When Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen gives evidence to the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday, she has an opportunity to speak above the heads of the financial markets to Congress and the American people. There is pressure in the Senate to bring the Fed under Congressional “audit”, something that almost …
France admits West African colonial ‘massacre’, Senegal President Faye says
France has for the first time acknowledged that its soldiers carried out a "massacre" in Senegal in which dozens – perhaps hundreds – of West African troops were killed almost exactly 80 years ago, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has said.Those who died were part of the Tirailleurs Senegalais unit, recruited at the start of World War Two to help defend France, the colonial power.On returning to Senegal in 1944 many protested about their pay, historians say, which led to a brutal response.The killings have been a point of contention between Senegal and France and their reported acknowledgement by Paris…
Fire Engulfs Japan Rocket Test Site
Large plumes of smoke billowed from the launch site at Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, after a malfunction during an engine test. Source link
At least one dead and three injured near Vilnius
At least one person has died and three others have been injured after a cargo plane crashed near Vilnius airport in Lithuania in the early hours of Monday.The Boeing 737, operated for DHL by the Spanish cargo airline Swiftair, crashed near a house as it was on its final approach for landing, local authorities said.All 12 people have been safely evacuated from the property, police said.The cause of the crash is still unclear but the defence minister said there were no initial signs it was sabotage or terrorism. The aircraft departed from DHL's hub at Leipzig Airport in Germany just…
North Sea oil and gas spending to plunge
Rising costs, heavy taxes and price slide could lead to accelerated decommissioning of fields
5 New, Affordable Smartwatches Battle for Your Wrist
We'll see a number of new smartwatches this year at more affordable prices. Here's a look at some of our favorites.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Never been better
UK Only Article: standard article Fly Title: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Rubric: America's mortgage-insurance giants are making bigger profits than before the crisis Byline: C.R. & T.E. Location: LONDON AND NEW YORK Main image: 20150221_fnp511.jpg FANNIE MAE and Freddie Mac may sound …
Price & Time: USD/JPY Waiting On A Catalyst
Yellen ‘Humphrey Hawkins’ testimony the directional trigger?
Central Bank Commentary to Provide Spark for USD, GBP, CAD
The BoC, BoE, and Fed will all be updating markets on their recent perspectives and implications on monetary policy today.
How to look at the Greece bailout deal
Yesterday, Greece received an agreement in principal to extend its existing bailout program for another four months from the institutions administering that program. I believe this deal is a good basis for further work down the line. But Greece has a lot of work ahead of it, if it is …
Oversupply Concerns Hurt Crude Oil
Futures for ;crude oil dropped today amid concerns about oversupply. While the ;number of ;oil rigs was falling in ;the ;United States, the ;pace of ;closure is …
This website can literally save you hundreds of pounds on UK train travel
The art of “ticket splitting” — saving money by splitting up your journey by buying several tickets instead of one — has been around since the 1970s. But now the technique has gone mainstream after a website called “TrainSplit.com” was picked up by The Sunday Times. It uses legitimate …
Yellen Monetary Policy on Tap – Fox Business
Fox BusinessYellen Monetary Policy on TapFox BusinessFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen begins two days of testimony Tuesday before Congress and the goal of the politicians will be to glean from Yellen some as-yet ungleaned clue as to the when the central bank plans to raise interest rates. In all …
Corporate Profits
Yes I am playing with FRED. My thoughts about the graph after the jump. First isn’t that a long name for a time series ? Profit measurement is controversial. Non-accountants such as myself are afraid to even go there. Wouldn’t you have guessed a larger ratio ? So much …
Australian venues ban ‘narcissistic’ selfie sticks
The promoter of the Soundwave music festival, held in major cities across Australia, has vowed to crack down on “selfie” sticks, saying they are preventing concertgoers from enjoying the show. Promoter AJ Maddah’s concerns come as the Sydney Entertainment Centre, now Qantas Credit Union Arena, confirmed to Fairfax Media that …
The Barnes Foundation discovers two sketches by Paul Cézanne behind watercolors
During a recent paper conservation treatment, the Barnes Foundation discovered two unfinished sketches—one graphite and one watercolor— on the reverse sides of two watercolors by Cézanne, which depict the landscape of southern France: The Chaine de l’Etoile Mountains (BF650) and Trees (BF655), normally on view …
MFA Boston Acquires What’s Left of Legendary Rothschild Collection
The Rothschild Family in 1937. Photo: Courtesy the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is the lucky recipient of a major gift from heirs of the Rothschild family. The works, 186 in total, are part of a treasure trove of family heirlooms that was looted during World…
Did Holbein invent Henry VIII?
In a Culture Show special, Waldemar Januszczak looks at the work of Hans Holbein the Younger. He argues that the painter was integral to our idea of the Tudors.
‘Guardians’ Director James Gunn Defends Superhero Movies After Oscars Diss
“Guardians of the Galaxy,” last year’s highest-grossing comic book movie, was nominated for two Oscars during Sunday’s ceremony. But despite the inclusion, “Guardians” and its brethren were on the receiving end of a diss from Jack Black during the Oscars’ opening musical number. “Opening with lots of zeroes, …
Early Music Leader Philip Pickett Gets 11 Years’ Prison For Rape
The founder and director of the New London Consort and Musicians of the Globe (the resident ensemble at Shakespeare’s Globe), with a discography of 48 titles, Pickett was convicted of assaulting several of his students at the Guildhall School.
In Performance: Patrick Mulryan of ‘Into the Woods’
A video performance of “Giants in the Sky” from the Fiasco Theater’s production of “Into the Woods.”