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Sony will move its European headquarters from the UK to the Netherlands to avoid disruptions caused by Brexit. The company said that this move will help to avoid customs issues tied to Britain’s exit from the EU, according to AFP. Despite the move, Sony will not move its personnel and operations from the existing UK […]

European cryptocurrency trading platform, Blockport, is coming out of beta and goes into full launch to offer trading with social sharing and bank connectivity. Blockport claims to have had paying-user conversion rates that are four to five times higher than those of Coinbase in the time since the beta launch in August 2018. Over the […]

Asian shares stumbled and oil prices fell on Tuesday as pessimism about world growth drove investors away from risky assets, while sterling ticked lower in the face of the latest twists and turns in the Brexit saga. Stocks  FTSE futures (FFIc1) were off 0.2 percent. The blue-chip index (CSI300) off 1.2 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng […]

European shares opened in negative territory on Tuesday as growth worries weighed on global markets and disappointing results from UBS added to the gloom and dragged the banking sector down. At 0837 GMT, the STOXX 600 (STOXX) was down 0.1 percent with bourses all across Europe losing ground as a new batch for corporate updates […]

Asian markets kept their nerve on Monday as data showed the Chinese economy slowed at the end of last year, underlining the urgent need for more stimulus as Beijing wrestles with the United States over trade. Stocks MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (MIAPJ0000PUS) up 0.2 percent, after rising 1.6 percent last week. […]

The dollar held steady near a two-week high against other major currencies on Monday, as investor risk appetite held up despite the latest data showing China’s 2018 economic growth slowing to a near three-decade low. The dollar index, which measures its strength against a group of six major currencies, was steady at 96.308 (DXY) after being […]