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• Oil Crash Sends CAD, AUD, NZD Lower

  03-05-2016 22:03
  
  The big story today for the foreign exchange market is the sharp decline in commodity currencies. The Australian dollar led the move but the Canadian dollar was the main focus during the North American session.  Oil prices dropped over 2%, leading to the strongest one-day rise in USD/CAD since March.   The sharp
  
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• Are The Miners On The Verge Of A Correction Or About To Go Parabolic?

  03-05-2016 20:49
  
  By Avi Gilburt,  ElliottWaveTrader.netI never suggest trading on emotion, yet the “fears” I expressed last week may be developing as the reality on the ground. With the continued strength this past week seen in the miners, one has to question whether the more immediately bullish “green count” is what is in play,
  
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• Liberty to bid for Tata UK steel assets

  03-05-2016 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liberty House plans to submit a formal bid on Tuesday to buy Tata Steel's UK assets, which include the Port Talbot works employing about 4,000 people.
  
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• FTSE down as weak China data hits miners

  03-05-2016 17:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  London's top shares fall 0.9%, with shares in mining stocks dropping, after a survey indicates a further contraction in Chinese factory output.
  
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• Javid orders probe into BHS collapse

  03-05-2016 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Business Secretary Sajid Javid orders the Insolvency Service to investigate the collapse of UK department store BHS.
  
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• 'Every bookmaker is crying out in pain'

  03-05-2016 17:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  'Every bookmaker is crying out in pain'
  
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• ECB warns on US economic data leaks

  03-05-2016 14:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US investors may have earned millions of dollars in profits from early access to leaked economic data, the European Central Bank alleges.
  
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• Australia budget brings in 'Google tax'

  03-05-2016 14:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Australian government's budget, which doubles as its election campaign kick-off, targets multinational companies that move profits offshore.
  
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• Uber expands co-operation with Alipay

  03-05-2016 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Taxi-hailing service Uber and China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group agree a deal allowing Chinese travellers to pay for a taxi in any country where Uber operates.
  
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• VIDEO: 'Bank of Mum and Dad will only grow'

  03-05-2016 13:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Independent property expert Louisa Fletcher says she can only see the "Bank of Mum and Dad" growing, but has a warning for parents.
  
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• FX: Reserve Bank of Australia's Surprise Rate Cuts

  03-05-2016 13:06
  
  Market Drivers May 3, 2016AU RBA Cuts to 1.75% UK PMI Manufacturing lowest in 3 years Nikkei closed Dax -1.51% Oil $44/bbl Gold $1299/oz. Europe and Asia : AUD RBA cuts by 25bp GBP UK PMI 49.2 vs. 51.2 EUR PPI 0.3% vs. 0.0% North America :No DataThe Reserve Bank of Australia surprised the currency market
  
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• FX: Dollar Continues to Push Lower

  03-05-2016 12:55
  
  The US dollar's downtrend is extending.   The euro traded above $1.16 for the first time since last August. With Japanese markets closed for the second half of the Golden Week holidays, perhaps participants felt less hampered by the risk of intervention and pushed the dollar to almost JPY105.50.  Despite an
  
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• TTIP trade talks 'likely to stop'

  03-05-2016 11:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Talks between the EU and US over the wide-ranging TTIP trade deal are likely to grind to a halt, according to France's trade minister.
  
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• Solving delivery problems in a gridlocked city

  03-05-2016 11:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How motorbikes can solve the last mile problem
  
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• Manufacturing in worst month since 2013

  03-05-2016 11:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Activity in the UK's manufacturing sector contracted in April for the first time in three years, a survey indicates.
  
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• HSBC profit falls amid volatile markets

  03-05-2016 09:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Banking giant HSBC reports a 14% drop in profits for the first quarter after "extreme levels of volatility" in financial markets at the start of the year.
  
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• CF Industries (CF): Will Weak Prices Dent Earnings Again?

  03-05-2016 01:50
  
  CF IndustriesCF will release its first quarter 2016 results after the bell on May 4.   In the last quarter, the fertilizer maker had delivered a negative earnings surprise of 11.63%. Profits tumbled roughly 89% in the quarter, hurt
  
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• Why Wynn Resorts, Sysco, and Apollo Education Group Jumped Today

  03-05-2016 01:46
  
  Image sourceSysco.Today is the day on which one of the best known seasonal trading signals kicks in, but investors seemed to ignore that and pushed the stock market in
  
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• Howard Hughes Corp. Cashes in on an Asset Sale

  03-05-2016 01:46
  
  Image SourceHoward Hughes Corp.Howard Hughes got a big boost this quarter from an asset sale, which catapulted its first quarter earnings. However, that sale was only part of the
  
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• Teradata (TDC) to Report Q1 Earnings: Will It Miss Again?

