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The IMF has a warning on market volatility that's 'not for the faint-hearted'
It’s been well telegraphed by the US Federal Reserve that they are looking to normalize monetary policy at some point this year.The question is, could it spark a renewed bout of market volatility,...
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China may have just cleared the way for a 'black swan' event
Chinese authorities took a huge 100 basis points off the key capital holding requirement for the nation's banks over the weekend. There are reports today that even more aggressive stimulus is being...
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This amazing new beehive design has now raised £8 million from crowdfunding...
When inventors Cedar Anderson and his father Stuart released their radical new design for a beehive on the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo in late February, they were hoping to raise $US70,000. When...
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Kids can now design and 3D print their own Mattel toys
Multinational 3D design company Autodesk, and Mattel, the makers of Barbie, have teamed up to enable kids to design and make their own toys.The companies will release a number of 3D design and printing...
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Mining behemoth Rio Tinto is shipping less iron ore than it digs up
Rio Tinto, one of the world's big metals miners, produced and shipped fewer tonnes of iron ore in the March quarter compared to the quarter ending in December.Rio loaded 72.5 million tonnes of iron ore...
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Nikkei passes 20,000 again
Stocks in Asia are mostly higher today despite falls on Wall Street overnight.Once again it’s Chinese markets leading the way with the Shanghai Composite up a further 1.8%.Elsewhere Japan’s Nikkei, the...
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China PMI's big miss is a new 12-month low
If China’s HSBC-Markit manufacturing PMI gauge for March was disappointing, then April can only be described as concerning.The Flash HSBC-Markit PMI survey, a preliminary report on manufacturing...
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Floyd Mayweather's personal chef told us what the boxer is eating to prepare...
In just under two weeks' time, undefeated five-division boxing champion Floyd Mayweather will take on eight-division champ Manny Pacquiao in the most lucrative fight in history.The boxers are estimated...
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Here's one of the quickest ways to earn between $200,000 and $300,000 a year
The quickest way to earn between $200,000 and $300,000 a year may be to become an expatriate in Asia.China has the highest income growth potential for expats. It ranks first in the Expat Economics...
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These are the first ever images of taste at work on the tongue
Scientists have for the first time captured live images of the process of taste sensation on the tongue.The international team imaged single cells on the tongue of a mouse with a specially designed...
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As China slows, another Asian superpower is emerging
Just as China’s economy begins to slow Australia may be about to benefit from the rise of a new Asian economic superpower – the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN for short.That’s the...
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Merger rumours drive Chinese stocks to yet another new high
China's Shanghai Composite is at it again.After a 0.5% correction last Friday the bargain hunters have moved in, driving the index up an eye-watering 3% on Monday.While there have been rumours that...
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Here's why Deutsche Bank thinks the Fed will look past any weak US GDP data
The US Federal Reserve concludes their April policy meeting in the early hours of Wednesday morning.Unfortunately it’s not the full shebang on this occasion – there’ll no economic projections released...
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Here's one of the most bizarre facts we've seen about the China market rally
After a brief burst of exuberance in late March it appears that the appetite for Chinese firms listed in Hong Kong is waning.As the chart below shows the Hang Seng China Enterprise Index (HSCEI), that...
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China's steel production contracted in Q1 for the first time in at least 20...
Chinese steel demand slumped in the first quarter of 2015 according to China’s Iron and Steel Association (CISA).On its website yesterday CISA noted that domestic demand slumped by 6% Bloomberg...
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The confused market reaction to US growth highlights a problem with GDP data
US economic growth — reported Wednesday — was a shocker. The economy grew by a paltry 0.2% in seasonally adjusted annualized terms (saar) — well below market expectations for an increase of...
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The Nikkei is getting destroyed
The Nikkei in Japan is getting smashed.Investors — after briefly pondering the Bank of Japan's decision to leave policy unchanged in April — are running for the exits.Japan is catching up after a...
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It's too early to write off the US economy — and dollar — in 2015
It’s no secret that US economy underwhelmed during the first quarter of 2015. Most major data points were weak, culminating in a GDP reading of just 0.2% earlier this week.This excellent chart,...
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6 charts that show why the Fed must raise rates this year
Inflation, or its absence, has been one of the key reasons that the US Fed has been able to leave rates at zero even though the US economy grew strongly in 2014.But all that is about to change,...
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The biggest Aussie bank just had the biggest one-day fall since the global...
Australia banking stocks are getting smoked today, continuing a trend seen over the past month.Commonwealth Bank is currently off more than 4%, after reporting flat profit growth during the March...
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