Section: US & Canada
Here’s A 10-Second Guide To What Traders Are Talking About Today
Dave Lutz of JonesTrading has the top topics about which traders are talking today: Yesterday’s NYSE volume was the lightest (Non-Holiday) volume since October 2006, let’s hope that reverses – US Futures have been steadily climbing throughout the AM, and rest about 15bp higher ahead of the Poroshenko-Putin meeting (no specific...
Ukraine captures Russian soldiers on its territory; Russia says they crossed ‘by accident’
The incident comes only hours before the presidents of the two countries were due to meet for the first time in months …read more Source: The Globe and...
Southeast Ukraine shelled on possible new front
Towering columns of smoke rose Tuesday from outside Novoazovsk, a city in Ukraine’s far southeast, after what residents said was a heavy artillery barrage. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine Captures Russian Soldiers Near Donetsk, Alleges Russia Attempting To Escalate Conflict
Ukrainian government forces claimed that they had captured 10 Russian soldiers attempting to cross the border into the eastern region of Donetsk, BBC reported Tuesday. The report comes ahead of a scheduled meeting between leaders of both countries at a regional summit. …read more Source: International Business...
Even if attacked, airline could be liable in crash
Families of passengers who were on the Malaysia Airlines plane shot down over Ukraine are starting to sort through the long process of gaining compensation for their loss. …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Ukraine captures 10 Russian soldiers in rebel-filled east
Ukraine on Tuesday said its forces have captured 10 Russian soldiers in an eastern region where the Ukrainian troops are fighting pro-Russia separatists. …read more Source:...
Russia approves $6.6bn for sanctions-hit state banks
Moscow (AFP) – The Russian government has approved injecting 239 billion rubles ($6.6 billion, 5 billion euros) into two of the country’s largest, state-controlled banks that have been hit with Western sanctions.VTB Bank will get the lion’s share of the funds, 214 billion rubles, while Rosselkhozbank will get 25 billion,...
Ukraine Shows Russian Soldiers Detained In East Ukraine — Russia Says They Entered ‘Mostly By Accident’
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian security services on Monday released video footage purporting to show Russian servicemen who were captured by Ukrainian government forces while fighting alongside pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine. The footage, which is likely to fuel allegations from Kiev and its Western allies of Russian involvement in the war,...
Even if attacked, airline could be liable in crash
[…] payments may create goodwill, lawyers say, but they are not likely to discourage some families from seeking more than the amount promised under an international treaty — about $174,000. Since the early days of commercial aviation, international agreements have governed compensation for crash victims. Aviation-accident lawyers say it...
Russia claims soldiers captured by Ukraine crossed border by accident
The Russian government has claimed that a group of soldiers captured in eastern Ukraine had crossed the border by accident. …read more Source: FOX...
