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State or Individual?
July 20th, 2018
The most important question faced by the human race is almost never addressed in modern times: which should be the master, the state over the individual or the individual over the state? It is particularly relevant today, bearing ...
Trump’s Whirlwind European Tour
July 18th, 2018
President Trump visited Britain on a much-anticipated visit. The political situation in Washington is very different from when Mrs May last visited. In Washington, President Trump appears to have successfully gained control of and tamed the Deep State, while ...
Have you ever wondered how much gold is in the FIFA World Cup Trophy?
July 17th, 2018
Arguably the most coveted prize in sport, the FIFA World Cup trophy could not have been made from anything but gold. But RT wanted to find out just how much gold the trophy contains. After the French national team’s ...
Visualizing the world’s largest importers in 2017
July 16th, 2018
For most world leaders and corporate executives, the swing of the global pendulum to more protectionist policies has been an unpleasant surprise. That’s because the consensus view from both economists and economic historians has been that measures like the ...
Business investment rate up to 23.1% in the euro area
July 5th, 2018
In the first quarter of 2018, the business investment rate was 23.1% in the euro area, compared with 22.9% in the previous quarter. The business profit share in the euro area was 40.6% in the first quarter of 2018, ...
The euro and the pound fell; Stocks dropped in Asia on Monday
July 2nd, 2018
Stocks dropped in Asia on Monday after capping their worst quarter since 2015 last month, as investors gird for U.S. tariff hikes on Chinese imports that could damp export demand across the region. Oil fell and the dollar headed ...
Singapore, Trade and Geopolitics
June 26th, 2018
The Western media was incredulous. The Donald had disregarded diplomacy, scuttled out of the G7 meeting in Canada without endorsing the G7 agreement, and ended up shaking hands with a previously avowed enemy in Singapore. The formally leisurely ...
Europe’s banks and industrial stocks sink as trade dispute deepens
June 26th, 2018
The latest episode in a trade dispute between the United States and other major economies sent European shares further into a funk on Monday with benchmarks down 0.8 to 1.2 percent and autos, basic resources and tech stocks the ...
Deutsche Bank spends $17 billion in a decade on legal costs
June 25th, 2018
Despite spending $17 billion, the bank still has five of its biggest cases outstanding and has set aside $2.9 billion for litigation provision in the first quarter. German’s Deutsche Bank has spent more than $17 billion over the past ...
Key Brexit vote likely to prompt volatility in GBP/EUR
June 21st, 2018
MP’s are set to debate the government’s Brexit withdrawal bill for the second time today, after the House of Lords voted to amend the bill and send it back to the lower house on Monday. The key point ...
