CNBC Comment: Why Kiev’s corruption problem matters March 17, 2014 WHAT have insider trading, price-fixing, front-running financial market players got to do with the Crimea crisis we are now confronting in Ukraine? On the surface, not a lot. But as I sit here at my vantage point overlooking the destruction and barricades in the centre of Kiev, I can’t help thinking that there is one [...]
DailyFX Tips & Picks: How effective leverage contributes to trading success March 17, 2014 WHILE trading with high leverage is theoretically an effective way to quickly generate a good income with a small deposit, results show that it’s not necessarily the best way to trade. As an analyst at FXCM, I meet many traders every year; they join us for our in-house seminars or our daily webinars. Many have [...]
DailyFX Tips & Picks: Analyst’s pick March 17, 2014 CURRENCY STRATEGIST CHRIS VECCHIO My pick: Long euro-dollar from $1.3825, long euro-yen from ¥141.50 Expertise: Fundamental and technical analysis with risk management Average time frame of trades: A few hours to a few weeks The most significant event to dislodge the euro from its recent resiliency was commentary from ECB president Mario Draghi on Thursday. [...]
The five interview gaffes to avoid March 17, 2014 How you perform will determine whether you get your dream job. Here’s what not to do FROM asking to be paid “in cash” to hugging the prospective boss, eager applicants can make fatal errors in the interview process. Aside from the basic mistakes like failing to do their homework or not looking up the interviewer [...]
Dogecoin just sent $11,000 over Twitter. Instantly. March 17, 2014 If you’ve tried to transfer cash online, you’ve probably faced a process that’ll hit your wallet and take an age to complete. Cryptocurrencies are changing that, and sending cash across borders is now as easy as sending a tweet. That’s just what Twitter user Hood did yesterday, sending 14m Dogecoin to the Doge4Water campaign – [...]
How one 19 year old won the internet with addictive puzzler 2048 | City A.M. March 17, 2014 Gabriele Cirulli never thought that his latest project would be a breakout hit. The Italian web developer started 2048 as an experiment to see if he could program a game almost from scratch. Having stumbled across another version of the game on a forum and 1024, he wanted to see if he could combine the [...]
Corporation tax: Why it’s workers who really pay when we squeeze firms March 17, 2014 WHEN One Direction (1D) weighed in on the corporation tax debate, calling on their fans to pressure George Osborne into “cracking down on company tax avoidance”, it was the clearest indication yet that business tax has become a popular issue. But what has not filtered through to the public debate is the question of who [...]
Three new ways to play 2048 that you never thought of | City A.M. March 16, 2014 By now you’ve probably beaten the massively addictive 2048, if not, you’re certainly hooked on it. If you’re not quite there – don’t worry. The developer of the game, Gabriele Cirulli, tells City AM that even he hasn’t managed to defeat it yet. And if you’re still stuck we have a strategy guide to help [...]
How to beat addictive puzzling game 2048 | City A.M. March 15, 2014 If you’ve tried 2048, then you’re probably already aware of how fiendishly difficult, yet instantly addictive the puzzler is. The creation of 19 year old Italian developer Gabriele Cirulli, it’s based on 1024 by Veewo Studio and is described by the author as being “conceptually similar” to Threes by Asher Vollmer. The aim of the game is to shuffle [...]
Focus on… Kings Cross: Creating the king of regeneration March 13, 2014 IN TWO years’ time, around 30,000 Londoners will be working or studying in King’s Cross every day. At least, this is what is envisioned by Argent, the property developer behind one of the biggest regeneration projects in London. The site encompasses 67 acres of mixed use development, half of which has been completed or committed. [...]