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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…
Russia Launches New Intermediate-Range Missile at Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin said the attack was in response to Ukraine’s recent use of American and British weapons to strike deeper into Russia. Source link
John Prestbo’s Indexed Investor: These bond ETFs protect your money from inflation’s bite
Some investment analysts are recommending U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS). If you agree, the best way to go about it is with index-based ETFs, writes John Prestbo.
Small Caps Lead a Light Volume Session
Today’s stock market session was a positive one as small caps leading the way. Volume did not meet expectations, but given the big moves over the past few sessions it is not a surprise. It was nice to see the market reverse yesterday’s losses after the ECB announcement. Crude oil …
Oil Prices Most Volatile Since 2009
The nearly 20 percent rally in oil prices over the past week raised hopes in the oil industry that the financial bloodshed might be over. But hopes were quickly dashed on February 4 when prices erased much of their gains – March deliveries of WTI dropped by a whopping 8 percent in a …
The Fed is accused of complacency
The Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve (FOMC) will meet on Wednesday amid signs that the broad consensus among economists in favour of an interest rate increase around mid year is beginning to crumble. So far, there is no public indication that Ms Yellen and her key supporters …
Statoil to cut spending after oil decline
Capex will be reduced by 10{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540} this year
British Revised GDP
About 5 minutes ago, the British Revised GDP figures were released, showing a -0.6 decline rather than -0.7{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540}. This is basically what investors expected. Immediately following the result, the GBP/USD cross dipped below the 1.6300 mark. However, soon after trader confidence pushed the GBP/USD pair back up to the 1.6310 level. Therefore…
How To Use Market Losses To Trim Your Taxes
If your losses exceed gains, you can use the excess to reduce your ordinary income up to $3,000 per year
Why You Become Happier With Age
Life is a marathon, not a sprint. Don’t be in such a hurry to get to the finish line.
Buttonwood: Not kicking the habit
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Capitalism’s unlikely heroes Fly Title: Buttonwood Rubric: The world is still addicted to debt EIGHT years have passed since subprime mortgages started to go disastrously wrong, but the after-effects of the debt crisis are still around. So, as a new report from the …
USD/CHF Technical Analysis: Still Treading Water Below 0.93
Read entire story. Source: DailyFX – Technical Analysis
Trade Setups in USD-Majors Around January Nonfarm Payrolls
Economists have tended to overestimate the January jobs figure – which pairs are best suited for the outcome?
Syriza and the French indemnity of 1871-73
The euro crisis is a crisis of Europe, not of European countries. It is not a conflict between Germany and Spain (and I use these two countries to represent every European country on one side or the other of the boom) about who should be deemed irresponsible, and so should …
Grains Rally, Some Softs Don’t Follow
Grains rallied today following yesterday’s losses. Many other softs gained as ;well, though not all of ;them. Among losers were coffee, …
Here’s the real science behind time travel
Most people usually write off the idea of time travel as fantasy. But in reality, it occurs all the time – in small ways – as the result of time dilation. Produced by Alex Kuzoian. Special thanks to Jessica Orwig. Follow BI Video: On Facebook For more Science videos: Subscribe to our …
Swiss Central Bank Continues Intervening in Currency Market, Data Suggest – Wall Street Journal
The Fiscal TimesSwiss Central Bank Continues Intervening in Currency Market, Data SuggestWall Street JournalZURICH—New data published on Friday by the Swiss National Bank suggest it bought around 60 billion Swiss francs (around $65 billion) worth of foreign currencies last month to blunt the surge in the Swiss franc's value, even …
Jeb Bush Declares His Support For Raising the Capital Gains Tax, Ending the ‘Carried Interest’ Tax Break, and Taxing Most Inherited Wealth. …
To be sure, after distancing himself from Romney’s formulation, Bush launched into a speech that was loaded up with the usual anti-government boilerplate. Bush did say that “only a small portion” of Americans are “riding the economy’s up escalator,” in keeping with his apparent goal — which is …
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Thousands of prized artworks from the Co… . Hiram Powers marble sculpture “The Greek Slave” is displayed along with other artwork from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington.