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KPI Kuwait said oil prices could reach a range of $50 to $60 a barrel by mid-2017
February 15th, 2016
Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) said on Saturday oil prices could reach a range of $50 to $60 a barrel by mid-2017, the official state news agency and Reuters reported. The agency quoted the company’s top executive Bakheet Al-Rashidi as ...
Here’s what the future of bitcoin looks like — and it’s bright
February 15th, 2016
Bitcoin has been proclaimed dead 89 times. It has been labeled a Ponzi scheme and a failed experiment. Writers have argued for it to be forgotten and for developers to move on to greener pastures. But moving beyond this ...
Goldman Sachs Abandons Five of Six ‘Top Trade’ Calls for 2016
February 11th, 2016
New York bank closes bet on dollar strength versus euro, yen Divergent-rates policy still favors greenback, Himmelberg says Goldman Sachs to clients: whoops. Just six weeks into 2016, the New York-based bank has abandoned five of six recommended top trades for the ...
Day Of Reckoning: The Collapse Of The Too Big To Fail Banks In Europe Is Here
February 11th, 2016
There is so much chaos going on that I don’t even know where to start. For a very long time I have been warning my readers that a major banking collapse was coming to Europe, and now it is ...
The five fears stalking the global banking industry
February 10th, 2016
China, emerging markets, the eurozone, oil and commodities all pose a threat to the banking sector this year Banking shares have come under pressure this week as investors express fears that the sector will be badly hit by a global ...
No Agreement on OPEC Meeting After Venezuela Meets With Saudi Arabia
February 9th, 2016
The prospects for an emergency OPEC meeting to initiate coordinated production cuts took a hit this weekend. Venezuela’s oil minister Eulogio del Pino flew to Riyadh to meet with Saudi officials, which followed a recent trip to Moscow to ...
Bitcoin: A 21st Century Currency Explained By a Wall Street Veteran
February 8th, 2016
Jason Leibowitz is a former Wall Street professional who pivoted careers in 2014 to focus full-time on digital currency. In this paper, Leibowitz answers questions about how bitcoin was created, how it works and why it matters. It has been ...
Oil Trades Near $31 After Saudi-Venezuela Talks as Bets Increase
February 8th, 2016
Al-Naimi speaks with counterpart about other producer meetings Vitol CEO says crude to stay between $40 and $60 for 10 years Oil traded near $31 a barrel after Saudi Arabia and Venezuela met to discuss cooperating to stabilize the ...
Gazprom: No reason for gas price war in Europe
February 5th, 2016
The Russian gas monopoly sees no need to cut prices as liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States attempts to gain market share in Europe. “There is no necessity for us to open a price war… There are ...
Baker Tilly International Reports Revenue Growth
February 5th, 2016
Baker Tilly International reported its financial performance for the 12-months ending June 2015 with global combined revenues rising 7% to US$3.8bn. Commenting on the release of the figures, CEO and president Geoff Barnes said: “This represents our strongest revenue ...
