Mega interest Argentina to 40%
May 4, 2018 16:30Argentina has made three interest rate increases in a week's time, and the record of 40% has now been reached. With this increase, the country tries to keep the peso against the dollar up.
Argentina has made three interest rate increases in a week's time, and the record of 40% has now been reached. With this increase, the country tries to keep the peso against the dollar up.
A radio campaign against the castration of piglets from animal rights organization Gaia has been wrongly reported by Belgian pig farmers. The farmers are called 'cruel' and in the commercial follows a 'sharp' description of the ritual according to Gaia.
The British bank Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) puts the knife in its offices in England and Wales.
The EU 'takes note' of President Donald Trump's decision to exempt EU member states from US import duties on steel and aluminum until 1 June. The EU ought to 'be excluded from these measures fully and permanently', the European Commission says and warns that it is 'not under threat'.
Trafigura is the first large commodity trader to issue bonds on the Chinese debt market, on the mainland and not as usual in Hong Kong.
How does Warren Buffett live, the world's best investor? Market researchers have been trying to copy their investment method for years. Savings and patience are the recipes, even at breakfast.
The price for sugar in a cup of coffee or tea has gone further down the market. The investments are in price at a recent low. Farmers produce massively and thus push prices.
Europe sees a future in robots, but wants a code of conduct to prevent devices and other 'smart' technologies from causing damage. In order not to miss the boat, 20 billion euros have to be invested in the coming 2.5 years.
The price of crude oil continues to rise, despite additional supply from China. A barrel of brent oil came on Tuesday afternoon above $ 75 a barrel.
A quarrel about the legacy of the wealthy stock exchange trader Michael Morgan Taylor who died during 9/11 has led to a bizarre ruling by the judge.
There are holes in the roof, the ceiling collapses and the water seeps into the building from all sides. Nevertheless, a house in Fremont in the US state of California has been sold on the market for barely 1.2 million dollars for just one week. The situation is so shocking that people come to the streets to protest.
Action has the name in the Netherlands, but can not keep pace with the pace at which Chinese JD.com stores open: one thousand a week.
The French telecom company Bouygues is working on a takeover of the French branch of telecom and cable company Altice. Bouygues, according to insiders, spoke with the investment company CVC Capital Partners about a joint bid on the plumbing business unit.
A market trader in the British Lymington may no longer scream his merchandise. He got a screaming ban imposed after the complaints rained about his pruning sales method.
It is not expected that the missing German billionaire Karl-Erivan Haub is still alive in the Alps. The 58-year-old richly rich businessman disappeared last Saturday after a ski tour in the vicinity of Matterhorn, but his family has since given up the 'hope'. This reports Der Spiegel.
China opens its market with metal trade for foreign investors. The government announced this on Friday.
The police may have prevented a terrorist attack on the Berlin half marathon today. Four men have been arrested. It would be friends of the Islamic terrorist Anis Amri, who with a truck on the metropolitan Christmas market in 2016 at the Gedächtniskirche killed twelve people and wounded about fifty.
Data from some 87 million Facebook users, mainly Americans, may have been transferred to research bureau Cambridge Analytica. That's what Facebook told us in a statement. Earlier, on the basis of estimates, it was thought that data would be about 50 million people.
The search for abuses at the top man of WPP, the largest advertising company in the world, has put the share of Wednesday significantly lower on the British stock market.
Peen makes a striking advance with German farmers. Asparagus is still by far the favorite because of the yield, but last year 7% more carrots were harvested and this trend continues.
Facebook's problems with leaked data from users will not affect the advance in ads. Thanks to its growth, the social network survives boycott actions and advertising failures, according to researcher eMarketer.
Scott Pruitt may be the next protégé of President Donald Trump to clear the field. The pressure on the boss of the American Environmental Protection Service (EPA) has increased following reports from ABC News and Bloomberg news agency that in 2017 he rented six months of living space in Washington far below the market price.
President Trump further intensified his attack on web shop Amazon Saturday. Amazon would pay too little tax and give the American postal company unfair competition with too low rates.
Italian authorities hold their hearts for Easter attacks, the most important feast for Christianity. The outgoing Minister of the Interior Marco Minniti warns that Muslim terrorists have Rome in their sights.
Consumer confidence in the United States rose to the highest level since 2004 in March, according to a final figure published by the University of Michigan.
The Italian police rolled up a terror cell that was in contact with the perpetrator of the attack on the Christmas market in Berlin, Anis Amri. The police arrested five suspects in Rome and nearby Latina.
The first future in yuan for crude oil, which put China on the market as an alternative to the image-determining Brent and WTI futures contracts on Monday, does not threaten it, but it mainly highlights the rapid opening up of the market for foreign companies. 'The timing is perfect,' says economist Hans van Cleef (ABN Amro), referring to the trade dispute between the US and China.
South Korean steelmakers are shooting up on the stock market Monday after claims of a deal with the US.
Avocado craziness has reached a new peak. The British supermarket chain Waitrose has put an Easter egg in the form of an avocado on the market and it is already the fastest selling chocolate egg in the history of the chain.
The EU leaders have approved a transition period for the British after their departure from the EU on March 29, 2019. At their summit in Brussels, the 27, because Prime Minister Theresa May was no longer there, also the light on green for the negotiations on the last phase of the brexit.