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Profits from refining and trading rose to $2.65B from $1.575B a year earlier, offsetting a sharp drop in production earnings.

Bitcoin firms have recently announced small investments from European banks,but Goldman is the first major bank to make such a prominent investment.

Bitcoin firms have recently announced small investments from European banks,but Goldman is the first major bank to make such a prominent investment.

Navinder Singh Sarao, the British trader facing U.S. charges for his alleged role in the 2010 flash crash, returned to Wandsworth prison after he failed to pay the 5 million pounds ($7.7 million) required for his bail.

Japanese stocks and USDJPY are back below the lows of the US day-session following The Bank of Japan’s decision not to stimulate further (despite all the collapsing economic evidence one might need to do such a thing). Investors were clearly hoping for moar (even if economists weren’t). With GDP expectations collapsing, BoJ still voted 8-1 not to increase QQE keeping monetary base growth expectations flat. The result is a 500 point drop in The Nikkei from this morning’s highs and around 1 handle drop in USDJPY… for now.

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Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.’s accidental early release of Twitter Inc.’s earnings may tarnish the stock exchange operator’s efforts to diversify as it faces increasing competition in its core business as a trading venue.

But analysts want to know whether the latest data supply data ‘represents a directional shift in fundamentals that warrants a more positive view on prices or instead reflects temporary factors.’
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