U.S. economist Stephen Ross was named winner of the Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics on Tuesday for helping to create models that have helped markets assess prices for options and other assets for the past three decades.
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Apple's Tim Cook will give away all his money: Fortune
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) Chief Executive Tim Cook is joining the roster of the very rich who are giving away their wealth. Fortune magazine cited the head of the world's largest technology corporation as saying he planned to donate his estimated $785 million
Charlie Sparks: A Sorcerer's Tale
For ardent young readers like you who have a sheer taste for a deep sense of epic fantasy adventure novel where a whole new mysterious world of dragons, kings, sorcerer's magic, fairies, and elves comes alive more than you could've imagined, then Charlie Sparks: A Sorcerer's Tale is definitely a must-own, must read book for you.
Benedict XVI on 2nd year after resignation, Pope Francis grateful for smooth transition
Pope Francis gives credit to former Pope Benedict XVI for setting up a smooth transition for next leadership. Writer Robert Mikens of National Catholic Reporter believes that Pope Francis also deserves credit for the way Benedict's succession plan turns out well.
5 Reasons Why Grammar Nazis are the Worst
Language is basically made to make humanity a less difficult through making billions of people around the world understand each other. Declared by law, English [rather than German] was made the universal language for the world. Thus, it also means that each people at least know basic English words so they could communicate properly.
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As the price of Bitcoin goes up, many companies on e-commerce are looking on the possibilities of tapping the potential of Bitcoin in their businesses.
The never ending quest for the truth about the occult Illuminati. The biggest names in music, politics, sports and entertainment are being linked to this demonic group, an interesting yet very horrific idea most could not barely imagine.
Bold and beautiful : President Obama delivered his speech in his State of the Union. The President laid out impeccable plans to the American people.
Israel is proud to call itself a "Start-up Nation", with more tech firms listed on Nasdaq than any other country outside the United States and China. But two elements are often missing from that success story: women and Arabs.
Some staff at Amazon warehouses in Germany started a new three-day strike on Monday to press their demands for better pay and conditions as the online retailer races to ensure Christmas orders are delivered on time.
Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank gave introductory remarks at the EP’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on 17th November 2014. He mostly spoke about the ‘relationship of financial fragmentation and monetary policy’ and the ‘Eurosystem’s collateral framework’.
The positive news on German and French GDP have calmed the fears over stagnating Eurozone economy. the International Monetary Fund said that growth performance is in line with projections in the United States and China. BoE Governor Carney lowered growth and inflation forecasts for UK. Japan's GDP data will be a very crucial factor in Prime Minister Abe’s decision on whether or not to increase the consumption tax from 8 percent to 10 percent.
Charles I. Plosser , President and Chief Executive Officer of Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia spoke on The US Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy at UBS European Conference, London, England today.
If Shubham Banerjee cannot lay claim to being the world's youngest venture capital-backed entrepreneur, he comes very close. Banerjee was 12 years old when he closed an early-stage funding round with Intel Capital, the company's venture capital arm, last month for his prototype for a low-cost Braille printer.
