Section: US & Canada
10 things you need to know before the opening bell (DIA, SPX, SPY, QQQ, HD)
Here is what you need to know. Greece has submitted its list of reforms. The list outlines reforms Greece intends to implement by July. Eurogroup leaders will hold a conference call later today to discuss the reforms. Traders are buying Greek debt, dropping the 3-year yield to 141 basis points to 13.09%. The yield touched a high of 20.71% on...
Ukraine disputes rebels’ weapons pullback claim
The Ukrainian military dismissed the separatists’ claims and said its forces would not draw their weapons away until a cease-fire takes hold. …read more Source: USA...
The Daily Vertical: The Kremlin Tips Its Hand
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that will appear Monday through Friday. Viewers can submit suggested topics to address on Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Facebook page. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
FP’s Situation Report: White House threatens new Russia sanctions; U.S. courts deal a huge blow to the Palestinian Authority; Is the al-Shabab mall threat a recruiting ploy?; and much more from around the world.
By David Francis with Sabine Muscat The White House wants Russia to pay for Debaltseve. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken said Moscow had to pay for its “land grab” after pro-Russian rebels captured the strategic railway town. FP’s John Hudson: Blinken said “Washington was working ‘very closely’ with European allies on ramping up...
Foreign ministers of France, Germany meet with Ukraine, Russia counterparts on peace deal
Talks about a fragile peace deal for Ukraine are under way in Paris between the foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France. …read more Source: FOX...
4-Way Talks on Ukraine Underway in Paris
Foreign ministers of France, Germany meet with Ukraine, Russia counterparts on peace deal …read more Source: ABC...
Putin discounts war in Ukraine, supports cease-fire
Ed AdamczykMOSCOW, Feb. 24 (UPI) — Russian President Vladimir Putin reinforced his belief that adherence to the Feb. 12 cease-fire agreement remains the best way to stabilize eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: United Press...
Gazprom Threaten Natural Gas Deliveries to Ukraine
Russia’s state gas firm OAO Gazprom said it would halt deliveries of natural gas to Ukraine in two days time when volumes that Kiev has paid for run out, posing “serious risks” to gas transit to Europe. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Western sanctions inflict increasing toll on Russian economy
As Ukraine sinks ever deeper into dual existential crises — territorial and financial — hawkish calls for arming Kiev against pro-Russian rebels are growing louder. Pundits are increasingly frustrated at Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ability to… …read more Source: The...
Rebels say weapons pullback beginning in Ukraine
Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine say they have begun a large-scale pullback of heavy weapons in line with an international peace plan that aims to form a wide buffer zone between separatists’ and Ukrainian forces’ artillery. …read more Source: CTV...
