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Cheap-Oil Era Tilts Geopolitical Power to U.S.
November 20th, 2014
A new age of abundant and cheap energy supplies is redrawing the world’s geopolitical landscape, weakening and potentially threatening the legitimacy of some governments while enhancing the power of others. Some changes already are evident. Surging U.S. oil production enabled America ...
E.C.B. Threatened to End Funding Unless Ireland Took Bailout, Letters Show
November 10th, 2014
Newly released documents suggest that Ireland was pressured into a controversial 67.5 billion euro bailout that left taxpayers rescuing crippled banks, reigniting a fierce debate about the international aid that Dublin accepted after the financial crash. An exchange of letters, ...
The Economy Of The Largest Superpower On The Planet Is Collapsing Right Now
November 6th, 2014
How do you fix a superpower with exploding levels of debt, that has a rapidly aging population, that consumes far more wealth than it produces, and that has scores of zombie banks that could collapse at any moment. You ...
Oil price swoon pulls WTI crude to 3-year low
November 5th, 2014
Oil prices fell to a three-year low Tuesday as Saudi Arabia cut prices of crude exported to the U.S., raising the specter of a bruising battle for market share that threatens the U.S. energy boom but could bring ultra-low ...
Stocks close mixed: S&P drops, Dow bumps up
November 5th, 2014
Stocks closed mixed Tuesday as markets struggled from a one-two punch of falling oil prices and renewed fears of a global slowdown. A wait-and-see posture regarding Tuesday’s elections may also be holding back investors. The Standard & Poor’s 500 ...
EU leaders weigh plan for Greek exit from bailout
November 4th, 2014
Eurozone leaders are weighing a plan to allow Greece to exit its four-year-old bailout at the end of the year by converting nearly €11bn of unused rescue funds into a backstop for Athens for when it raises cash from ...
Inflation? Deflation Is New Risk
October 31st, 2014
A generation of economists and central bankers who lived through the 1970s learned that there is a large risk from runaway inflation and that steps must be taken to stop it before it gets out of control. In reality, ...
Deutsche Bank cannot rely on this trading rebound – Bottom Line
October 30th, 2014
Trading revenues were once the mainstay of many an investment bank, and made up the glamorous end of the City. It is always the traders who get the public’s attention. Who ever complains about City brokers or City auditors? But ...
Dollar firm around 108 yen on eased concern about global economy
October 24th, 2014
The U.S. dollar stayed relatively firm around 108 yen Friday morning in Tokyo on eased worries about the global economy, but caution over another Ebola infection in the United States capped the currency’s further gain. At noon, the dollar ...
EU leans on big banks to finance bailout fund
October 22nd, 2014
France’s banks will foot the biggest bill for Europe’s banking union, paying up to €2bn more than Germany’s lenders towards a new €55bn bank rescue fund, according to a Brussels proposal. The European Commission on Tuesday unveiled its plans ...
