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China deal sends shares to one-month high, rouble surges
November 10th, 2014
A landmark deal to give global investors easier access to China’s $3.9 trillion stock market helped lift world shares to their highest in over a month on Monday, as renewed tensions in Libya and Ukraine pushed up oil prices. ...
Euro edges higher, stocks sag before ECB meeting
November 6th, 2014
The euro edged higher and European stocks pulled back on Thursday as investors waited to see how ECB chief Mario Draghi responds to another run of poor euro zone data and reports of disquiet about his leadership style. The ...
Total CEO dies in Moscow plane crash
October 21st, 2014
Christophe de Margerie was killed in a collision at a Russian airport. Russia’s Tass news agency says the CEO of French oil giant Total was killed when his corporate jet collided with a snow removal machine during takeoff at ...
The future of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
October 17th, 2014
China recently reaffirmed that it backs India and Pakistan becoming members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). At the 14th meeting of the Council of Heads of States of SCO on 12 September, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for ...
Can rating agencies ruin Russian economy?
October 17th, 2014
Russian Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said that international agencies may soon downgrade Russia, adding that it would be an unfounded move, because the country’s economic indicators remain at a high level. According to the minister, the decision will ...
Rouble falls to a new low
October 9th, 2014
The rouble has fallen to a new low against both the dollar and the pound today, as sanctions and falling oil prices continued to hit prospects for Russia’s economy. At pixel time one rouble would have bought you just ...
Western sanctions against Russia cut Europe’s throat
October 8th, 2014
Sanctions against Russia have not led to the isolation of the country, even if the West tried to alienate Russia from western markets of capital and technologies. Instead, the sanctions strengthened the ties between Russia and China. Russia will ...
When the carnival is over: Australia’s surprising G20 legacy
October 6th, 2014
The genesis of the G20 is a tale of two crises. The first — the Asian financial crisis — led to the creation of the G20 as a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from 19 of ...
‘Russia’s Facebook’ $1.5bn deal ends long-running litigation
September 26th, 2014
Four firms have played lead roles in a $1.47bn (£900m) transaction between two Russian online giants which brought to an end years of complex litigation. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, Hogan Lovells ...
Russian ruble drops to historic low amid sanctions
September 16th, 2014
Russia’s currency dropped to an all-time low against the dollar on Tuesday as investors fret about the fallout of economic sanctions. The United States and the European Union last week imposed a new round of sanctions against Russia for ...
