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Futures Levitate To Session Highs As ECB Enters The Bond Market; Crude Hits $51

Futures Levitate To Session Highs As ECB Enters The Bond Market; Crude Hits $51

In an overnight session dominated by the latest political developments out of the US where Hillary Clinton officially claimed the democratic nomination, the financial newsflow focused on China's trade data, where exports fell 4.1% from a year earlier, in line with expectations, but imports dropped 0.4% from a year earlier, the smallest decline since they turned negative in November 2014, likely reflecting higher commodities prices but really driven by "imports" from Hong Kong which rose to $2.48b, the highest since at least 1999; and a 243% y/y surge in dollar term, also a historical high.

"They Do It For Better Grades" - Study Finds International Students 5 Times More Likely To Cheat

"They Do It For Better Grades" - Study Finds International Students 5 Times More Likely To Cheat

The number of international students attending US universities is rising, which is a welcome sight for administrators looking for ways to offset costs and stay profitable. What is not such a welcome sight however, is the amount of cheating that the international students are doing.

For the most recent academic year, 586,208 international undergraduate students attended US colleges and universities. More than 165,000 were from China, South Korea and Saudi Arabia contributed 50,000 and 23,500 respectively as well according to the WSJ.

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