founders of Salesforce.com Inc. Mark Benioff and his wife Lynne agreed to buy Time magazine from the publishing house Meredith Corp. for $ 190 million. As stated in Meredith’s message, the sale of Time will be completed within 30 days....
Markets & Industries

UBS: China is the most attractive emerging market even despite of Trump tariffs

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Representatives of the Swiss bank UBS said that China is still the most attractive market of all developing countries. According to Katherine Tsai, Head of the UBS investment fund engaged in dealing with China, the introduction of the US new tariffs...

S&P Global sees great opportunities in the bond market of China

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S&P Global is interested in the $ 11 trillion bond market in China, which may be good news for international investors who need more reliable bond ratings, CNBC reports. S&P Global Financial Director Ewout Steenbergen noted that now is the right...

The US is about to become the world's leader in oil production

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Most likely, the US outstripped Russia and Saudi Arabia in terms of production, thus becoming the largest oil producer in the world, stated the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the US Department of Energy, based on preliminary data of the...

OPEC lowers forecast for growth in oil demand for 2018 and 2019

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OPEC downgraded forecast for the growth of world oil demand in 2018 by 20 thousand barrels per day, up to 1.62 million barrels per day (bpd). This is stated in the OPEC report. The organization's forecast for world oil demand in 2019 was also...
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Oberthur Fiduciaire growing in Europe

Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the main secure printers in charge of printing banknotes for central banks, is consolidating its position in Europe, in a steady streak of growth. Lately, two strategic moves have shaped its ambitions toward ever-closer control of quality management and security processes.In February of 2017, the Sequana group announced its intention to sell its Banknote paper compan...
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Catalans decide to punish banks leaving Catalonia

As tension in Spain is intensifying, the Catalan separatists are finding new opportunities for the struggle for independence that could strike Madrid.Civil society organizations in Catalonia are requiring a massive withdrawal of money from bank ATMs to put pressure on the Spanish government. At the same time, the organizers have no clear idea how much money it takes and what to do with the...
World & Politics

Is it possible for Euro to replace Dollar?

Is it possible for Euro to replace Dollar?
Next year, the euro will turn 20 years old. Despite the years of crisis, the single European currency is more important than any other national European currency after the end of World War II. Even countries that are not part of the euro area...

Elections in Brazil: Last nail in the system's coffin

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One favorite is in a hospital ward after being stabbed, and the second is in the prison. And millions of Brazilians are so unhappy with their economic situation and the chaos that reigns in the country that they do not want to go to polling...

Typhoon Mangkhut and Hurricane Florence: Exhausted, but still dangerous

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The strongest typhoon of this year, Mangkhut, formed in the Pacific Ocean and hit the countries of South-East Asia. The tropical storm caused the death of at least 69 people. And Hurricane Florence has already brought 17 victims in the east of the...

European Parliament approves new changes in the law on copyright in the Internet

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On September 12, the European Parliament approved changes in European copyright law in the digital industry. MPs believe that the new law will allow content authors to receive a "fair" part of their profits from republishing of their works on social...
Management & Strategy

Danske Bank's Head resigns because of money laundering scandal in Estonia

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Thomas Borgen, CEO of Danske Bank, acknowledged imperfection of the credit institution's internal control systems and resigned. This decision coincided with publication of the results of the investigation of money laundering through the Estonian...

How to turn your business into a well-oiled machine

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Excellent leaders are not philosophers, not entertainers, not performers and not artists. They are engineer. They perceive the company as a mechanism and pedantically work on its preservation and improvement. They create process flow sheets to show...

Carney stays with the Bank of England to help through Brexit

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Chairman of the Bank of England Mark Carney will remain at the lead of the Central Bank for six months longer than the previously set deadline, and will retire at the end of January 2020, according to the Bank’s press release. According to the...

Alibaba founder is going to resign

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Founder and head of the Alibaba Group, Jack Ma, will resign from his position of the executive chairman of the company's board of directors in a year, in September 2019. His duties will then be transferred to the company’s CEO Daniel Zhang, who will...