Section: Business Insider (USA)
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know. Another Good Sign For China. The country’s official manufacturing PMI hit 51.2, up by 0.1 from August. Anything above 50 indicates growth. Another Japanese Firm Is Rolling Back Operations. Electronics maker Sharp is looking to cut 300 jobs in Europe after major financial losses in the last...
Russia says EU mustn’t re-export gas to Ukraine: report
Frankfurt (AFP) – Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak warned Friday that Europe is contractually not allowed to re-export gas to Ukraine and could see its supplies cut if it did so. In an interview with the business daily Handelsblatt published ahead of a new round of talks in Berlin between Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission...
German consumer confidence falls again
Frankfurt (AFP) – Consumer confidence in Germany is fading, weighed down by concerns about the economic fallout from geopolitical crises, a new poll found on Friday. “In the eyes of consumers, ongoing geopolitical tensions are now also threatening to affect the economy in Germany. And it has led to a drop in optimism,” market...
23 Charts That Show Why This Is The Best Moment In History To Be Born
Sometimes it seems like the world is falling apart. Between Ebola, climate change, Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, and the ongoing war in Iraq and Syria, there’s bad news everywhere you look. Yet while speaking at the UN on September 24, President Obama said that he often tells young people in the United States “that this is...
Poroshenko says Ukraine crisis approaching end
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday he was confident that his peace deal with pro-Russian insurgents means the “most dangerous” part of the five-month conflict is over.”I have no doubt that my peace plan will work. I have no doubt that the biggest, most dangerous part of the war is already...
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know: The Euro Is At Its Lowest Against The Dollar Since 2012. The euro has now broken well below $1.28, and with the ECB expected to keep easing while the Fed starts to consider a rate hike, we probably haven’t seen the last of this decline. Commodity Prices Are Slumping Too. A lot of commodities...
Sierra Leone quarantines one million ahead of UN Ebola talks
Freetown (AFP) – Sierra Leone began a quarantine of more than one million people Thursday in the largest lockdown in west Africa’s deadly Ebola outbreak, as world leaders met to discuss the crisis at the United Nations.The northern districts of Port Loko and Bombali were to be closed off along with the southern district of Moyamba...
Kvitova and Bouchard power to Wuhan semis
Wuhan (China) (AFP) – World number three Petra Kvitova overcame Caroline Garcia to power through to the semi-finals of the $2.4 million WTA Wuhan Open Thursday, while Canadian sixth seed Eugenie Bouchard also made it into the last four. Garcia had previously performed heroics at the inaugural tournament, beating Venus Williams and world...
Ukraine prepares to close Russia border to halt ‘intervention’
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko instructed his government on Thursday to consider temporarily closing Ukraine’s porous border with Russia to help halt its “intervention” in the Westward-leaning former Soviet state’s affairs.A decree published on the presidential website ordered the government “to...
The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Hello! Here’s what you need to know for Thursday. 1. Two days after authorizing airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria, President Obama called on the world to unite to dismantle the extremist group’s “network of death” during an address at the UN general assembly. 2. Obama also said the US would lift sanctions...
