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Oil prices fall as dollar gains, but possible stock drawdown supports
May 24th, 2016
Oil prices fell in thin trade on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar strengthened, but losses were curbed by a likely drawdown in U.S. crude and gasoline stockpiles. Brent futures had declined 42 cents to $47.93 a barrel by 0643 ...
Dollar in vogue, hits three-week high on revived Fed rate hike expectations
May 18th, 2016
The dollar rallied to a three-week high against the euro and a basket of currencies on Wednesday on renewed expectations that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates soon. U.S. consumer prices recorded their biggest increase in more than ...
Oil Advances to Six-Month High as U.S. Stockpiles Seen Falling
May 17th, 2016
Crude inventories forecast to decline by 3.5 million barrels Unplanned outages in Nigeria and Canada have cut global output Oil advanced to a seven-month high before U.S. government data forecast to show crude stockpiles dropped for a second week, ...
Balkan Offshore Businesses Named in Panama Database
May 12th, 2016
Scores of people from the Balkans including tycoons, an ex-ambassador, politicians, a banker and some convicted fraudsters appear in a newly-released database of users of offshore tax havens. Scores of people and companies linked to Balkan countries appear in the ...
Iran, Saudi in oil price war
May 12th, 2016
It’s war, then. Iran on Wednesday blamed its biggest rival Saudi Arabia for the “collapse” of the recent Doha talks on capping oil output but the Kingdom appeared to shrug off the allegation and instead said it would boost production in 2016. ...
Oil prices stable as brimming storage counters supply disruptions
May 10th, 2016
Oil prices were steady on Tuesday as brimming inventories and a looming refined products glut offset supply disruptions in Canada and elsewhere that have taken more than 2 million barrels a day of production out of the market. International ...
Swiss Town Accepts Bitcoin for Public Services
May 10th, 2016
A town in Switzerland has begun to accept Bitcoin payments for certain city services. The northern town of Zug decided to allow Bitcoin payments earlier this month for public services as a part of a trial run. The municipality services will ...
Lifting sanctions on Iran opens up business opportunities
May 9th, 2016
Economic sanctions have cost Iran an estimated $120 billion (€105 billion) since 2012, primarily in lost oil and gas revenues. That equates to about 30 per cent of the economy of the second-largest country in the Middle East after ...
Greece adopted a controversial package of pension cuts and tax hikes
May 9th, 2016
Greek lawmakers late Sunday adopted a controversial package of pension cuts and tax hikes despite mass public opposition, bowing to creditor demands in a bid to unlock the next tranche of badly-needed bailout funds. The unpopular reforms, which saw ...
HKEX announced Seven Sector Index Futures Contracts to Debut on 9 May
May 6th, 2016
The seven sector index futures contracts to be rolled out by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) on Monday, 9 May 2016 will enable investors to gain exposure to a basket of stocks in a key segment of ...
