SharePinterestFacebookEmailIn case you were paying too much attention to the crises in Ukraine or Venezuela, President Obama went on Zach Galifianakis’ internet show, “Between Two Ferns,” to push Obamacare.The president’s appearance on the show is part of a larger PR push that the Obama administration is conducting leading up to the March 31 open enrollment deadline. Reports from the White […]
Imagine a map that shows years of rising sea levels in a matter of seconds, and the water is surrounding your house. There might soon be an app for that.
That’s the sort of visualization that the Obama administration believes can spark action toward climate adaptation in communities around the nation. To help push technologists to create these new climate tools, […]
The share price of Boohoo.com (LSE:BOO) jumped 60% to 85p during early trade this morning, as the online fashion retailer made its stock market debut.The firm, founded in 2006, is listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and recorded sales of £92m in the 10 months leading to December last year.At present the shares in boohoo.com are only available to […]
After the Bollinger squeeze over the past week or so, Bitcoin rises again. Let’s take a closer look at the BTC/USD H1 chart below (click to expand): I’ve done the Fibonacci study from the major swing low at 430 until this yesterday’s high at 690. First thing we notice is the long term channel that Bitcoin had been […]
Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesJohn Podesta, a counselor to the president, said a goal of reviewing privacy and big data was to determine how the public and private sectors might maximize the flow of information necessary for innovation while minimizing potential privacy risks to individuals. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — With the success of its free open online course system, called […]
Goodbye SAC Capital. Hello SEC Capital. A new study released by Rajgopal of Emory and White of Georgia State confirms what most have long known: SEC employees are immaculate stock pickers and “that a hedge portfolio that goes long on SEC employees’ buys and short on SEC employees’ sells earns positive and economically significant abnormal returns of (i) about 4% […]
PPC/USD Technical Analysis – 20th Feb 2014 By Ashton Fraser on February 20, 2014 in Trading As we’ve seen in a previous technical analysis of Peercoin, it’s clear that the downwards trendline is indeed very strong, just as expected. Take a look at the PPC/USD H4 chart below (click to expand) We can see how after multiple […]
PPC/USD Technical Analysis – 17th Feb 2014 By Ashton Fraser on February 17, 2014 in Trading Peercoin has hit a bit of a brick wall this afternoon. Lets take a look at the hourly chart below (click to expand). You can see how price is struggling to break past the 50% Fib level. For a number of reasons. […]
AO made profits of £8.1m as its sales rose nearly 30% in the year to March 2013 The founder of Appliances Online, who set up the business following a £1 bet in a pub, is set to scoop £400m in cash and shares when the business floats next month.AO, as the internet-only retailer is now known, is expected to be […]
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In 1602, the Dutch East India Co. established the Amsterdam Bourse, now recognized as the world’s oldest stock exchange. However, it wasn’t until 1720 that the first recorded stock market crash occurred. Since then, every investor hoping to time the market has been trying to predict when the next crash will arrive.Ask a dozen people what causes […]
