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Currency pair euro/dollar continues a rebounding

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At the morning trading, On Wednesday, August 7, the European currency is being traded-in positive territory, trying to win back the losses of the previous day. On Tuesday, the EUR / USD currency pair formed a downward movement during the trading session. In the first half of the day, a local minimum was set at 1.1167, and then the "Eurobbulls" managed to win back most of the losses. In accordance with critical macroeconomic statistics in Germany, industrial orders were published, which rose by 2.5% in June, while analysts had expected an increasing by 0.5%. At the same time, the May value was revised upward from -2.2% to -2%. No essential macroeconomic statistics have been published in the United States. The representative of the Fed, James Bullard made a statement Yesterday that for now, he did not see the conditions in order to reduce the interest rate by 0.5% at a time. He believes inflationary pressures continue declining, while the labor market remains stable. A...

Head of ConsenSys predicted the death of liberal democracy

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Ethereum co-founder and ConsenSys startup CEO Joseph Lubin made several high-profile predictions during his speech at the Ethereal Summit conference in Brooklyn, New York. According to him, by 2047 all assets will be token-free, the Internet will be completely decentralized, and separate networks will be formed around various key interests, by analogy with national states. Lubin is confident that Donald Trump will be re-elected as president of the United States in 2020, the decline of American civilization over the next four years, the growth of radical sentiments in society and an increase in the number of hate crimes. It is noteworthy that, according to the head of ConsenSys, one of the main roles in this decline is played by the social network Facebook, which supposedly feeds global radicalism. Lubin is convinced that Facebook should be transformed into the Facebook Media news feed and a decentralized social network in which all startups have equal rights. Ethereum...

Sony shares have dropped by 8,2% against the background of finance report

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Notwithstanding the still great PlayStation 4 sales, Sony began to lose its position and income. Company`s shares have dropped by 8,2% against the background of finance report and it is the maximum securities daily drop since June 2016. The company`s shares amounted to near 5000 yen which is about $45.5 at 8:15 am London time on February 4. The main reason for the so disturbing fall is the Sony`s financial report, the company had published it February 1, before the stock reduction. “Strong profits from game software were offset by higher promotional and marketing costs aimed at driving PS4 volumes,” Damian Thong, an analyst at Macquarie Group Ltd., commented the Sony shares. “We are moving to the sidelines until we can better assess the risks in the Games segment.” According to the fourth quarter report the operating profit of the gaming department fell by 14% in the last quarter, while the number of sold of PS4 consoles was 8.1 million versus 9 million a year before. “There...