This significant move comes at a time when lawmakers are reviewing U.S. tax policies to bring back accumulated profits from overseas at lower tax rates. Apple’s Chief Executive Officer, Tim Cook has disclosed that Apple plans on creating… Read More ›
Economy & Finance
Fight Being Taken To Apple, Uber And Google’s Waymo By Samsung Self-Driving Cars
Samsung, the Korean electronics firm, has been granted permission to conduct tests on autonomous cars using the public roads on Hyundai vehicles. Bringing the key players from the battle for smartphone dominance to the brave new world of autonomous vehicles,… Read More ›
Deutsche Bank Says Purse Strings Soon To Be Loosened By India’s Government
India’s government is about to embark on a spending spree, if historical facts and figures are to be believed. During the last two years of an Indian government’s five-year long term, there is generally a significant pick up in government… Read More ›
SEC approves the listing of quadruple-leveraged ETFS in the U.S
The development comes in the wake of attorney Jay Clayton heading the SEC. In a significant development, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the trade of quadruple-leveraged exchange-traded funds in the United States. This indicates a first for… Read More ›
This Is The Hottest Sector Of The Market And It May Just Be Getting Started
Very different messages were appeared to be sent by two signals about the strength of consumer spending in the United States. While on one hand, the consumer spending figure reported Friday was quite weak, with the Bureau of Economic Analysis announcing… Read More ›
IMF Says As Oil Prices Rise, Middle East Will See Ballooning Deficits Tumble
A director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that as austerity, taxes and stable oil prices begin to take effect, oil exporters in the Middle East and North Africa will see their budget deficits shrink. “Sizeable adjustments were made in… Read More ›
Joseph Otting could replace Thomas Curry as Comptroller of the Currency
Keith Noreika, a banking lawyer at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, is being considered as an acting comptroller. The Wall Street Journal has reported that the Trump administration plans on replacing Thomas Curry as the Comptroller of the Currency. Although… Read More ›
Public records show public investments funds flowing into Trump’s business interests
With this potential violation of the U.S. constitution, Trump appears to be risking everything by choosing not to divest. As per two senators, U.S President Donald Trump is setting a unparalleled precedent by flirting with potential violations to the U.S…. Read More ›
Germany to help transform Saudi Arabia’s economy
Oil-exports-dependent Saudi Arabia is pushing to diversify its economy. With German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to the country, Saudi Arabia has let it be known that it wants to partner German companies, including, Siemens and SAP, to further the kingdom’s… Read More ›
Peak Oil Demand Is A Misleading Theory, Says Saudi Aramco CEO
While countering theories that demand will peak within years with his own forecast that consumption will keep growing for decades, the boss of Saudi Arabia’s state oil company defended petroleum as the mainstay of the global economy. “The global economy… Read More ›