Section: Business Day (South Africa)
Allianz lead reinsurer to missing AirAsia jet
Allianz was also lead reinsurer for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 downed in March and flight MH17 shot down over Ukraine in July …read more Source: Business...
Ukraine adopts austerity budget
Coalition pushes through unpopular, IMF-backed budget after marathon parliamentary debate, ushering in further hardship for citizens of war-scarred country …read more Source: Business...
Russia, Ukraine to resume peace talks after Kiev step towards Nato
Fragile peace talks aimed at ending the separatist war between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels set to continue, despite Russia’s condemnation of the ‘counterproductive’ measures …read more Source: Business...
Putin attempts to allay Russians’ economic fears
President blames Russia’s economic problems on external factors and says the crisis over Ukraine has been caused by the West …read more Source: Business...
EU approves new Crimean sanctions
EU bans all investment and cruise ships from its ports to force home message bloc will not recognise Russia’s ‘illegal annexation’ of Ukrainian territory …read more Source: Business...
Russia to step in to help Gazprombank
Gazprombank at least the third lender to receive capital injection since US and EU sanctions curb ability to borrow …read more Source: Business...
Russian rouble suffers worst fall since 1998
The rouble has depreciated about 40% against the dollar this year, due to collapsing oil prices and sanctions imposed against Russia’s support for a separatist uprising in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: Business...
Russia urges EU to lift sanctions, promises to waive counter-measures
Deputy Foreign Minister urges EU to lift sanctions against Moscow over the Ukrainian conflict and promises to waive its counter-measures …read more Source: Business...
Economic sanctions on Russia also punish the European Union
Exports from the continent have dropped and increased red tape is holding up trade, giving rival nations a foothold, writes Robin Emmott …read more Source: Business...
NEWS ANALYSIS: Putin unshaken by isolation at G-20 Brisbane summit
No resolution will leave an unresolved, or ‘frozen’, conflict that makes the east ungovernable for Kiev and hampers Ukraine’s leaders’ drive towards mainstream Europe …read more Source: Business...
