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The Canadian dollar, affectionately known as the loonie because of a loon on the one dollar coin, has crashed vs. the US dollar. US Dollar vs
Huffington Post author Zi-Ann Lum proclaims A Canadian City Once Eliminated Poverty And Nearly Everyone Forgot About It . Read the ridiculous hype and see if you can spot the obvious flaws. Ready
This was a Historic Result for the National Front but it does need follow-through next week. France’s far-right National Front party appeared on course for a historic victory in the first round of regional elections on Sunday, winning more than 30 per cent of the vote and delivering a stunning blow to the country’s traditional parties.
So Mario Draghi followed up with a new pledge ‘No limit’ to ECB Action to Hit Targets . The ECB pledged on Thursday to continue its €60bn-a-month bond buying quantitative easing plan until March 2017 and cut a key interest rate to a fresh record low of minus 0.3 per cent. But the measures disappointed investors that have come to rely on Mr Draghi to smash expectations, with a broad market sell-off after the ECB failed to deliver deeper cuts and an increase in the pace of QE.
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Link: Yellen Yap: Dollar Briefly Takes Out March High, Surging to Level Last Seen March 2003; For What It’s Worth
US News reports US Construction Spending Jumps to 8-Year High, Lifted by Home Building, Federal Government .
Please consider Amazon Unveils New Hybrid Drone Prototype to Make Deliveries Within 30 Minutes . Amazon has unveiled a new hybrid delivery drone that can fly both vertically, as a helicopter capable of landing in customers’ backyards, and horizontally like a conventional plane. The drone can travel up to 15 miles at high speed.
Taken from: Majority in UK Now Favor Brexit; Cameron’s Quandary