Section: Business Insider (USA)
Russia And Iran Reportedly Signed A Huge Oil Deal — But No One Knows The Details
Iran and Russia may have just signed a major $20 billion oil deal, as reported by Russia’s Itar-Tass, Iran’s Fars News, and the Telegraph on Wednesday. The deal would allow Iran to circumvent western and international sanctions aimed at curtailing the country’s nuclear program. And it would allow Russian President Vladimir Putin...
German Interest Rates Go Negative
Investing.comThe German bond market is considered one of the safe havens for investors looking to get out of riskier asset classes like stocks. As tensions remain high on the Ukraine-Russia border, German bond prices have been rallying, pushing yields lower and lower. Earlier Thursday, the yield on Germany’s two-year bond actually went...
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell (DIA, SPY, QQQ, FOXA, GMCR, SCTY, WEN, MYL, OWW, ZNGA, SSYS, MNST, LGF, DUK)
REUTERS/Kenneth Armstrong The hitchBOT is seen posed next to Highway 17 north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and a portion of the Trans-Canada Highway August 5, 2014. The hitch-hiking robot is now at the halfway point in its journey across Canada. Picture taken August 5, 2014. 1. Russia Bans Food Imports From The West. Specifically from the U.S.,...
Snowden Granted Asylum Extension— Here’s Why He’s Still ‘Very Useful’ To Russia
AFP/Axel HeimkenA giant screen shows fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden (top) delivering a speech, on May 16, 2014 in the northern German city of Hamburg,As the world condemns Russia’s continued support for separatists in eastern Ukraine in the wake of MH17, Edward Snowden is asking Vladimir Putin for an extended asylum....
German Economic Data Has Been Astonishingly Bad
REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachTwo traders talk with each other on the floor of the German bourse in Frankfurt on July 21, 1997.German economic data has been unquestionably bad in recent days. Earlier today, we learned industrial production unexpectedly fell 0.5% year-over-year in June, missing expectations for a 0.3% gain. This was the first...
Clashes In Kiev As Ukraine Moves To Dismantle ‘Euromaidan’ Protest Camp
KIEV (Reuters) – Tensions flared on Thursday on Kiev’s Independence Square, the scene of street protests that toppled a Moscow-backed president in February, when protesters still camped there clashed with city workers who tried to clear away their tents. The protesters set fire to heaps of tyres, sending clouds of black smoke...
European Markets Are Down, US Futures Are Up (DIA, SPY, SPX, QQQ)
David Blackwell/FlickrEuropean markets are down on Thursday after Russia said it would ban all food imports from the U.S., E.U., Canada, Australia and Norway in retaliation to sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. Here’s the scorecard: Britain’s FTSE 100 is down 0.24%. France’s CAC 40 is down 0.27%. Germany’s DAX is down...
IT’S OFFICIAL: Russia Bans Food Imports From The US And The EU
REUTERS/Natalia Kolesnikova/Pool Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (L)Russia just announced a ban on food imports from the U.S., the European Union, Canada, Australia, and Norway. The announcement was made by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow, reports...
The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
REUTERS/Mark Peters/ECCC/Handout via ReutersIn this handout photo courtesy of the ECCC, former Khmer Rouge leader ”Brother Number Two” Nuon Chea (C) sits at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) as his verdict is delivered on the outskirts of Phnom Penh August 7, 2014. Good morning! Here’s what people will...
ZERVOS: ‘Markets Are Reacting To Good Fortune As If Someone Threw A Baby Ruth In The Pool’
Google ImagesDavid Zervos, chief markets strategist at Jefferies, is a little surprised by the market reaction to recent news. On Friday, we learned that the U.S. economy added 209,000 jobs in July. This number missed estimates but Zervos points out that the three-month, six-month, and 12-month moving averages are 245,000 244,000 and 214,000....