  03-05-2016 01:45
  
  Teradata Corp.TDC is set to report first quarter 2016 results on May 5. Last quarter, the company posted a 3.08% negative earnings surprise. The company has posted an average negative earnings surprise of 13.87% over the past four quarters.
  
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• Intel Corporation Kills SoFIA and Broxton

  03-05-2016 01:45
  
  Image sourceIntel.Well respected technology industry analyst Pat Moorhead reported , in a column published in Forbes , that Intel senior management has pulled the plug on the company's SoFIA
  
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• Endurance Specialty Holds Up Much Better Than Expected

  03-05-2016 01:45
  
  Endurance provides marine insurance coverage. ImageEndurance Specialty Holdings.The insurance business relies on finding customers willing to pay premiums for risk protection that can still allow an insurer to make
  
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• 10% of Tesla Motors Short-Sellers Have Bailed

  03-05-2016 01:45
  
  Image sourceTesla.With Tesla Motors being the mother of all battleground stocks right now, it's particularly important for investors to keep a close eye on short interest numbers. There's a
  
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• Will Low Oil, Gas Mar Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) Q1 Earnings?

  03-05-2016 01:44
  
  Europe's largest oil company Royal Dutch Shell plcRDS.A is set to release its first quarter 2016 results before the opening bell on Wednesday, May 4. In the preceding three month period, The Hague based supermajor posted a negative earnings
  
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• What LinkedIn Corp. Management Wants You to Know

  03-05-2016 01:44
  
  After surprising investors with better than expected first quarter results last week, LinkedIn proceeded to offer some more in depth update on the company's current situation, as a look at some of the opportunities ahead
  
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• Match Group (MTCH) Q1 Earnings Preview: What to Expect

  03-05-2016 01:44
  
  Match Group, Inc.MTCH is set to report first quarter 2016 earnings results after the closing bell on May 3. The company went public last November, and in its first earnings announcement as a publicly traded company, Match Group missed
  
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• Is Citi (C) Mulling Sale of Asia Credit Card Payment Business?

  03-05-2016 01:44
  
  Continuing with the strategy of divesting non core operations, Citigroup Inc.C intends to vend its Asia credit card payment processing business, according to Reuters . Notably, Hong Kong, Singapore and India account for around 70% of the unit's business.
  
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• 3 Stocks That Could Double Your Money

  03-05-2016 01:44
  
  First of all, any decent stock can double your money if you give it enough time. And there's a general rule that says the greater a stock's potential for gains, the greater the
  
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• In The Week Ahead: Correction Appears To Be Under Way

  03-05-2016 01:43
  
  The major U.S. stock indices gave back the previous week's gains and then some last week, due in part to tepid March new home sales and weaker than expected Q1 GDP. They were led lower by the
  
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• Goldman Eyes New Lending Strategy Amid Revenue Pressure

  03-05-2016 01:43
  
  The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.GS seems to be seeking revenue opportunities as weak markets and stricter regulations have put a pressure on the investment bank's traditional businesses like fixed income trading.  According to a Reuters report, Goldman, which is
  
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• Apple Inc. May Be Losing Smartphone Share to Samsung

  03-05-2016 01:43
  
  Image creditApple.Describing Apple 's most recent quarterly financial results as "disappointing" might just be an understatementthey were downright ugly. Apple reported a sharp decline in
  
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• VIDEO: Disrupting deliveries in Nairobi

  03-05-2016 01:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Can Sendy take on the giants of delivery in Nairobi with the sharing economy?
  
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• Eureka! How to make discoveries at the speed of light

  03-05-2016 01:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How cloud computing helps us discover at the speed of light
  
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• Bottling water in drought-hit California

  03-05-2016 01:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bottling water for profit in drought-hit California
  
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• 'Bank of mum and dad' lends £5bn a year

  03-05-2016 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lending from family members to help their children get on the UK property ladder will amount to £5bn in 2016, according to L&G.
  
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