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Oil near two-month low on economic woes; drillers adjust to lower prices
July 11th, 2016
Oil fell on Monday over signs that U.S. shale drillers have adapted to lower prices and on renewed indications of economic weakness in Asia. Brent crude was trading at $46.38 per barrel at 0653 GMT (02:53 a.m. EDT), down ...
Something Huge Is Coming From Japan
July 4th, 2016
Pretend, for a minute, that your country responds to the bursting of a credit bubble by borrowing unprecedented amounts of money and using it to prop up banks and construction companies. This doesn’t work, so you create record amounts ...
Russian Oil Exports Set for Record as Europe Competition Grows
July 4th, 2016
Exports rose 4.9% in six months to 5.55 million barrels a day Iran also boosts supplied to region after sanctions lifted Russian crude exports are on track to set a record this year, which is intensifying competition in Europe ...
Global law firm Baker & McKenzie announced 85 partnership promotions
June 29th, 2016
Combining this year’s promotions and new lateral talent, the Firm added 150 partners. Premier global law firm Baker & McKenzie announces election of 85 new partners. This latest investment in the Firm’s expertise grows the total number of partners ...
Top 10 international law firm announced revenues of EUR 1bn for 2015
June 13th, 2016
CMS, the top 10 international law firm, today announces its financial results for 2015. Total annual revenues of EUR 1.01bn compared with 2014 revenues of EUR 934.5m, a year-on-year increase of 8.4% Net profit up 6.8% compared with 2014 ...
Japanese Stocks Drop as Yen Advances; Oil Near $49 Before OPEC
June 2nd, 2016
Euro climbs to one-week high before ECB policy review Haven assets including gold and U.S. Treasuries rise Japanese stocks fell by the most in a month and the yen strengthened after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held back a widely ...
Dubai expects 2.5m Saudi tourists in 2020
May 23rd, 2016
Dubai is a top choice for Saudi tourists and their number is expected to increase by almost 100 percent, that is 2.5 million, by 2020, an Emirati official has said, citing current economic forecasts. “The number of Saudi tourists ...
Oil prices dip on strong dollar, firm global supply
May 23rd, 2016
Oil prices slipped in Asian trade on Monday on a strong dollar and signs that global crude supply is holding up even as volumes hit by unplanned outages rise to at least five-year highs. In a further indication of ...
Oil prices jump as Goldman Sachs says market flips into deficit
May 16th, 2016
Oil prices jumped over 1 percent on Monday after long-time bear Goldman Sachs said the market had ended almost two years of oversupply following global oil disruptions and flipped to a deficit. International Brent crude futures were trading at ...
Balkan Offshore Businesses Named in Panama Database
May 12th, 2016
Scores of people from the Balkans including tycoons, an ex-ambassador, politicians, a banker and some convicted fraudsters appear in a newly-released database of users of offshore tax havens. Scores of people and companies linked to Balkan countries appear in the ...