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Global Oil: Production, Politics, Price and Pain
December 23rd, 2014
The drop of oil prices in the past six months is all over the headlines with all sorts of opinions about how this is good or bad for economies around the world, consumers and corporations. Like everything there are ...
Dollar Climbs With European Stocks as Treasuries Decline
November 19th, 2014
The dollar strengthened to a seven-year high against the yen before the Federal Reserve releases minutes of its last meeting, when it ended a bond-buying program. Treasuries and German bunds declined while stocks rose in Europe and the pound gained. The U.S. currency ...
Dubai Parks and Resorts Launches Dhs2.5bn IPO On DFM
November 17th, 2014
Dubai Parks and Resorts, the recently-created subsidiary of Dubai-based developer Meraas Holding, which is building a mega theme park complex in the emirate, announced on Monday that it has launched its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Dubai Financial ...
Iraq and Kurds Reach Deal on Oil Exports and Budget Payments
November 14th, 2014
Iraq’s central government and the autonomous region of Kurdistan reached an interim agreement on Thursday over oil exports and budget payments, at least temporarily easing a bitter dispute that has threatened the government’s stability. The standoff began earlier this ...
Suit Accuses Banks of Role in Financing Terror Attacks
November 11th, 2014
The suit accuses banks — including HSBC and Barclays — of helping to finance the violent activities through their ties to Iran, painting Wall Street as a sort of middleman of terror. Those acts of terrorism occurred a world away ...
China deal sends shares to one-month high, rouble surges
November 10th, 2014
A landmark deal to give global investors easier access to China’s $3.9 trillion stock market helped lift world shares to their highest in over a month on Monday, as renewed tensions in Libya and Ukraine pushed up oil prices. ...
Fall in Oil Prices Poses a Problem for Russia, Iraq and Others
October 16th, 2014
From Moscow to Caracas, Riyadh to Baghdad, in Tehran, Algiers, Kuwait City and Lagos, officials are confronting the plunge in prices — roughly 25 percent since a peak in June. A steep decline in oil prices is straining the ...
Arab Bank Questions Hamas Links in Terror-Funding Trial
August 28th, 2014
Arab Bank Plc, accused in a U.S. trial of helping finance suicide bombings in and near Israel by processing transactions to benefit Hamas, sought to cast doubt on victims’ claims the attacks were caused by the Palestinian militant group. ...
Technical Analysis Gold – Rallies to Two Week High Above $1310
August 8th, 2014
Technical Analysis for Gold for Friday, August 8, 2014 In recent hours, gold has been trading in a small trading range between $1311 and $1313 after moving up well in the last 48 hours or so. In that time ...
Hedge-Fund Boutiques Show Dubai Nurturing Oasis Trading: Cities
July 16th, 2014
When Ahmad Zuaiter started a frontier-markets hedge fund, the former Soros Fund Management LLC money manager chose Dubai over New York and London. Zuaiter’s Jadara Capital Partners LP and VY Capital Management Co. Ltd. opened in the emirate in ...
