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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Wednesday.1. ISIS has claimed credit for the Christmas market attack in Berlin, Germany. The terrorist group had their claim published by Amaq News Agency, the...
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Here's the burning issue I want everyone to understand about the economy and...
In the late part of the last century I had a raging argument with a guy who truly believed the economic theories which said humans were utility-maximising automatons.Armed with my new learnings about...
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PREDICTION: The internet will shut down for 24 hours next year
It's December, that time of the year when many industry experts make all sorts of predictions for the year ahead. But one prophecy caught Business Insider's eye: The whole internet will shut down for...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Thursday.1. Berlin police are offering a €100,000 reward for Anis Amri, the prime suspect after a truck drove through a Christmas market on Monday, killing 12...
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Australian police have arrested 7 people planning a Christmas Day terrorist...
Seven people have been arrested in Melbourne after allegedly preparing for an “ISIS-inspired” terrorist attack on Christmas Day.The suspects were reportedly targeting Flinders Street Station,...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Friday.1. Australian police have arrested seven people planning a Christmas Day terrorist attack in Melbourne. The group were allegedly planning an...
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There's one major obstacle to a driverless car future that tech can't solve —...
Two years ago, driverless cars were unheard of. Today, they’re on the roads in Silicon Valley and Pennsylvania.Nine months ago, the concept of vehicles talking to traffic lights was only the subject of...
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Trump claims he'll stop North Korea's nuclear ambitions — and says China has...
US president-elect Donald Trump says he won't let North Korea drop a nuclear bomb on America.In his latest instance of diplomacy-by-tweet, Trump on Monday said: "North Korea just stated that it is in...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Tuesday.1. US President-elect Donald Trump says he won't let North Korea drop a nuclear bomb on America. His now trademark diplomacy-by-tweet followed an...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Wednesday.1. US President-elect Donald Trump has questioned the legitimacy of US intelligence officials' findings on Russia's cyberattacks, and now lawmakers are...
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From commodities to Bitcoin, Chinese speculators are looking to escape the...
Following an enormous rout in stocks in 2015, skyrocketing house prices in the nation’s largest cities and a lack of investment options elsewhere, Chinese speculators flocked to commodity futures...
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'By mid-year, the euphoria of a Trump presidency will start to fade'
The US dollar has been on a tear since the US election, notching up some impressive gains in a relatively short period of time.The chart below from HSBC shows the US dollar’s gains against other major...
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CHART: It just became staggeringly expensive to borrow Chinese currency for...
It just became a lot more expensive to borrow offshore traded Chinese yuan.It’s a big blow to anyone borrowing the currency looking to fund bets of the offshore traded yuan, or CNH, against it...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Thursday.1. US President-elect Donald Trump has plans to shrink the CIA. According to a Wall Street Journal report he will reduce its size, along with the office...
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A trader built this interactive map showing all the world's global trade flows
Global trade is going to one of the big policy themes of 2017. Governments and investors around the world are waiting to see how US president-elect Donald Trump follows through on his strong campaign...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Friday.1. US President-elect Donald Trump wants taxpayers to pay for the US-Mexico border wall. Such a move would break Trump's pledge that Mexico would pay for...
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Inflation in a key component of China's economy is red-hot as commodity...
Chinese consumer price inflation moderated in December but upstream price pressures surged as a result of higher commodity prices.According to China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), consumer...
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Pakistan just tested a submarine-based nuke
Tensions between India and Pakistan are on the rise after Pakistan launched a nuclear-capable Babur-3 missile from a submarine for the first time.Pakistan has previously launched missiles from land and...
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Suddenly, the US dollar is under pressure in Asia
The US dollar has suddenly come under pressure in Asian trade, seemingly on the back of nothing.Around 1.15pm Sydney time, and having traded higher earlier in the session, the greenback did a sharp...
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Chinese commodity futures are staging another mind-boggling rally
Even by their usual volatile standards, Chinese commodity futures have been posting some mind-boggling moves higher in Tuesday’s Asian trading session.Here’s the scoreboard at the mid-session break:...
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