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Thursday, June 30, 2016

#Turkey - targeted: Islamic State Group blamed for Istanbul attack: FRANCE 24 English

Published on 29 Jun 2016

Once again, Turkey's a target for blind terror. At least 41 killed at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport in a carefully-staged attack blamed on Isis. If that's confirmed, it's the fourth major bombing attributed to Islamic State militants in the past year. Why Turkey? Why now? The attack may be long-planned but they come the same week the government restored ties with Israel, apologized for downing a Russian fighter jet, and is now reaching out to Egypt and possibly Syria.

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ISIS is attacking wherever they wish to attack: Fox News

Published on 29 Jun 2016

'Defeating Jihad' author reacts after Sec. Kerry says that the terror group has become desperate

#USA - Donald Trump wants to rip apart NAFTA: Fox Business

Published on 29 Jun 2016

Fox News Contributor Mercedes Schlapp, GOP Strategist Scott Miller and Political Analyst Gina Loudon and on whether or not the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will benefit from threatening to destroy NAFTA.

Authers' Note | Perspective on the post Brexit rebound:

Published on 29 Jun 2016
John Authers analyses the markets' recovery since the fall that followed the Brexit referendum. Fears of a major crisis have subsided — but UK stocks and sterling remain far weaker.

WTI Crude Oil and Natural Gas Forecast June 30, 2016: DailyForex

Published on 29 Jun 2016

The WTI Crude Oil markets rallied during the course of the session on Wednesday, testing the $50 level. By doing so, it looks as if the market is going to try to break out to the upside but we didn’t close above it. If we can break out above the most recent high, the market then will continue to go much higher. Ultimately, at this point in time it looks quite a bit like we are consolidating, so I feel that we very well could pull back towards the 50 day exponential moving average, which is shown as red on this chart. The market does look as if there is quite a bit of bullish pressure underneath though, so ultimately we very well could breakout. With this, I think that the short-term pullback could very well end up being more of a buying opportunity than anything else.

Trading Video: S&P 500 Leads the Risk Rebound, Why Do Pound and Yen Crosses Lag? Forex News by DailyFX

Published on 29 Jun 2016

Talking Points:

• The S&P 500 has seen a remarkable reversal of its Brexit tumble, as other markets show far less enthusiasm
• Volatility will only magnify the restraint on speculative appetite and key levels are coming into view
• We review EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, the S&P 500 and global equities among other benchmarks

Read the full article here:
https://www.dailyfx.com/forex/video/d...

#USA - Kendall Jenner Torn Between Taylor Swift & Kanye West HollywoodLife HollywoodLife

Published on 29 Jun 2016

Kendall Jenner tries to mediate Taylor Swift & Kanye West feud and is now being pressured to pick a side.

Facebook puts friends first in your feed thanks to transparent News Feed Values adoption: Digital Trends

Published on 29 Jun 2016

If you’ve ever wondered how Facebook decides what goes into your feed, well, now you can find out. In a rather surprising move of transparency, Facebook is publishing a paper explaining its News Feed Values. The long and the short of it is that Facebook puts friends and family first, it doesn’t squash diverse ideas, and Spam is on its way out, while user controls that better manage what you see are in.

As of today, that friends-first attitude is being implemented formally with an algorithm change which will put your friends posts up top, well before you might see any sponsored content, or even posts from news outlets and listicles from other social media sites. It’s a big shift for Facebook, which seems to believe that if you like using Facebook more, then you’ll use it more often, and that’s a boon to ad sales, no matter where those ads end up appearing in your feed.