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Top 12 Media Myths on oil prices
April 13th, 2015
The upstream oil and gas industry is not a black hole. There’s no mystery wrapped in an enigma here. There are a lot of meetings with engineers, chemists and geologists. There’s a constantly evolving learning curve. And then there’s ...
Saudis Raise Oil Pricing to Asia on Signs of Demand Growth
April 6th, 2015
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude exporter, raised pricing for all May sales to Asia, after the country’s oil minister said global demand was improving. State-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co. narrowed the discount for its Arab Light grade to ...
Greek PM puts opposition on spot, reveals little on reform list, creditor talks
March 31st, 2015
As representatives of the Greek government and the country’s international creditors continued tough talks on a proposed list of Greek reforms in Brussels, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras addressed Parliament in a speech that attacked the political opposition and failed ...
Should Individual Tax Returns Be Public Information?
March 30th, 2015
My guess is that if you asked Americans if their income taxes should be public information, the answers would mostly run the spectrum from “absolutely not” to “hell, no.” But the idea that tax returns should be confidential and ...
Iran nuclear talks: World powers to meet foreign minister
March 30th, 2015
Ministers from six world powers are expected to hold their first full session on Monday with Iran’s foreign minister over its nuclear programme. The deadline for reaching an agreement is Tuesday. The essence of an emerging deal is to ...
Kuwait opens door for foreign operator to own part of stock market
March 27th, 2015
The Kuwait Stock Exchange may offer up to 44 percent of its shares to a company that has experience in operating bourses when it goes public, a senior government official told Reuters on Thursday. Such a move, which still ...
Predicting the Future With Russia’s Economic Nostradamus, Mikhail Dmitriyev
March 19th, 2015
Mikhail Dmitriyev, president of the New Economic Growth consultancy, is often described as “Russia’s top brain.” He studied in Leningrad in the ’80s and took part in economics discussion clubs with the people who transformed Russia into a market economy, including Anatoly Chubais, the architect of Russia’s privatization ...
Israel election: Netanyahu claims victory as his party takes lead
March 18th, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared headed for another term as preliminary numbers Wednesday showed his party in the lead. With nearly all votes counted, Netanyahu’s Likud party has at least 29 seats in the 120 seat Knesset, according ...
IG Group Holdings PLC: Third Quarter Trading Update
March 17th, 2015
IG Group, a global leader in online trading, today issues the following Trading Update for the three months to 28 February 2015, the third quarter of its 2015 financial year. The trends and figures highlighted below refer to this ...
Media reports said a growing number of close U.S allies to join a new China-led international development bank
March 17th, 2015
A senior U.S. diplomat said it was up to individual countries whether to join a new China-led international development bank as media reports said a growing number of close U.S. allies were ignoring Washington’s pressure to stay out of ...
