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Breakfast Briefing: Ingvar Kamprad, Coincheck Hack & the Russian Election
This week it was revealed that Bitcoin has been manipulated by bots at the time when the cryptocurrency rallied from $150 to $1000 in 2013. How this has been discovered and presented as conclusive proof is questionable, to say the least – the evidence is arbitrary. Big volume and rapid movements of the Bitcoin price are common, so it should not be used as conclusive proof that any price rally was necessarily manipulated. But is Bitcoin rigged and manipulated?
Behind the US Government Shutdown
Enough Senate Democrats crossed the aisle on January 22nd to vote down a filibuster that had kept the government in shutdown. The controversy surrounded a spending bill where the heated debate over immigration was on full display. Republicans wanted to see funding for the border wall. Democrats advocated for a vote on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which spurred the gridlock in Washington. Democrats are known for using government shutdowns to their benefit.
Hacks on Cryptocurrency Exchanges Linked to North Korea
Protests broke out in Iran this January. The world watched to determine how important the protests were for stability in the Middle East. This particular protest has garnered attention because it has happened after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which is commonly referred to as the Iran nuclear deal. President Obama and other world leaders promised the JCPOA would curb Iran’s development of nuclear weapons and give the Iranian people economic security.
Saudi’s $7bn Renewables Push
Protests broke out in Iran this January. The world watched to determine how important the protests were for stability in the Middle East. This particular protest has garnered attention because it has happened after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which is commonly referred to as the Iran nuclear deal. President Obama and other world leaders promised the JCPOA would curb Iran’s development of nuclear weapons and give the Iranian people economic security.
2018 Winter Olympics: North and South Korea will March under a Unified Flag
Protests broke out in Iran this January. The world watched to determine how important the protests were for stability in the Middle East. This particular protest has garnered attention because it has happened after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which is commonly referred to as the Iran nuclear deal. President Obama and other world leaders promised the JCPOA would curb Iran’s development of nuclear weapons and give the Iranian people economic security.
Breakfast Briefing: Xiaomi IPO, Alibaba’s AI & Bitmain in Canada
As 2017 drew to a close, the migrant crisis in Europe quietly slipped away from the main media headlines around the world. That might be based on the impression that the measures undertaken in 2017 by the European Union (EU) and some of its member countries have alleviated a pressing problem and that the migrants from the Middle East and Africa are not at European borders anymore in such staggering numbers.
Conflict in Iran: Who Is to Blame?
Protests broke out in Iran this January. The world watched to determine how important the protests were for stability in the Middle East. This particular protest has garnered attention because it has happened after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which is commonly referred to as the Iran nuclear deal. President Obama and other world leaders promised the JCPOA would curb Iran’s development of nuclear weapons and give the Iranian people economic security.
The US Infrastructure Problem: How Trump Should Address It
According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, US infrastructure is in dire condition. The ASCE gave a D+ in its most recent report card. The report card, broken into sections, analyses aviation (D), bridges (C+), dams (D), drinking water (D), energy (D+), hazardous waste (D+), inland waterways (D), levees (D), parks and recreation (D+), ports (C+), railways (B), roads (D), schools (D+), solid waste (C), public transit (D-) and wastewater (D+) resources.
What Does the Cobalt Crunch Mean for Electric Cars?
Many people are optimistic about the American market and there is a good reason to be hopeful. 2018 will prove to be a year full of opportunities and challenges, so it is important to analyse prospects. The new tax plan passed in 2017 may increase consumption and investments. Consumer confidence has already been positive, but, with higher standard deductions, there could be even more consumer spending. Businesses will have more predictable budgets, which may lead to increases in capital investments.
2018: What to Expect from US Markets
Many people are optimistic about the American market and there is a good reason to be hopeful. 2018 will prove to be a year full of opportunities and challenges, so it is important to analyse prospects. The new tax plan passed in 2017 may increase consumption and investments. Consumer confidence has already been positive, but, with higher standard deductions, there could be even more consumer spending. Businesses will have more predictable budgets, which may lead to increases in capital investments.
Boost to UK Factories Caused by Weak Pound
Many people are optimistic about the American market and there is a good reason to be hopeful. 2018 will prove to be a year full of opportunities and challenges, so it is important to analyse prospects. The new tax plan passed in 2017 may increase consumption and investments. Consumer confidence has already been positive, but, with higher standard deductions, there could be even more consumer spending. Businesses will have more predictable budgets, which may lead to increases in capital investments.
Why Healthcare Costs More in the US than Europe
Healthcare in the US famously costs more and delivers less – less coverage per person, fewer people covered – with less to show for it than in Europe. The total of all healthcare costs in the US was $3.3trn in 2016 or $10,348 per person. In 10 industrialised nations with lower costs and better healthcare results than the US, it’s $4,386 per person. In the US, healthcare costs grew at a rate of 4 %, adjusted for inflation – from $1.2trn to $2.1trn – while the overall economy grew at just 2.4 %.
The UN Rebuts Trump’s Jerusalem Proclamation
Nancy Pelosi, minority Democrat leader of the House of Representatives may have lost her way in the jungle of hyperbole when she described the recently passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) as “Armageddon.” The standard definition of Armageddon is the last battle between good and evil that takes place before the Day of Judgment.
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