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What’s next for Europe and Natural Gas
March 30th, 2017
In recent years we have seen countless proposals for projects to deliver natural gas to Europe and ease the European Union’s dependence on Russian gas. Attempts to diversify the EU’s energy supplies have produced various plans for pipelines. But amid ...
Asia Stocks Fall
March 30th, 2017
Oil surged Wednesday as inventories rose less than forecast Australian shares gain while Japanese, Chinese stocks retreat Asian stocks fell as investors approached the end of the quarter with the Trump administration attempting to move ahead with its legislative ...
EU Commission blocks proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and London Stock Exchange
March 29th, 2017
The European Commission has prohibited the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse AG and London Stock Exchange Group under the EU Merger Regulation. The Commission’s investigation concluded the merger would have created a de facto monopoly in the markets for ...
Oil rises on Libyan supply disruptions, likely OPEC output cut extension
March 29th, 2017
Oil prices on Wednesday extended gains from the previous session, lifted by supply disruptions in Libya and expectations that an OPEC-led output reduction will be extended into the second half of the year. Prices for front-month Brent crude futures, ...
MOEX and DCE announce new areas of cooperation in MOU
March 28th, 2017
Moscow Exchange (“MOEX”) and Dalian Commodity Exchange (“DCE”), announced today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”), aimed at expanding the cooperation between the two exchanges in terms of information sharing, high-level visits, training and exchange programmes ...
World’s biggest meat producer scandal: Countries imposed import bans
March 24th, 2017
China, the EU, Japan, Chile, Mexico and Hong Kong have imposed various degrees of import bans on Brazilian meat after a corruption scheme allowing the sale of products past their due date was uncovered late last week. Meat is ...
Oil prices recovered on Thursday
March 23rd, 2017
Oil prices recovered on Thursday from losses chalked up the session before, but the market remained under pressure as bloated U.S. crude inventories and rising output dampen OPEC-led efforts to curb global production. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark ...
Can state spending ever be cut?
March 22nd, 2017
President Trump was elected on several promises, including one that he would fund tax cuts by cutting public spending. Cynics might note that his first action was to increase spending on the military by $54bn, the equivalent of six ...
IBM Goes Live With First Commercial Blockchains
March 20th, 2017
Tech giant IBM is set to unveil what it’s calling the first “commercial application” of Hyperledger’s open-source Fabric codebase. Previously released in beta and scheduled for official release today, the offering – dubbed “IBM Blockchain” – is formally debuting in front ...
Index Derivatives Expert Sean Smith Joins FTSE Russell
March 17th, 2017
Industry leader to serve as Managing Director of Derivatives Licenses Role aims to accelerate growth in index options and futures space Based in Chicago to work closely with key clients FTSE Russell, the global index and data provider, announces ...
