Fred Dunkley

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2018

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• Wells Fargo Faces Record $1B Fine In Lending Scandal

  Published 11 April 2018 | viewed 2,843 times

  It’s been a rough few years for Wells Fargo, and Trump’s promise in December to make sure that the bank pays the price for abusing…

• Tesla Tops EV Charts Despite Production Delays

  Published 10 April 2018 | viewed 5,391 times

  Tesla’s Model 3 was the top-selling electric vehicle in the United States for the first quarter of 2018. And while another rival managed to steal one…

• China Ups Pressure In Artificial Intelligence Race

  Published 09 April 2018 | viewed 2,671 times

  Chinese SenseTime Group has tripled its worth in less than a year after a funding round valued it at about $4.5 billion, Reuters reported, making…

• Could Electric Vehicles Kill The Beverage Industry?

  Published 06 April 2018 | viewed 2,745 times

  As adoption of electric vehicles accelerates, there’s one potential industry that may lose big as road-trip lifestyles change and the indirect threat trickles down. The…

• The Top 10 Luxury Buys Of 2018

  Published 05 April 2018 | viewed 2,981 times

  From diamonds and even stamps, to art and wine, how the ultra-wealthy spend their money on things designed to bring joy, bolster status and act…

• Trump Targets Amazon As Tech-Sell Off Continues

  Published 29 March 2018 | viewed 2,201 times

  President Trump has never shied away from making public his deep-seated antipathy towards Amazon, and now he’s upping the stakes in his battle against what…

• Rio Tinto Dumps The Last Of Its Coal Assets

  Published 28 March 2018 | viewed 3,318 times

  Just as a new government in Australia looks set to breathe fresh life into the coal industry, mining giant Rio Tinto has finalized its exit…

• The Tech Breakthrough That Will Render Wi-Fi Obsolete

  Published 27 March 2018 | viewed 4,054 times

  The next internet could be powered by illumination, and it could be 10x the speed of today’s Wi-Fi, but there’s one big challenge that’s got…

• Bank Of America Hit With $42M Fine For “Dark Pool” Scheme

  Published 26 March 2018 | viewed 5,841 times

  Bank of America’s customers have been duped into thinking that their stock trades were being done in-house when in reality they were being redirected to…

• Trump Hits China With $50 Billion In Tariffs

  Published 22 March 2018 | viewed 3,145 times

  American Allies won a tariff battle with Trump on Thursday, but there was no backing down on the presidential order to slap massive tariffs on…

• Spending Bill Could Cause U.S. Debt To Soar To 99% Of GDP

  Published 21 March 2018 | viewed 1,727 times

  As Washington scrambles to pass a proposed $1.3-trillion spending bill before another government shutdown, it’s about much more than footing the bill for a border…

• Google Invests $300 Million To Combat Fake News

  Published 20 March 2018 | viewed 2,223 times

  There is a new, magical reality that makes thinking so much easier in the 21st Century. Anything voiced on social media becomes an instant truth,…

• Bitcoin Bounces Back Ahead Of G20 Meeting

  Published 19 March 2018 | viewed 2,084 times

  After diving into $7,000 territory over the weekend following days of bad news, Bitcoin is back up around $8,500 thanks to an international watchdog statement…

• U.S. Political Uncertainty Keeps Stock Markets On Edge

  Published 19 March 2018 | viewed 2,103 times

  As domestic political stability takes a nose-dive over unprecedented White House exits, the Russia probe intensifies, and foreign relations threaten to implode, the U.S. is…

• Amazon’s Japan HQ Raided In Anti-Monopoly Push

  Published 16 March 2018 | viewed 2,194 times

  Japan’s anti-monopoly authorities have raided Amazon’s Tokyo unit on suspicion that, in its attempt to grab more market share, the online retail giant may have…

• China: The Land Of The Ultra-Rich

  Published 15 March 2018 | viewed 2,716 times

  The momentum of the global economy since the start of 2017 has been enough for Goldman Sachs’ to describe 2018 “as good as it gets”,…

• Bitcoin And Banking: The Next Mobile Payment Revolution

  Published 14 March 2018 | viewed 2,293 times

  With 7 million people already using its Cash App, Square’s opportunities in the cryptocurrency realm seem boundless, with one Wall Street firm likening it to…

• The Race To Bring WiFi To The World

  Published 14 March 2018 | viewed 2,082 times

  Google Station is gearing up to launch its free WiFi hotspot network across Mexico, and no physical wall or billionaire monopolist can stop it now,…

• Is Trump Considering Another Round Of Tax Cuts?

  Published 13 March 2018 | viewed 2,082 times

  The U.S. may be looking at a second round of tax cuts, or Trump may be playing fast and loose with his comments at a…

• “Tokyo Whale” Takes A Breather After Selling $400M In Bitcoin

  Published 12 March 2018 | viewed 3,424 times

  Bitcoin’s volatility isn’t just random: When crypto whales start selling off huge amounts of coin, sentiment takes a beating—like it did last week. While rumor…