Muammar Gaddafi wanted to shatter the dominance of the greenback in the Middle East by introducing gold-backed dinar, but failed. China has a chance to finish what he started, one industry expert has told RT. “Ideas related to oil trade in currencies other than the dollar arose more than once. Some of them were severely […]
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Brexit fear, a weak dollar, and a global market rout pushed the FTSE 100 to its worst 3 months since the financial crisis
Britain’s benchmark share index, the FTSE 100, had its worst quarter since the financial crisis to begin the year. The FTSE 100 dropped as much as 8% in the first three months of 2018. A combination of a global market sell-off, uncertainty about Brexit, and a weaker dollar pushed the index down. LONDON — Britain’s […]
Daily Podcast: Avengers: Infinity War, Donald Glover’s Deadpool, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Amazon’s Billion Dollar Show, and More
On the March 28, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about Donald Glover’s Deadpool, Fire and Fury, an upcoming Pixar short film, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and Amazon’s billion dollar gamble. And in […]
Earn 4 Ultimate Rewards Points per Dollar on Apple Purchases Today
Earn 4 Ultimate Rewards Points per Dollar at Apple Today Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does […]
We visited Dollar Tree and Dollar General to see which was a better store — and the winner was clear (DG, DLTR)
Business Insider/Mary Hanbury Dollar Tree and Dollar General are the two largest dollar stores in the US. The stores are neck-and-neck in terms of store count and annual sales. But, there are some big differences in the shopping experiences you’ll have at these stores. Bargain-hunting has been the flavor of the past decade. In the […]
Can Emperor Yuan Dethrone King Dollar as the World's Currency?
China’s meteoric rise over the past half-century is one of the most striking examples of the impact of opening up an economy to global markets that the world has ever seen. Over that period, the country has shifted from a largely agrarian society to an industrial powerhouse, lifting nearly a billion people out of poverty […]
Can China Dethrone King Dollar as the World’s Currency?
China’s meteoric rise over the past half-century is one of the most striking examples of the impact of opening up an economy to global markets that the world has ever seen. Over that period, the country has shifted from a largely agrarian society to an industrial powerhouse, lifting nearly a billion people out of poverty […]
Dollar General is defying the retail apocalypse and opening 900 stores — here’s what it’s like to shop there
AP Dollar General is opening 900 stores this year, remodeling 1,000 locations, and relocating 100 stores. In the most recent quarter, the retailer’s same-store sales sales grew 4.3%. Retailers are closing thousands of stores in one of the biggest waves of closures in years. But there’s at least one company bucking that trend: Dollar General. Instead of shutting […]
1 million dollar call of the century!
Video 1 million dollar call of the century!1:39 Poker: A million dollar call has commentators going wild. February 20th 2018 26 minutes ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/More Sports/ Sport NRL News AFL Rugby Gold Football Cricket SuperRacing MotorSport Tennis Boxing Basketball Golf Cycling US Sports More Sports Backyard hole-in-one on replica Pebble Beach hole0:27 February […]
Dollar, Dollar Bill Y’all: 2018 Mazda MX-5 RF Priced from $32,800
– With a starting price of $ 32,800, the 2018 MX-5 Miata RF costs a mere $ 355 more than last year. That cash nabs buyers the keys to the MX-5 Miata RF Club, which adds heated seats and a proximity key with push-button start to its standard features list, which also includes a 7.0-inch touchscreen information system, […]