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Keeping It Current: What Went On Last Week [06/10/2013]
First, as a shout-out to Adrian Stanford, the most important news of last week is that I officially have groupies. Follow him on twitter. And me, if you haven’t already! In less important news, what you may have missed last week: 1. The Many Many Articles on the US Government Shutdown. Still no closer to […]
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Keeping It Current: What Went On Last Week [29/09/2013]
What you may have missed in the business news last week: 1. The US Federal Government Prepares to Shut Down On Tuesday. The House of Representatives has been rejecting bills and proposing new ones; the Senate has been doing the same. So unless things happen in this afternoon’s session, then tomorrow, the US Government will […]
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Keeping It Current: What Went On Last Week [22/09/2013]
What you may have missed in the business news last week: 1. The Fed Announces No Tapering The most recent fad in central banking has been the offering of “forward guidance” to markets. That is: instead of monetary policy being a surprise, it’ll be so covered with warnings and hints and general press leakage* that […]
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Keeping It Current: What Went On Last Week [15/08/2013]
What you may have missed in the business news last week: 1. Apple launched a new cheap(ish-but-not-really) iPhone. And a fingerprint one. So there was general disappointment on Tuesday, as Apple announced that the iPhone was so awesome that they were releasing not one, but two new models. And then the market threw a collective […]
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Keeping It Current: What Went On Last Week [08/09/2013]
What you may have missed in the business news last week: 1. The US Job Report for July Once again, a job report. For a basic explanation of why there are important, here’s an earlier post: Why Employment Numbers Matter. Despite adding 169,000 jobs in July, the labour force shrunk. That is: there were 312,000 […]
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Keeping It Current: What Went On Last Week [30/08/2013]
What you may have missed in the business news: 1. BATS goes Directly to the Edge. BATS (of failed IPO fame) and Direct Edge announced that they would be merging next week, making themselves the second-biggest US stock-exchange (second only to the New York Stock Exchange). Oh Nasdaq – how quickly you are falling from […]
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Keeping It Current: What Went On Last Week [23/08/2013]
What you may have missed: 1. NASDAQ failed (again). On Thursday last week, the Nasdaq quietly and inexplicably just stopped trading for three hours. It follows Google’s 5 minute brain-freeze the week before, and Amazon.com’s hiccup on Monday (25 minutes of no online-purchases – gasp – what else are people to do on a Monday?!). […]
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Keeping It Current: What Went On Last Week [16/8/2013]
What you may have missed last week: 1. Carl Icahn and the Apple Share Price. Last week, first there was this: Then there was this: What you can’t actually see is the correct time-zone appropriate time stamp on that tweet – but if you’ll just take my word for it, it’s happening right there at […]
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Keeping It Current: What Went On Last Week [09/08/2013]
What you may have missed in the business news last week: 1. The fight to replace Bernanke. So Benny boy is leaving us soon, and Mr Obama faces the not-so-awesome task of selecting a replacement. The current contenders: Janet Yellen (the current vice-chair of the Fed) and the “polished” Larry Summers (google that gentleman – the […]
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Keeping It Current: What Went On Last Week [02/08/2013]
What you may have missed in the business news last week: 1. Toyota to use its cash pile, apparently. I’m sure that Shinzo Abe is breathing tentative sighs of relief, as he hopes that this is the first sign that his Abenomics gamble is beginning to pay off (I wrote about Abenomics here). The basic summary: […]
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