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US Dollar Index Probably Due for a Slight Pullback Next Week (Video)

US Dollar Index Probably Due for a Slight Pullback Next Week (Video)

By EconMatters

We delve into the recent 10-Day move in the US Dollar Index, and look at the major currency pairs in this video. The Oil and commodity related currencies may outperform against the US Dollar next week on optimism regarding an OPEC deal getting done. Expect a largely range bound market in an overall light holiday trading week.

Encryption Security May Not Be Secure Anymore

Encryption security may not be secure anymore, if a breakthrough being touted as ‘possibly the biggest event in computer science and financial services for 50 years’ is proved correct. The breakthrough by students at the University of Toronto allows huge integer numbers to be factored quicker than previously thought possible, meaning encrypted files can be broken into in as little as ‘100 hours compute time’.

The US Is Dumping Hazardous Electronic Waste Into Asia

The US Is Dumping Hazardous Electronic Waste Into Asia

US exports of goods and services may be decreasing, but one export that appears to be hanging in there is hazardous electronic waste.

According to a recent investigation conducted by the Seattle-based e-waste watchdog group Basel Action Network (BAN), much of the hazardous electronic waste discarded in America is not being recycled properly - and by not recycled properly he means dumped in a junkyard in southeast Asia.

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