Category: Forex

July 23, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Netflix Price Rises Following Strong Results

The results confirmed $4.88 earnings per share. Revenue is at $9.56bn, ensuring that NFLX stays at the top of the streaming industry despite recent challenges that have affected the market since the end of the boom period of COVID restrictions when unprecedented growth was enjoyed. Both the figures were better than analysts had predicted. Perhaps…

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July 23, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Porsche Considering Buying A Stake In Varta

Bloomberg reported that, according to anonymous sources, Porsche is looking at purchasing a majority share in Varta’s e-mobility segment, underpinned by a minority holding in the overall company. According to Bloomberg, Porsche indicated that it is keeping avenues open to “keep this key technology in Germany”. Porsche has allegedly been investigating battery strategies, such as…

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July 23, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Europol Report Says Crypto And AI Open Doors For Cybercrimes

Detailed in the authority’s 10th edition of its Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA), the findings show how millions of people across the EU fell victim to attacks and exploits. According to Europol, this audit is an “in-depth assessment of the key developments, changes and emerging threats in cybercrime” during 2023. It also provides a…

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July 22, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

60/40 Investment Portfolio Poised To Regain Its Popularity

After the 2022 dilemma, many analysts believed that this was the last they would see of this so-called mom-and-pop strategy. However, both stocks and bonds made a comeback and resuscitated this approach. Don’t miss out the latest news, subscribe to LeapRate’s newsletter Yahoo Finance cited Todd Schlanger, a Vanguard senior investment strategist, who stated that…

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July 22, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Global IT Outage Grounds Stocks Across The Board

Indexes around the world felt the sting of this glitch and signed off last week’s trading on a low. This included the London Stock Exchange (LSE), France’s CAC 40, Germany’s DAX, Spain’s IBEX, the Netherlands’ AEX, Switzerland’s SMI and Sweden’s OMX Stockholm 30. Based on Sky News data, the FTSE dropped by more than 0.6%…

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July 22, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Virgin Money Takeover Given the All-Clear

At £2.9bn (5.6bn AUD), this is set to be the biggest merger to take place in the British banking industry since the financial crisis. The CMA was initially worried that the deal - agreed in March this year - could lower the level of competition in the UK banking sector. However, the CMA confirmed on…

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July 19, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Quantum Computers To Create $850bn Of Global Economic Value By 2040

Dr Curioni suggested that this data breach could be upon us within a decade, considering the speed at which quantum computers are gaining power. He stated that quantum computers create calculations by leveraging subatomic particles that allow them to process tasks at devastatingly fast speeds. Q-Day, an event widely known throughout the quantum industry, will…

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July 19, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

China Probes The EU’s Pork Trade

China’s Commerce Ministry indicated that it will look into Danish Crown, Vion Boxtel and Litera Meat to determine if any detrimental product dumping occurred that negatively affects the Chinese economy. These firms are reportedly the leading pork exporters to China. To comply with the investigation, the companies must accurately complete a questionnaire. Danish Crown said…

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Kraken sets up Abu Dhabi headquarters in MENA region
July 19, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Kraken Extends Its Reach To The UK And Australia

In its blog post announcing this extension, Kraken stated that custody is “integral to the institutional crypto space” as financial institutions need a secure platform to handle virtual assets. Through Kraken Institutional, the company already features prominently in the UK and Australian crypto spheres. The cryptocurrency exchange stated: With this expansion, our crypto custody product…

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