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ECB to unveil details of new liquidity programmes
Frankfurt (AFP) - The European Central Bank will this week unveil details of its plans to inject cash into the moribund eurozone economy, even as analysts express doubt about the effectiveness of the...
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More than 30 feared dead on Japan volcano: police
Otaki (Japan) (AFP) - More than 30 hikers are feared dead after being found in "cardiac arrest" near the peak of an erupting volcano in Japan Sunday, police said, using a term usually applied before...
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7 People Who Quit Their Jobs In The Most Unforgettable Ways
Earlier this week, Alaska TV reporter Charlo Greene made headlines when she quit her job on-air to focus on being an advocate for marijuana legalization.While quitting in public isn't the best idea for...
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It Was A Bad Weekend For Europe
It was another weekend of creeping signs that Europe is coming unglued.First in the UK, the ruling Conservative party saw a second Member of Parliament defect to UKIP, an anti-EU populist party whose...
View ArticleBeacons Are The Most Important New Mobile Retail Technology — Here's How They...
BI Intelligence's market forecast and FAQ on beacons have been among our most popular research reports this year.We wanted to give our readers another window into the report's findings, and prepared...
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There Goes The Dollar Again
A new week has begun, and the dollar is rallying again.The movements aren't huge, but the dollar is up against the Euro, the Canadian dollar, and the Japanese Yen.Here's a short-term chart, via FinViz,...
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Here Are The Research Projects Likely To Win The Nobel Prize For Chemistry
The winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry won't be announced for a little while — Wednesday, October 8th, to be precise — but we may already have an idea of who might win, thanks to an annual...
View ArticleHere's What Wall Street Is Already Forecasting For Next Friday's Jobs Report
The September employment report will be released next Friday, October 3rd, and the consensus is that 200 thousand payroll jobs were added in September and the unemployment rate was unchanged at...
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OBAMA: 'They Don't Call Moscow' When There's Trouble In The World
President Barack Obama wants everyone to know "how we roll": The US always takes the lead in international crises.In a "60 Minutes" interview Sunday evening, Obama was asked why the US is contributing...
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More than 30 feared dead as Japan volcano search resumes
OTAKI (Japan) (AFP) - Firefighters, police and troops resumed search operations on a volcano in central Japan Monday after four confirmed fatalities with at least 27 other people feared dead.More than...
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Here's How China's State Media Is Talking About The Protests In Hong Kong
Want to see how authorities in China view the #OccupyCentral protests in Hong Kong?Look no further than this column in The Global Times (a daily newspaper associated with People's Daily). The column...
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Hong Kong democracy protests: Live Report
Hong Kong (AFP) - 00:43 GMT - Monday morning - Our AFP reporter Jerome Taylor reports that in the busy shopping district of Causeway Bay, around 1,000 protesters remain as the sun got up on Monday...
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PIMCO Is Already Bleeding Billions
It's already begun.Investors are yanking cash out of PIMCO after the shock departure of Chief Investment Officer Bill Gross, who left on Friday to go to Janus.Gregory Zuckerman at WSJ reports:Pacific...
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The Infamous NSA Smiley Face Diagram Is Hanging In A New York Art Gallery
It was a rare and unnerving look at how the NSA really felt about spying on Americans: a smiley face drawn next to a plan to circumvent encryption in Google's cloud.Now this infamous leak from Edward...
View ArticleHong Kong Markets Just Opened, And Stocks Are Sliding
Hong Kong markets just opened after the startlingly big #OccupyCentral protests over the weekend.Not surprisingly, markets are diving. The benchmark Hang Seng index is down about 1.2%. Asia Update:...
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Here's The Investment Outlook From The New Managers Who Just Took Over...
With Bill Gross' abrupt departure, PIMCO's flagship Total Return Fund has been taken over by Scott Mather, Mark Kiesel and Mihir Worah.Maher, Kiesel, and Worah have just published a Q&A about their...
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EU to accuse Apple of taking illicit Irish state aid: report
London (AFP) - The European Union is to accuse US tech giant Apple of taking illegal aid from the Irish state through sweetheart tax deals over two decades, the Financial Times reported on Monday.A...
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Karadzic genocide trial nears climax
The Hague (AFP) - Final arguments begin on Monday in the genocide and war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, charged with some of the worst atrocities in Europe since World...
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Pacquiao 'pities Mayweather', vows to play pro basketball
General Santos (Philippines) (AFP) - Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao on Monday brushed off Floyd Mayweather's latest taunts, saying he pitied his American rival as he urged him to read the...
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Lufthansa pilots to strike on long-haul flights on Tuesday: union
Frankfurt (AFP) - Pilots with Germany's Lufthansa will stage a strike on long-haul flights on Tuesday, their latest walkout in the ongoing dispute with management over early retirement provisions,...
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