Hartwig Loger is the Finance Minister for Austria, and he has a set of proposals for cryptocurrency standards that have been tried and tested already — for gold metal and its derivatives. His goal is to make sure cryptocurrencies like bitcoin cannot be used for money laundering. Last week Loger traveled to Lisbon, Portugal, …
Pakistan’s struggling economy, one of the weakest in South Asia, received another perilous blow yesterday when the Financial Action Task Force decided to include the country on its list of nations with lax power over money laundering and terrorist financing. Saudi Arabia had initially opposed the listing, but backed down after pressure was …
Financial experts are unanimous in saying that this is the best time of year to get rid of the financial clutter in the average household — after the Holiday rush is over and before the dreaded April 15th deadline starts looming. It’s time to look around your home, and your investment and savings strategies, to …
A novel solution to international debt is being tried by the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles. This so-called tropical paradise, which is perilously close to defaulting on some major international banking loans, is building two immense saltwater parks and in return they are negotiating to have a good portion of their national debt …
The Albertsons Company is planning on another stock option buy on the Rite Aid Corporation. It should be about five percent of the stock, with the rest currently being optioned by Walgreens Boots Alliance. The landscape of consumer shopping is shifting so rapidly that grocery chains need an in-house, name brand, pharmacy in order to …
Today the Federal Reserve offers a detailed policy on the 2018 outlook for financial policy makers in government and in private banking as it releases their board meeting minutes from last month, January. Last month the board of governors kept the benchmark federal funding rate unchanged from an average of one to one-point-five percent. …
It’s not a question of if there will be another major recession, but of when that recession will be.is theAnd what President Donald Trump will do about it, if he is still in office at the time. The National Bureau of Economic Research is already saying that the current economic boomlet is the …
Ten years after the worldwide financial crisis, household indebtedness is viewed by many financial experts as a thing of the past, not a present crisis. But there are places were it still stings hard. Such places include Australia, Norway, Canada, and Switzerland. In those countries, among others, the rising tide of household debt is posing …
The goliath chip company Qualcomm has upped the ante on its bid for the semiconductor monolith NXP to nearly forty-four billion dollars this week. They are trying to gain the support of shareholders for this daring acquisition, which traders on Wall Street view as a good match, as well as a good bet for …
If you’re interested in earning money as a writer, there are 3 easy financial tips for writers that every aspiring writer should know about, according to klaindisability.com. One: Don’t Go To College For a Writing Emphasis The things you’ll learn in college if you take any writing classes will serve you well if you’re going …