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Brent Oil Rallies Above $102 on Geopolitical Tensions
August 26th, 2014
Brent crude oil rose on Monday and U.S. crude fell in light trading, as support from geopolitical tensions in Ukraine and Libya countered ample supplies and anticipated weak demand after a slew of disappointing economic data from the United ...
Oil prices drop puts at risk Moscow’s Budget
August 21st, 2014
Oil and gas are at the heart of the Russian economy and are largely responsible for keeping Moscow’s government budget in balance. But the recent decline in the price of oil from the North Sea and Texas has now ...
Rich Russians in U.K. Think About Sanctions, but Keep Buying Mansions
August 20th, 2014
A lunchtime crowd of around 60 real-estate agents and property developers tucked into champagne, caviar and canapés last week at a new six-bedroom mansion in St. George’s Hill, a gated community in London’s leafy suburbs popular with ultrawealthy foreigners. ...
Overview on shares and stocks
August 13th, 2014
Markets are called partially lower this morning as investors reflect on the geopolitical crisis in Ukraine, Iraq and Gaza. The FTSE is called flat at 6,633, the German Dax is seen down nine points at 9,172 and the French ...
ExxonMobil’s Russian ‘Cooperation’ in Arctic Despite Sanctions
August 12th, 2014
Despite sanctions from the West on Russian oil companies, President Vladimir Putin is praising ExxonMobil as a potential cooperator to begin an oil drill project in the Arctic. “Today, commercial success is driven by efficient international cooperation,” Putin told ...
Russia Bans All Food Imports From U.S., EU, Australia, Canada, Norway
August 8th, 2014
Russia banned most food imports from the West on Thursday in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine, an unexpectedly sweeping move that will cost farmers in North America, Europe and Australia billions of dollars but will also likely lead to ...
Commodities markets summary
August 7th, 2014
A summary of trading in key commodities markets: ENERGY Oil prices in New York have fallen again on worries about lower demand, even after an inventory report showed a surprising drop in US gasoline supplies. US benchmark West Texas ...
Gold – Enjoys Support at $1290 and Moves Back Above $1300
August 7th, 2014
Gold for Thursday, August 7, 2014 In the last 24 hours gold has surged higher away from the support level at $1290 and back up well above $1300 to a one week high. Over the last week or so ...
U.S. Stocks Drop on Ukraine as Sprint, Time Warner Slump
August 6th, 2014
U.S. stocks fell, after equities slipped to a two-month low yesterday, on concern the Ukraine crisis will escalate and as Sprint Corp. and Time Warner Inc. (TWX) tumbled on merger news. Sprint slid 18 percent after a person with ...
Clashes with Russia point to globalization’s end
August 4th, 2014
As the European Union and the United States ramp up their sanctions on Russia, President Vladimir Putin’s plans for retaliation seem to include an attack on McDonald’s. There could not be a more powerful symbol that geopolitics is increasingly ...
