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Oil prices running out of reasons to rally
January 10th, 2017
Oil prices faltered at the start of the second week of the year, as fears set in about a rapid rebound in U.S. shale production. For the better part of two months, optimism surrounding the OPEC deal has buoyed ...
PayPal Files Copyright Suit Against India’s Digital Payment Provider Paytm
December 25th, 2016
In what many are calling a tactical move to stymie a competitor, PayPal has pushed forward on a copyright suit against Paytm, a leading digital payment service in India. Back in November, US-based ewallet service PayPal lodged the complaint ...
Trump, Russia and China
December 19th, 2016
Even before he takes office, President-elect Trump is turning the world upside down. It has become clear his attitude towards Russia and China is very different from that of his predecessors. Amazingly, he is already wresting power from the ...
Italian Law Threatens Call Centres in Albania
December 6th, 2016
Moves by Italy to clamp down on Italian companies outsourcing work to Albania have alarmed the government in Tirana, which fears thousands of jobs are at risk. An amendment that Italy passed on November to a law from 2012 ...
Oil price heads to $55 despite expected output rise
December 6th, 2016
Russia and Saudi Arabia predicted to increase exports before agreed cuts start in January The oil price is powering on, adding to a 14 per cent advance since the middle of last week following the landmark deal from Opec ...
What the OPEC Production Cut Will Really Mean for Oil Prices
December 1st, 2016
Crude oil prices–and the shares of U.S. oil and gas companies–surged over 8% Wednesday as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed to cut its output by some 1.2 million barrels a day to end a global glut. ...
Oil prices surge, smash trading volume records as OPEC and Russia agree output cut
December 1st, 2016
Oil prices shot up 13 percent, smashing trading volume records, after OPEC and Russia cut a deal to reduce output to drain a global supply glut, but analysts warned they could remain modest by historical comparison as other producers ...
The dollar climbed 0.4 percent to 112.78 yen
November 30th, 2016
Output pact under threat as day of Vienna meeting dawns Greenback climbs with Treasuries premium at nine-year high Oil held below $46 a barrel ahead of a make-or-break OPEC meeting on stabilizing the crude market, while the dollar headed ...
Oil prices edge up ahead of OPEC meeting
November 30th, 2016
It’s all getting very nervy ahead of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries‘ (Opec) meeting later today. Members of the producer cartel will be trying to get the deal done on an output cut to clamp down on ...
Oil Retreats Below $47 Before OPEC Meeting as Metals Snap Rally
November 29th, 2016
Copper suffers in first loss for seven days; zinc, nickel down European stocks open lower with Italy focus; Asia shares mixed Oil retreated back below $47 as OPEC members failed to bridge their differences on production cuts, while a ...