Day: December 21, 2017

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  Shares of Long Island Iced Tea Corp. soar after changing name to Long Blockchain Corp.

  File this under: How to create shareholder value Shares of Nasdaq-listed Long Island Iced Tea Corp are up  625% in the pre-market after the company[...]
  2017-12-21 20:47:06

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  US Oct FHFA house price index +0.5% m/m vs +0.4% expected

  FHFA house price index for October - Prior was +0.3% (revised to +0.5%) The US house price market is simmering. If they put US house[...]
  2017-12-21 20:47:06

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  US stocks open with modest gains

  US yields little changed The US stocks are off and running and they have modest gains. Some outperformers include: In the US debt market, yields[...]
  2017-12-21 20:47:06

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  December advance eurozone consumer confidence +0.5 vs +0.2 expected

  Data from the European Commission - Prior was +0.1 Copyright 2015 Forexlive.com
  2017-12-21 20:47:06

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  UK FTSE trades above 7600 for the first time. Up 1% on the day. Record high.

  For the year the index is up 6.25% The FTSE 100 is trading above the 7600 level for the 1st time ever. For the day[...]
  2017-12-21 20:47:06

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  Huge options bet shows how Wall Street is diving into crypto currency

  $1 million options bet Someone paid a $1 million premium for the option to buy 275 bitcoins for $50,000 each. The option expires December 28,[...]
  2017-12-21 20:47:06

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  Raul Castro will step down as Cuba's President in April 2018

  A new era coming to Cuba Fidel Castro's brother Raul will step down as President in April, he said in Mexico. The transition will be[...]
  2017-12-21 20:47:06

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  It turns out Bitcoin Investment Trust really was overvalued

  Short seller scores a win I about Bitcoin Investment Trust on Monday when shares were trading above $3,000. wrote The problem, as Andrew Left at[...]
  2017-12-21 20:47:06

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  You will soon be able to short Bitcoin futures in your E*Trade account (if you have $200,000)

  E*Trade to roll out Bitcoin futures E*Trade will soon let customers buy and sell Bitcoin futures via the CBOE product. At the moment, the CBOE[...]
  2017-12-21 20:47:06

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  Boeing has been in takeover talks with Embraer - report

  Huge aircraft M&A talk Boeing has talked to Brazil's Embraer about a potential takeover, according to a . report in the WSJ The transaction would be a[...]
  2017-12-21 20:47:06

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