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How will China spend its massive cash reserves? »

A former Google employee has said he is providing evidence to the tax authorities about how the internet giant avoided paying corporation tax in Britain by using its offices in Dublin to finalise deals. »

Yahoo's board approves a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1bn (£725m), US media reports say. »

In terms of actual scheduled economic calendar events, the week is light. That will leave traders and pundits alike with time to continue speculating on variations and aspects of The Great Question – how much can we trust the current bull market in stocks and other risk assets to continue, and is there still time to get it without excessive risk of buying at them top. See here (se »

The following are the conclusions and lessons garnered from Part 1’s analysis of what was moving all major global asset marketsIt’s a summary of what’s really been driving markets and is likely to continue to do so in the coming week and beyond. In particular we focus on the key things to watch this week, the durability of the current rally in stocks, other risk assets, the US d »

Long Term Drivers and HeadwindsFirst, please accept my apologies to all who’ve inquired about my absence in recent weeks. Life intervened. A parting of ways with a recent employer has meant I’ve taken some short term but demanding projects.So here’s at least a return to our weekly USD outlook.The short version: The rally looks durable over the coming months because its drivers a »

Surveying the latest stock transactions of billionaire George Soros, observers would have to surmise tech stocks are in and financial stocks — not to mention some industrials — are out.Soros went even bigger on Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and bought into Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) and LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD), according to filings detailing h »

The UK astronaut Tim Peake is given a date to fly to the International Space Station. »