The future of New Zealand’s next government lies in the hands of an opposition leader who has been likened to President Donald Trump. An inconclusive general election on Saturday saw neither of the two leading parties win an outright majority, which means the South Pacific nation is headed for a coalition government. The final vote […]
Read moreMacau gaming company Dragon Corp. is looking to raise half a billion dollars through an initial coin offering (ICO), in an effort to integrate blockchain technology into the world’s largest gambling market. The tokens issued in the ICO would be utilized by VIP junket operators, which are middlemen who act as facilitators for the multi-billion […]
Read moreFrance’s Schneider Electric’s recent acquisition of the U.K.’s Aveva Group will play to the strengths of both companies, said Schneider’s CEO and chairman, Jean-Pascal Tricoire. “The sense of this transaction, the reason why we do it, is related to the wider environment of smart manufacturing, so the combination of connected shop floors going into a […]
Read moreThe market is chugging its way into the last week of September — noted, as we know, for being the worst month of the year historically but now shaping up as just another notch in the bull market’s belt. The Dow has managed to squeak out another 1.7 percent gain that has taken the year-do-date […]
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, used a personal email account to communicate with White House colleagues, Kushner’s attorney confirmed Sunday. Kushner’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, said that Kushner sent or returned fewer than 100 emails to colleagues in the White House from that account in the first eight months of the Trump […]
Read morePresident Donald Trump on Sunday slapped new travel restrictions on citizens from North Korea, Venezuela and Chad, expanding the list of countries covered by his original travel bans that have been derided by critics and challenged in court. Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Somalia were left on the list of affected countries in a new […]
Read moreElections in Germany and New Zealand are expected to be in focus during Monday’s Asian trading day. The German election results on Sunday weighed on the euro, while New Zealand’s poll outcome pressured the Kiwi dollar. German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union party looked set to remain the largest party in the next German […]
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Italy's anti-establishment party is softening its stance on Europe as a new leader is appointed
The new leader of the Five Star Movement (M5S) party in Italy told CNBC that he would welcome support from rivals in a coalition after next year’s election, but added that he wouldn’t give away cabinet seats to receive the necessary backing. The 31-year-old Luigi Di Maio was appointed at the party conference this weekend […]
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Euro slips after German election reveals surprising far-right support
The euro slipped in early Asian trading on Monday after Germany’s election showed surging support for a far-right party that left Chancellor Angela Merkel scrambling to form a governing coalition. The euro was trading down 0.4 percent at $1.1906 and looked set to test support around $1.1860 as liquidity picked up through the session. Merkel […]
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What’s not tolerable is the cup-holder situation. Rather than fixed cup-holders, the Miata lets you move them between a storage cubby, a mounting spot behind the gear shift or hanging off of the center tunnel into the passenger area. I learned, in a deeply inconvenient and unpleasantly sticky way, that this cup-holder can’t really hold […]
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