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General Motors Exceeded Wall Street Expectations

It was not an easy period for carmakers. However, General Motors reported fourth-quarter earnings that surpassed Wall Street expectations. Nevertheless, the automaker warned that a global semiconductor chip shortage could cut its earnings by $2 billion in 2021.  It is worth noting that, carmakers, as well as parts suppliers, began warning of the shortage in …

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Salesforce

Cloud Computing Company Salesforce and Coronavirus

In 2020, millions of people all over the world started to work from home due to the coronavirus pandemic. Moreover, companies are working hard to cope with challenges. Interestingly,  Salesforce is joining other famous companies from Silicon Valley in announcing a significant shift in how it allows its employees to work. Based on the information …

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AUD/USD

The Australian and NZ dollars rose to multi-week highs

Risk-sensitive currencies, the Australian and New Zealand dollars, consolidated recent gains on February 9. Furthermore, a run of upbeat domestic data kept bold yields raised, while optimism on the global outlook declined the greenback. Improved market sentiment and optimistic economic surveys shifted the risk-sensitive currencies to multi-week highs. The Australian dollar increased by 0.32% and …

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Stocks and various factors

Stocks in Asia-Pacific and Europe on Tuesday

It was an interesting day, as stocks in Asia-Pacific mostly advanced on February 9 with mainland Chinese stocks leading gains. However, European stocks closed slightly lower on Tuesday as the rally that’s seen global stocks nudging to record highs appeared to be cooling. It is worth noting that, the benchmark Shanghai Composite added 2.01% to …

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Pound rose against U.S. dollar and euro. What about Aussie?

The pound hit its highest level versus the dollar since 2018

According to the latest news, the British pound reached its highest level versus the U.S. dollar since April 2018. The sterling was trading below eight-month highs versus the euro on February 9. Analysts say that the United Kingdom’s lead in coronavirus vaccinations was a positive for the currency. The British currency reached $1.3788 versus the …

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dollar, employment, Economy and education

Federal Minimum Wage and its Impact on the Labor Market

The U.S. has the largest economy in the world, but millions of workers across the country are struggling to deal with financial problems. One of the main obstacles is what do with the federal minimum wage. Let’s have a look at the report prepared by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Interestingly, the Biden administration wants …

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Stocks Dow NASDAQ

Stocks point to the biggest weekly rise since November

  The Mondays started wonderfully got stock-index futures as they rose y, indicating major benchmarks would build on their strongest week since November. What are major benchmarks up to now? The Dow Jones Industrial Average YM00, 0.44%, rose 141 points or 0.5%.  Meanwhile S&P 500 shares ES00, 0.40% riled up 155 points, or 0.4%.  NASDAQ-100 …

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australian dollar

The Australian dollar rose 0.03%, the Kiwi stood at $0.7199

On February 8, risk-sensitive currencies, the Australian and New Zealand dollars, traded water. Moreover, positive market sentiment was weakened by disappointing reports about the efficacy of coronavirus vaccines against new strains of the disease. On Monday, the Australian dollar starting the week slightly lower. However, it increased as much as 0.03%. By midday, the currency …

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Cuba and cryptocurrencies

How Cuba Wants to Save its Economy from Collapse

Cuba was struggling to cope with problems even before the coronavirus pandemic. However, the pandemic created even bigger challenges for the local economy. Importantly, the pandemic, as well as U.S. sanctions, introduced by the Trump administration caused a lot of problems for Cuba. The country made an important announcement. According to this announcement, it will …

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