The Traderszone Network

National Australia Bank revising their Reserve Bank of Australia monetary policy outlook
From expecting 2 more cuts to now forecasting:
– 25bp rate hike in August 2018
NAB citing:

Palatine Private Equity has raised £100 million in capital for its inaugural impact investing fund, hitting its hard cap of £100 million after less than a year in the market. 

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Brett Hickey’s Star Mountain Capital has named industry veteran and former KKR senior executive Erik Falk as a strategic personal investor and senior advisor to the firm.

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China plans nationwide use of ethanol in the nation’s gasoline fuel by 2020, state media reported on Wednesday.

Recently, I summarized activist investor Bill Ackman’s proposed changes for Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ: ADP), the largest company in payroll services. Ackman, who announced an 8.3% stake in the company, believes ADP is in need of transformational change that the current management is incapable of delivering. 

Both management and the board rejected Ackman’s conclusions, as well as his three proposed directors for nomination. 

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Shareholders of General Electric (NYSE: GE) who were disillusioned following the announcement that Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) has sold all of its remaining stake in the company should take heart. There’s more than one fish in the investment sea. 

That’s not to say GE isn’t an exceptional company. History shows that it is. But for those looking to invest in the future of manufacturing and supply chain management, there’s an even better alternative: Cognex Corp. (NASDAQ: CGNX).

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Authored by Tori Airaksinen via CampusReform.org,

Duke University is recruiting male students for a nine-week program that pledges to “destabilize masculine privilege” and “interrogate masculinity.”

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