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Venezuela ordered to pay $1.6 billion to Exxon
October 10th, 2014
International arbitration panel rules against South American nation in oil project complaint. An international arbitration panel has ordered Venezuela’s socialist government to pay $1.6 billion to ExxonMobil for the seizure of a major oil project in the South American ...
Australia 200 – Falls to Eight Month Low Near 5150
October 10th, 2014
Australia 200 for Friday, October 10, 2014 Since the beginning of September the Australia 200 Index has declined strongly from its multi-year high after running into resistance around 5650 back to enter its previously established trading range between 5400 ...
China opts for currency push
October 8th, 2014
Asia giant wants to make the renminbi part of an ubiquitous monetary unit used in official transactions around the world. China is bidding to enter the heart of global finance by establishing its currency, the renminbi, as part of ...
China to Overtake USA by 2024
September 8th, 2014
China is set to overtake the U.S. as the world’s largest economy in U.S. dollar terms over the next decade, according to a new report by IHS Economics. IHS measured the size of China’s economy in U.S. dollar terms, ...
How Money is Made
August 20th, 2014
Last month, the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) announced the establishment of their own development bank, which would reduce their dependence on the Western-dominated, dollar-focused World Bank and International Monetary Fund. These economies will benefit ...
The Fragmentation of Bretton Woods
August 18th, 2014
The world has changed considerably since political leaders from the 44 Allied countries met in 1944 in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, to create the institutional framework for the post-World War II economic and monetary order. What has not changed ...
Kenyatta Sees Kenya Windfall Tax in Resource Laws in Months
August 4th, 2014
Kenya will impose capital-gains and windfall taxes on oil, gas and mining companies within months to ensure the East African nation maximizes benefits from its mineral resources, President Uhuru Kenyatta said. “This is something that we are very clear ...
Argentina’s Sovereign Bondage
July 10th, 2014
Sovereign debt has been back in the news recently, this time because of a United States Supreme Court ruling concerning Argentine debt. As a result of the ruling, a complicated issue is likely to become even more so. Sovereign ...
US stocks retreat; Dow record winning streak ends
June 12th, 2014
The Dow Wednesday snapped a four-day streak of record highs in a US equity retreat attributed in part to a shock Republican primary election and profit taking. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 99.73 points ...
Asian Stocks Retreat From Six-Year High as Kiwi Advances
June 12th, 2014
Asian stocks fell, with the regional benchmark index retreating from its highest close in six years, after U.S. stocks dropped by the most in three weeks. Euronext delayed the opening of cash markets due to a “critical issue” while ...
