USD/JPY Rally Vulnerable to Wait-and-See BoJ, 7 to 3 FOMC Split The FOMC's November interest rate decision may fuel the near-term rally in USD/JPY as the central bank appears to be following a similar path to 2015, but more of the same from the BoJ accompanied by another lackluster U.S. NFP report may undermine the recent advance in the exchange rate as it erodes the case for a further deviation in monetary policy. Dollar Traders: Election Speculation, Fed Decision and Risk Fears ...
The maker of an all-terrain robot that mimics the movements of a spider has closed a US$6 million series A financing round in Beijing. GGV Capital led the series A financing round in Vincross, a Beijing-based robotics start-up, ahead of the company's launch of its first product, an all-terrain six-legged robot spider called HEXA. Existing investor Zhen Fund also participated in the round, which the company says it will use for ...
Frederick Cayley Robinson (1862-1927) Men, Women and Girls Standing in a Group Outside a Hospital
A gallery dedicated to the British Romantic poet and artist William Blake opened in San Francisco on 14 October. It is the first space to focus on his art since 1793, when Blake himself privately organised a show of his paintings in Lambeth, London—but failed to sell a single work.John Windle, a California-based bookseller who has dealt in Blake’s work since the late 1960s—and who recites Blake’s poetry on a whim, and has “sold more Blake than Blake ever did”—says that creating The William Blake ...
EUR/USD struggled to recover, but it also did not extend its falls. A mix of PMIs, inflation figures and also GDP stand out at the turn of the month. Here is an outlook for the highlights of this week. German Retail Sales: Monday, 7:00.CPI: Monday, 10:00.GDP: Monday, 10:00. The 19-country eurozone has grown by 0.3% q/q in Q2 2016, and further growth is on the cards also in Q3. Spain’s growth remains encouraging, but France lags ...