Day: January 7, 2019

Jan 07
Stocks ride relief rally, Sino-U.S. trade a hurdle

Asian shares sped ahead on Monday as a dovish turn by the Federal Reserve and startlingly strong U.S. jobs data soothed some of the market’s worst fears about the global outlook. Stocks Japan’s Nikkei (N225) shot up 2.8 percent. Nasdaq (IXIC) 4.26 percent. S&P 500 (SPX) jumped 3.43 percent. Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (MIAPJ0000PUS) put […]

Jan 07
Contactless card fraud is rising

Action Fraud, the national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime run by the City of London Police, says that in 10 months last year there were 2,739 reports of contactless fraud, totalling almost £1.8 million — up from 1,440 cases worth £711,000 in the same period in 2017. Thieves are taking advantage of the tap-and-go […]