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Oil prices fall on strong dollar, trading thin ahead of OPEC meeting
November 25th, 2016
Oil prices fell on Friday, under pressure from a strong dollar, but activity was low after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday and as many traders are reluctant to take big new positions ahead of a planned OPEC-led crude output cut ...
Oil prices static on uncertainty over planned production cut
November 24th, 2016
Oil prices were little changed on Thursday as uncertainty ahead of a planned OPEC-led crude production cut and thin liquidity due to the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday kept traders from making big new bets on markets. International Brent crude oil ...
ATM cybergang linked to attacks across Europe
November 23rd, 2016
A cybergang has been hacking the computer systems of European and Asian banks and forcing ATMs to spew out cash, warns security outfit Group IB. The Cobalt gang has hit unnamed banks in at least 14 countries, including Russia, ...
Asia stocks at one-week highs on U.S. cues; oil jumps
November 22nd, 2016
Asian stocks rose to one-week highs, helped by solid overnight gains on Wall Street, though investors were wary of chasing prices higher until President-elect Donald Trump picks his economic team. Oil extended gains. Crude oil climbed in Asian trading ...
The serfs have rebelled – Europe next?
November 19th, 2016
Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom described how personal freedoms are progressively eroded by the state in the name of the common good. His warning is more associated with totalitarianism and dictatorships, than modern democracies, but the statist attitudes he ...
Oil prices fall as strong dollar wipes out OPEC cut optimism
November 18th, 2016
Oil prices fell in early trading on Friday as the strengthening U.S. dollar snuffed out rekindled hopes that OPEC might agree production cuts. International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were trading down 13 cents at $46.36 per barrel at ...
How America’s new president will affect the global economy
November 10th, 2016
From trade war with China to jobs turmoil in Mexico, Trump’s reign will pose new threats to already fragile world economy Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections will have implications for the whole global economy. Mexico America’s ...
Oil prices dipped on Thursday
November 10th, 2016
Oil dips on rising crude inventories after Trump’s shock victory Oil prices dipped on Thursday, pulled down by rising U.S. crude inventories and as markets tried to interpret U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s surprise victory. U.S. crude stocks rose by ...
Asian Shares Jump With Metals as Trump Reassessed; Kiwi Weakens
November 10th, 2016
Stock gains led by raw-materials producers as copper jumps Australian 10-year debt yield surges more than 20 basis points Stocks in Asia rebounded from their steepest slide since Brexit, industrial metals surged and regional bonds tumbled after Donald Trump’s ...
Markets recover after early losses as Trump elected 45th US President
November 9th, 2016
The newly elect president Donald Trump’s victory speech has reassured investors and calmed down markets which suffered sharp losses early Wednesday. European markets regained ground, the FTSE 100 rebounded after a two percent slump at opening. It was down ...