The UAE: On the road to economic development
July 30th, 2015
In the past two years, the UAE has achieved three major milestones on the journey towards a sustainable and diverse economy. In 2014, the UAE’s stock exchanges were upgraded from ‘Frontier’ to ‘Emerging’ market status by the global markets ...
Greece No vote: Oil prices tumble
July 6th, 2015
Oil prices fell sharply early on Monday after Greece rejected austerity measures demanded in return for bailout money and as China rolled out an unprecedented series of steps to prevent a full-blown stock market crash. The result of the ...
Regulatory Fine
June 26th, 2015
Global Regulators Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) Fines Imposed for Year 2015 and 2016
Could Russia afford to bail out Greece and what would that mean?
June 22nd, 2015
There are deep cultural and historical ties between Greece and Russia. In terms of religion, the majority faith in both countries is Eastern Orthodox. And Russia has a track record of standing up for Greece, like it did during ...
Shell Expects Oil Rebound as Shale Fails to Fill Supply Gap
June 4th, 2015
Royal Dutch Shell Plc sees oil prices rising because supply from shale drilling in the U.S. won’t be enough to satisfy growing global demand. The industry needs to find an extra 4 million barrels to 5 million barrels a ...
Shell lobbied to undermine EU renewables targets, documents reveal
April 28th, 2015
Weak renewable energy goals for 2030 originated with Shell pitch for gas as a key technology for Europe to cut its carbon emissions in an affordable way Shell successfully lobbied to undermine European renewable energy targets ahead of a ...
Oil retreats from large jump as focus returns to Iran talks
April 2nd, 2015
Oil prices fell on Thursday as attention returned to nuclear talks with Iran, with the prospects for a deal and an increase in Iranian crude exports helping to keep pressure on prices. Major powers and Iran have stretched talks on Tehran’s nuclear ...
Oil extends losses as deadline for Iran nuclear deal looms
March 31st, 2015
Oil futures extended losses on Tuesday, as Iran and six world powers ramped up the pace of negotiations to reach a preliminary deal that could ease sanctions and allow more Iranian crude onto world markets. With a deadline less than 24 ...
Asia stocks stall as Fed-inspired lift peters out, dollar steady
March 20th, 2015
Asian stocks stalled on Friday as Federal Reserve-inspired gains petered out, while the dollar steadied after rebounding from the shock of a surprisingly dovish U.S. central bank. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS edged down 0.1 ...
U.S. stocks post biggest gain in 5 weeks
March 13th, 2015
Banking stocks rally after passing Fed’s stress tests U.S. stocks recorded the biggest gain in more than a month as expectations for a rate hike were pushed back following disappointing data on retail sales. Monthly sales at U.S. retailers ...
