Concerns over new U.S. sanctions against Iran sent oil prices higher for the second day on Thursday, pushing them to new multi-year highs after gains over 3 percent during Wednesday’s U.S. trading session. U.S. WTI futures were up 0.77 percent as of 1:05 p.m. HK/SIN on Thursday, to trade at $71.69 per barrel. Brent crude…
The Changing Landscape of Business Risk In the modern era, the pace of business is fast – but the pace of technological change is even faster. As a result, the landscape of business risks is constantly shifting and changing, and both entrepreneurs and investors need to be on top of the potential factors…
AUD/USD’s downside movement from 0.7813 extended to as low as 0.7412. Further decline is still possible after a minor consolidation and next target would be at 0.7300 area. Resistance levels are at 0.7500 and 0.7560, only break above these levels could signal completion of the downtrend.
As Australia struggles to maintain its unprecedented 104-quarter-long streak of uninterrupted economic growth, lawmakers are intensifying the country’s “war on cash” – ostensibly part of a crackdown on “criminal gangs” that are smuggling drugs and/or people into the island nation and companies that are trying to cheat their taxes. To wit, Australia’s government has introduced…
Ripple’s XRP has been mainly consolidating since it reached a 5-week-high level on April 20th. This is despite some positive developments in South Korea concerning the cryptocurrency. What’s Going on in South Korea? The news included South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, Coinone, adopting Ripple’s enterprise blockchain network for cross-border payments. According to a press release from…
Ripple’s XRP has been mainly consolidating since it reached a 5-week-high level on April 20th. This is despite some positive developments in South Korea concerning the cryptocurrency. What’s Going on in South Korea? The news included South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, Coinone, adopting Ripple’s enterprise blockchain network for cross-border payments. According to a press release from…
Pluralsight LLC, (Nasdaq: PS) an online education company based in Utah, intends to go public on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Shares of the company will start trading on the Nasdaq Global Select under the ticker symbol “PS”. In its filing with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission, Pluralsight wants to raise a total of $228 million…
On April 23rd, I wrote a piece called, “Can Apple Bring the Market to One Love?” I ended the piece with “Therefore, an influencer like APPL, should it run after earnings, will help the market sing, Let’s Get Together and Feel Alright.” The Jamaican references come from our recent trip. So, here once again, is a…
A while back, a writer (whose name and story details I unfortunately don’t remember) was researching the credit card business and tried to figure out how card issuers decide which customers to pursue. To this end he created a series of fake personas ranging from an affluent straight-arrow who always pays her bills on time…
