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Fintech Focus For April 14, 2021
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - 7:11pm | 2012Quote To Start The Day: “I think smart money understands that, although volatility has contracted a lot in these last two months, we are still seeing signs of excess market fragility appear from many different angles.” Source: Kris Sidial One Big Thing In Fintech: ConsenSys, a key...
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Warren Buffett Bullish on Japan
Monday, November 21, 2011 - 9:47am | 469Billionaire investor and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) Warren Buffett said that his outlook for Japan is unchanged despite the devastation caused by this year's earthquake and tsunami and a more recent financial scandal at Japanese camera maker Olympus Corporation....
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Japanese Citizens Have Radioactive Pee: Are We Next?
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 11:13am | 537I've always said it. If you're visiting Japan, don't drink the urine. On the off chance that warning wasn't enough, Japanese officials can add a second reason. Residents living near the doomed Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Plant in Japan are passing urine contaminated with radiation. Citizens as far...
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America Not Only Country That Ignores Will of the People
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 1:38pm | 317In a move that could come right out of an American political newscast, Eric Besson, France's Industry Minister, announced his opposition to the French public's demand that the country eliminate its reliance on nuclear power. France receives roughly three fourths of its electricity from nuclear...
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Three Months Later, Japan Still in Meltdown
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 1:55pm | 709Japan's tsunami and nuclear crisis entered its third month Saturday in an event marked by quiet contemplation and loud protests against nuclear power across Tokyo. It was three months ago Saturday that a massive earthquake shook the island nation of Japan, rocking buildings and setting off a chain...
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How to Profit from Japan's Fall into Recession (TM, SNE, HIT, YCS, FXY, YCL, EWV)
Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 7:40am | 630The Japanese yen, along with Japanese stocks, fell on Thursday on news that the economy had fallen into a recession in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan in March. The Japanese economy fell at annual rate of 3.7% during the first three months of...
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TEPCO's LNG Purchases Rise to Record (TGP, GLNG)
Sunday, April 24, 2011 - 5:03pm | 261After the devastation of the Japanese earthquake and the closer of its Fukushima Dai-Ichi and Dai-Ni nuclear power stations, Tokyo Electric Power (OTCBB: TKECF) purchased a record amount of liquefied natural gas in March. TEPCO purchased 2.14 million metric tons of LNG in March, an increase of 9.9...
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How to Trade on Nuclear Power Concerns (GEX, FAN, PWND, LDK, HSOL, TSL)
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 7:31am | 512As conditions at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant worsen with the growing threat of a meltdown caused by damage from last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami, the risk associated with the use of nuclear energy as a power source is being reevaluated around the world. Leaders in...