Richard Drew / APTrader Frank O’Connell works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday.The stock market is getting a little bumpy as the government shutdown wears on, but if Congress pushes a deadline on the federal debt limit in two weeks, you can buckle up for something much scarier — maybe even a replay of the […]
Stocks closed mostly lower on Tuesday, with Wall Street pausing after a two-session rise, as data showing the services industry expanded more-than-expected in October offset softer economic headlines from Europe. “When the market gets to these levels, near all-time highs, it’s almost like the whole market is saying, ‘when is the next shoe going to drop?’ so I just think […]
(Editors’ Note: This article covers a stock trading at less than $1 per share and/or with less than a $100 million market cap. Please be aware of the risks associated with these stocks.)Nearly everyone has heard about it, but not many really know what it is. I’m talking about the mysterious digital currency known as Bitcoin. I have always been […]
Despite the deafening buzz around hyperscale and OpenStack, the Big Data ecosystem continued along on its path of growth this week, with Altiscale pulling the curtains back on a hosted platform built from the ground up to run Hadoop.The newly launched Altiscale Data Cloud is designed specifically for organizations that lack the technical expertise of their web-scale peers but face […]
Asian stocks slip, yen rises in holiday-hit trade
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| E-mail to friend REUTERS: Asian stocks slipped on Friday, as fears about the impact of the Federal Reserve’s stimulus withdrawal on emerging markets offset […]
Year to date, the S&P 500 has surrendered 3.6 percent after its staggering 29 percent gain in 2013. A few things have changed regarding market conditions in the new year: The Fed has decided to reduce the pace of its monthly bond purchases by $10 billion, a move that many market pros expect to continue […]
The Canadian telecommunications industry has been relatively quiet of late as the federal government is either still conducting an auction of cellular airwaves or preparing to reveal the results.Opening telecom market to foreign investment could make Canada a ‘branch plant,’ Edward Rogers warns“The model we have right now, I believe, allows Canadians to have the best wireless industry, the best […]
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South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope is one of the most dangerous stretches of coastline anywhere in the world, where the warm Agulhas Current (also called the Mozambique Current), rushing […]
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REUTERS/Marcos BrindicciTraders work on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange floor during mid-afternoon trading, May 7, 2004.See AlsoThe Emerging Market Currency Bloodbath In One Horrific ChartArgentina Just Made A Huge Change To Its Currency Policy A Day After Its Peso CrashedTHE GLOBAL 20: Twenty Huge Trends That Will Define The World For DecadesIt’s ugly out there.
Even after Thursday’s 175-point (1%) plunge […]
