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Asda and Tesco are both cutting the price of diesel to below £1 a litre taking it to its lowest price since 2009. read more >>> Source : BBC

The Canadian dollar was uneventful in the final week of 2015, as USD/CAD was unchanged. The pair closed at 1.3830. There are seven events this week. Here is an outlook on the major market-movers and an updated technical analysis for USD/CAD. US numbers were not impressive last week, as unemployment claims and housing reports were […]

Financial technology, or fintech, is a boom industry right now, with investment flooding into companies reinventing the way we do payments, lending, investing, and more. Valuations in the sector are also sky-rocketing as more money floods in. Many companies are now reaching the fabled “unicorn” status — the term in the tech industry for companies […]

Everything communicates. Everything. Even the things you don’t do and don’t say send powerful signals to everybody in the organization observing you. Because we live in the midst of a communication revolution, the guidelines for communicating are changing dramatically. As much as you would like to treat communication as a logical, sequential, ongoing communication campaign, […]

NEW DELHI, Jan 3 (Reuters) – The operation continues to secure an Indian air base after a militant attack on Saturday, the Indian Air Force said on Sunday, while the government said it could not yet confirm that two remaining gunmen had been eliminated. read more >>> Source : Reuters

If you thought 2015 was the bottom for emerging market economies, think again. Things will only get worse for Brazil, Russia, India and China – otherwise known as the BRIC countries – in 2016. That is the year-end thought of Brian Kelly, founder of Brian Kelly Capital, a Connecticut-based investment firm. He sent Business Insider […]

The first week of 2016 starts with a bang: a full buildup to the Non-Farm Payrolls will provide us a view if the US economy can withstand higher interest rates. Inflation data in the euro-zone is the key for more easing and Chinese data will be watched as well. Liquidity and volume will be rising […]

NEW DELHI, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Another gunman was confirmed killed on Sunday in an operation to clear an Indian air base after a militant attack, a home ministry source told Reuters, bringing the total number of assailants eliminated to six. read more >>> Source : Reuters

Southerners struggle with heart disease at a much higher rate than the rest of the US, and according to new research it may have a lot to do with their wealth. Since the 1950s, the American South has experienced a disproportionate influx of wealth, and a new study from Richard H. Steckel and Garrett Senney […]

DUBAI, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Dubai’s Emaar Properties has hired a local contractor to restore a fire-damaged hotel, stating on Sunday the New Year blaze would have “no material impact” on the company because the building and risk of fire are covered by its insurance. read more >>> Source : Reuters

The New Zealand dollar made its way higher in the holiday week. Can it continue rising? The milk auction is the only event on the kiwi calendar, but it’s certainly an important one. Here is an analysis of fundamentals and an updated technical analysis for NZD/USD. With no releases in New Zealand, the kiwi extended […]

High-tech delivery, vegetables, values and maybe even bugs are in, while anything artificial, tipping and the centre of grocery stores seem on the way out, in this look at the foods trends of 2016. read more >>> Source : CBC.Ca

This photo is of Wu Lin’an (on the left) giving stock investment advice to members of the public in a “street stock salon” in central Shanghai, China, earlier this year. Reuters described Wu’s investment strategy this way: “Wu, seeing himself as a senior player in stock investment, believes and advises others that the Chinese Communist […]

PATHANKOT, India, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Gunfire and blasts were heard on Sunday at an Indian Air Force base that was attacked by militants a day earlier, and TV channels reported two gunmen were still at large in the sprawling facility near the border with Pakistan. read more >>> Source : Reuters

Flood defences “overwhelmed” by recent record rainfall will be fixed and bolstered as part of a £40m package for Yorkshire, Prime Minister David Cameron says. read more >>> Source : BBC

Saudi Arabia has one of the best-funded defence forces in the Middle East. The kingdom spends 25% of its budget, or about $80 billion, on its military. That is about double what it spends on health and social development. It has been throwing its weight around recently, engaging in a war in Yemen and joining […]

NEW year job hunters could be held back by cliche slip-ups that recruiters complain about time and time again. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express

PATHANKOT, India, Jan 3 (Reuters) – A gold medal-winning Indian shooter was among 10 people killed in an audacious pre-dawn assault on an air force base, officials said on Sunday as troops worked to clear the compound near India’s border with Pakistan after a 15-hour gunbattle. read more >>> Source : Reuters

EUREKA, Mo., Jan 2 (Reuters) – Missouri Governor Jay Nixon on Saturday toured communities ravaged by flooding that killed at least 31 people in several states and forced large-scale evacuations, as the danger of rising waters shifted to Arkansas and beyond. read more >>> Source : Reuters

Taking an Uber on New Year’s Eve became a costly regret for passengers across Canada after surged rates on the busy night translated to exorbitant bills, with some riders charged hundreds of dollars to get home. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca