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5 companies worried about Ukraine
April 25th, 2014
The crisis in Ukraine is making itself felt in corporate earnings reports. Tensions escalated on Thursday as Russia said it would hold military exercises along the Ukrainian border. The move put pressure on the broader stock market. Some companies ...
Oil falls to near $103 ahead of Ukraine meeting
April 15th, 2014
The price of oil fell to near $103 a barrel Tuesday ahead of talks aimed at defusing tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark U.S. crude for May delivery was down 92 ...
German company starts gas deliveries to Ukraine
April 15th, 2014
German utility company RWE said Tuesday it has started sending natural gas to Ukraine, a move that could support the country if Russia acts on its threat to cut off supplies because of a massive debt for past deliveries. ...
Europe Stocks Decline as Investors Weigh Ukraine Violence
April 15th, 2014
European stocks declined, after yesterday’s advance, as investors weighed violence in eastern Ukraine and further evidence of a slowdown in China’s economy. U.S. futures and Asian shares were little changed. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 0.4 percent to ...
EU Expands Sanctions Against Russia Over Ukraine
April 15th, 2014
European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday to expand sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine by putting more people under asset freezes and visa bans, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said. “We have agreed among foreign ministers ...
Oil prices rise on continuing tension in Ukraine
April 14th, 2014
Crude oil prices have risen amid continuing tensions in Ukraine and concerns about possible disruptions to Russian gas supplies. The price of Brent crude futures rose above $108 a barrel in Monday trading – a gain of 0.8% on ...
Stocks Drop With Ruble as Ukraine Tension Spurs Gold
April 14th, 2014
Global stocks dropped a third day, the ruble tumbled and oil and gold advanced as the U.S. and Russia traded barbs in the United Nations Security Council amid worsening violence in Ukraine. The euro dropped on prospects for more ...
Putin Could Stop Selling Gas to Ukraine. Here’s Why He Won’t
April 14th, 2014
For a time this week, Vladimir Putin looked ready to turn off the gas. In an April 10 letter to 18 European heads of state, he warned that Russia could “completely or partially cease gas deliveries” to Ukraine, in ...
Ukraine Mounts Security Push as Russia Warns on Civil War
April 9th, 2014
Ukrainian authorities sent security forces to Kharkiv to clear the country’s second-biggest city of separatists as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accused Russia of using “special forces and agents” to spark unrest. An “anti-terrorist operation” was under way ...
European Stocks Are Little Changed Amid Ukraine Tension
April 8th, 2014
European stocks were little changed, after dropping yesterday from a six-year high, as investors weighed escalating tensions between America and Russia over the future of eastern Europe. U.S. index futures and Asian shares were also little changed. Suedzucker AG ...
