Section: Business Insider (USA)
Meet the richest person in 34 major countries around the world
There are a record 290 newcomers on Forbes’ annual Billionaires List in 2015, but Bill Gates is still the richest person in the world. Even if you can’t be the richest person on the planet, it’s still pretty cool to be the richest person in your country. Many billionaires have held the title of richest in their country for a...
10 things you need to know before the opening bell (DIA, SPY, SPX, QQQ)
Here is what you need to know. Russia and Ukraine have a temporary gas deal in place. The overnight agreement will supply Ukraine with gas for the month of March. “Under the deal sealed in Brussels, Ukraine’s Naftogaz will pre-pay and order sufficient quantities of gas to ensure all domestic consumption for March and guarantee...
Ukraine central bank raises key rate to 30% from 19.5%: Interfax
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s central bank has raised its benchmark refinancing rate to 30 percent from 19.5 percent, the country’s Interfax news agency reported Tuesday.The rate change will take effect on Wednesday, the bank’s governor Valeriya Gontareva was quoted as saying. Join the conversation about this story » …read...
Optimism roars back as Geneva Motor Show opens
Geneva (AFP) – Out with the gloom, in with the boom: Sleek luxury sports cars, high-end SUVs and nifty little city cars will be bumper-to-bumper when the Geneva Motor Show opens to the media Tuesday.The 85th edition of the show, one of the auto industry’s biggest and most diverse events, will feature about 900 shiny vehicles.And with...
The 10 most important things in the world right now
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know for Tuesday. 1. Evacuations are underway as the Villarrica volcano in southern Chile erupts. 2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will addresses US Congress today, seeking to rally opposition over a potential US-Iran nuclear deal. 3. Russia and Ukraine reached an agreement to ensure...
10 things you need to know before European markets open
Good morning! Here are 10 major stories in markets today. German retail sales blew the doors off. Sales smashed expectations, rising 5.3% year-on-year in January. Sales had risen 4% year-on-year in December, and analysts were expecting a 2.7% jump year-on-year for January. Russia and Ukraine have a tentative gas deal. Russia and Ukraine reached...
Bayern target top gear, Dresden braced for potent clash
Berlin (AFP) – Holders Bayern Munich aim to hit top gear in their bid to reach the German Cup quarter-finals, while the authorities brace themselves for Borussia Dortmund’s trip to Dresden on Tuesday.Third-division Dynamo Dresden host Jurgen Klopp’s Dortmund in the cup’s third round against the backdrop of the riots which...
Nemtsov murder witness heads to Kiev after leaving Moscow: Ukrainian official
Kiev (AFP) – The chief witness in the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who had complained of being kept under guard in Moscow, was able to leave Russia and is now on her way to Kiev, Ukraine’s foreign ministry spokesman said late Monday.”Ganna Duritska has just left for Kiev. Ukrainian diplomats in Moscow...
Russia, Ukraine agree gas delivery deal until end March: EU
Brussels (AFP) – Moscow and Kiev agreed a gas delivery deal until the end of March after EU-brokered talks in Brussels Monday, securing supplies to Europe after a row over supplies to rebel-held eastern Ukraine, the EU said.”I am satisfied that we managed to safeguard the full application of the Winter Package for the supply needs in...
Russia is turning Crimea into a forward operating base against NATO
Russia is heavily militarizing Crimea as a way to project power deep in to the Black Sea, USNI News reports citing supreme commander of NATO Gen. Philip Breedlove. “What we have seen is that Crimea has been transformed in some fairly significant ways as far as weapon systems in the Crimea,” Breedlove said during a conference on February 25....
