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The general consensus is that the U.S. Federal Reserve will not begin to taper its asset purchases until sometime in 2014.

House prices in the U.S. have more or less stabilized, and in some areas are even growing quickly again.

European banks have dramatically lost ground in global banking, Deutsche Bank AG (USA) (NYSE:DB) notes.

BAML has conducted another institutional survey for an updated look at when market players believe the U.S. Federal Reserve will taper its level of open market operations.

Total electric vehicles sales in August were an estimated 11,363, the U.S. Department of Energy reports.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has sent the below letter to Congress pleading for an increase to the nation’s debt limit.

Satellite provider DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has rolled out a new advertising methodology to allow companies to send commercials to specific households based on troves of compiled ...

As far as growth and profitability are concerned, high frequency trading is on the decline according to the Financial Times.

Every week Floating Path looks to highlight some of the crazier examples of HFT running amok in the markets.

The leverage ratio of a bank is calculated by dividing its Tier 1 capital by its average total consolidated assets.

Earlier this week, it was reported that NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE), Visa Inc (NYSE:V), and Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

It’s finally here, Twitter has officially filed for an IPO! Thus far, there is little to know outside of the tweet above and rumors that Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ:RENT), a company that focuses on analyzing consumers’ intake of media and can boast of having Mark Cuban as its second largest shareholder, has been...

Recap of this week’s U.S. economic events: The Treasury statement showed that the 12 month rolling budget deficit decreased to $680 billion in August.

This November voters in Washington will be deciding on labeling of genetically modified foods via Washington Initiative 522, and thus far the biotech/agribusiness industry is ...

It has been five years since the banking industry experienced a gigantic crisis stemming from the housing market, derivatives, and an overall lack of risk control.

Contrary to prior consensus that Janet Yellen would be the new chair of the Federal Reserve, the front-runner now appears to be Larry Summers.

The U.S. money supply decreased slightly in the week ending August 19, the Federal Reserve reports.

The days of Switzerland being the secret banking capital for the wealthy appear to be waning, as tax advisers are recommending Singapore, Hong Kong, and the Cayman Islands in ...

Every week Floating Path looks to highlight some of the crazier examples of HFT running amok in the markets.

High frequency trading combined with a complex market structure leads to crazy anomalies on an almost daily basis.

Now a buzzword, “taper” has come to symbolize the potential slowing of bond purchases that the Federal Reserve will presumably begin in the near future. The U.S.

Related Tickers: Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) Total miles traveled on all roads and streets were an estimated ...

Recap of the past week’s U.S. economic releases: 1). New home sales sunk 13.4% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of only 394k.

Related Tickers: Apple Inc.

After the last two years saw thousands of jobs cut at major investment banks across Europe, reports are now showing some of the biggest have begun hiring traders and M&A bankers...

A recent startup in China shows just how popular Bitcoins have become in a nation where financial regulations are strict and punishments are doled out swiftly.

Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) announced yesterday that their Model S sedan received the highest safety score ever given by the National Highway Traffic Safety...

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index was a reading of -0.15 in July, the Chicago Fed reports this morning.

Vevey, Switzerland-based Nestle SA (VTX:NESN), maker of everything from coffee and frozen pizza to baby formula and bottled water, is “actively looking” at its brands and ...

The notion has been around for a few years now that folks were or will soon be “cutting the cord” and cancelling cable TV in favor of internet streaming services, but until...

Most of us can probably assume YouTube is quite popular as it’s become ingrained in many people’s lives, but the latest issue of Fortune gives some mind-blowing numbers behind...

The tech and investing worlds seem to have reignited their respective romances with Apple Inc.

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In July, 28 states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate increases, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.

A recent study from a global group of economists shows that the United States continues to be the leader in creating income inequality. Facundo Alvaredo, Anthony B.