Section: US & Canada
EU leaders press Russia, urge new investment
Brussels (AFP) – European Union leaders urged Vladimir Putin to make a “radical change” in his stance on Ukraine Thursday as they boosted sanctions against Crimea despite fears of economic blowback from Russia’s spiralling financial crisis.The leaders at a summit in Brussels also called for the urgent launch of a huge...
Defence Minister Rob Nicholson in Trenton to make announcement Friday…another C-17 perhaps?
Defence Minister Rob Nicholson is heading to CFB Trenton Friday morning to will an announcement. “The announcement will be followed by a media photo opportunity,” says the Department of National Defence. It will all be taking place in Hanger 1 at the base. Some have suggested more non-lethal gear for Ukraine while others suggest it will be the...
Politics no problem, say US and Russian spacefarers
Paris (AFP) – US-Russian ties may have returned to Cold War levels, but an astronaut and a cosmonaut gearing up for the longest flight on the International Space Station said Thursday politics would not disrupt their work of helping a future trip to Mars.NASA’s Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos...
Why Poland’s Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz Is No Pushover
By EMILY CADEI — OZY In September, incoming Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz promised to respond to Russian provocations “like a reasonable Polish woman.” Guffaws ensued. Domestic commentators found it an artless attempt to play the gender card; to foreign ears, it just sounded dated and vaguely sexist. But three months later, the mockery has...
2014 Is Going Down As The Biggest Year For IPOs Since The Dotcom Bubble
Big companies weren’t shy about going public in 2014. “With 273 IPOs, 2014 was the most active period of issuance since 406 companies went public in 2000,” noted the folks at Renaissance Capital IPO Intelligence. “It was the second year of uninterrupted IPO activity, up 23% over 2013, due to a doubling of biotech...
Large Carnivores Gaining Ground in Europe: Study
BERLIN—Brown bears, grey wolves and other large carnivores are making a comeback in Europe. Scientists studying populations of bears, wolves, Eurasian lynx and wolverines found they have flourished on the continent, decades after being driven almost to extinction by hunting and the destruction of their habitat. Surprisingly, the animals...
US-Russia Relations: Obama Signs Bill Giving Weapons To Ukraine, Allowing Economic Sanctions Against Russia
President Barack Obama signed the Ukraine Freedom Support Act on Thursday, but does not have immediate plans to enact the restrictions it authorizes. The law allows the U.S. to impose economic sanctions on Russia and give Ukraine up to $350 million in military aid as it resists pro-Russia rebels. The House of Representatives and Senate passed the...
STOCKS HAVE ANOTHER MONSTER DAY: Here’s What You Need To Know (DIA, SPY, QQQ, TLT, IWM, RSX)
For the second day in a row, stocks had their best day of the year. After a huge rally on Wednesday, stocks topped these gains on Thursday, with the Dow gaining more than 400 points and all of the major equity indexes adding more than 2%. This was the biggest two-day rally for stocks since 2011 and the biggest one day gain for the S&P 500...
There’s A Problem With Russia’s Foreign Currency Reserves
At a televised cabinet meeting today, Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev urged calm, suggesting that the country has enough money to weather the current economic storm. “All the economic and production goals that you have set yourselves, the country has the currency resources to achieve them,” he said. That’s been Vladamir Putin’s...
Obama waives sanctions authority despite new law
President Barack Obama signed legislation Thursday authorizing new sanctions on Russia but said he does not plan to impose the penalties outlined in the measure. …read more Source: WAVE 3...
