Section: Business Insider (USA)
Here’s A 10-Second Guide To What Traders Are Talking About Today
Dave Lutz of Jones Trading has the top topics about which traders are talking about today: Good Morning! US Futures are mixed, and coming off the best levels of the overnight as IBM comes in light – Russell continues to lag, giving back some of last week’s outperformance – as the bears hope this is a “Red Flag” – It could also be the...
Ukraine says winter gas price deal agreed with Russia
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko confirmed that an agreement has been reached with Russia on a provisional price for gas deliveries during the coming winter months.Poroshenko said the deal was agreed at talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Milan on Friday, and he hoped it would end the gas dispute between the...
Separatists And The Ukrainian Army Have Destroyed Large Sections Of Donetsk’s Airport
A ceasefire is technically in place in eastern Ukraine, but Donetsk International Airport continues to be the site of intense shelling and fighting between the Ukrainian army and Russian-backed separatists. The fighting continues to rage throughout the rebel-held city of Donetsk. The Ukrainian army holds the airport, but the separatists have...
Putin calls on Europe to help Ukraine pay gas debts
Milan (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on Europe to help Kiev cover its gas debts with Russia following talks with his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko.”We consider that our European partners, the European Commission, also can and must lend Ukraine a hand to resolve this problem,” Putin told...
Putin: ‘Global Economy Would Suffer If Oil Prices Remain At $80 Per Barrel’
Vladimir Putin said Friday that the global economy would collapse if the oil price was allowed to remain at around $80 a barrel for too long. At a press conference following talks on the Ukrainian crisis in Milan, Italy the Russian president warned that prices as low as $80 a barrel would cause US oil production to crash as well as putting...
This Ukrainian Hacker Is One Of The Biggest Stolen Credit Card Traders On The Planet
A notorious hacker known as “Rescator” is at the center of a major stolen credit card trading ring, a new report reveals. The Register reports that Russian security company Group-IB has been monitoring the SWIPED stolen credit card site to observe the most popular sellers. Between December 2013 and February 2014, a high-profile seller...
This Is What It Looks Like When ‘No Brainer’ Trades Go Spectacularly Wrong
With Islamic State militants gaining ground in Iraq, Russia going head-to-head with the West over an uprising in Ukraine and chaos in Libya earlier this year it looked inevitable that a number of key oil producers were set for a squeeze. This presented one clear and compelling conclusion — oil prices were set to rise. The only problem was that it...
Here’s A 10-Second Guide To What Traders Are Talking About Today
Dave Lutz at JonesTrading has the top topics about which traders are talking about today: Good Morning, and welcome to Expiry Friday! Dovish tailwinds are propelling the market higher, as BoE’s chief economist (usually hawkish) said overnight – “interest rates could stay low for longer,” reinforcing dovish momentum from Fed’s Bullard...
Rolls-Royce cuts forecasts on Russian sanctions
London (AFP) – Rolls-Royce, the British maker of engines, announced on Friday that it was slashing its earnings forecasts partly as result of Western trade sanctions against Russia, causing a share price collapse.Rolls said underlying profit in 2015 would be flat at best compared with 2014 but could come in three percent lower. The company...
EU hopeful of Ukraine progress after Putin talks
Milan (AFP) – European Union leaders expressed optimism on the chances of progress towards a resolution of the deadly crisis in Ukraine after talks in Milan with Vladimir Putin on Friday.”In general I am really positive after this meeting,” Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi told reporters after hosting a breakfast meeting of...
