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    Obama Signs Into Law Bill Authorizing More Russia Sanctions
    Dec19

    Obama Signs Into Law Bill Authorizing More Russia Sanctions

    Friday, December 19 , 2014 - 0:55 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    U.S. President Barack Obama has signed into law legislation passed by the U.S. Congress authorizing more sanctions on Russia for its role in the Ukraine crisis. The president said in a statement Thursday that while he signed the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014, it “does not signal a change” in the administration’s sanctions...

    EU leaders press Russia, urge new investment
    Dec19

    EU leaders press Russia, urge new investment

    Friday, December 19 , 2014 - 0:40 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Brussels (AFP) – European Union leaders urged Vladimir Putin to make a “radical change” in his stance on Ukraine Thursday as they boosted sanctions against Crimea despite fears of economic blowback from Russia’s spiralling financial crisis.The leaders at a summit in Brussels also called for the urgent launch of a huge...

    Politics no problem, say US and Russian spacefarers
    Dec19

    Politics no problem, say US and Russian spacefarers

    Friday, December 19 , 2014 - 0:11 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Paris (AFP) – US-Russian ties may have returned to Cold War levels, but an astronaut and a cosmonaut gearing up for the longest flight on the International Space Station said Thursday politics would not disrupt their work of helping a future trip to Mars.NASA’s Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos...

    Why Poland’s Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz Is No Pushover
    Dec18

    Why Poland’s Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz Is No Pushover

    Thursday, December 18 , 2014 - 23:55 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    By EMILY CADEI — OZY In September, incoming Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz promised to respond to Russian provocations “like a reasonable Polish woman.” Guffaws ensued. Domestic commentators found it an artless attempt to play the gender card; to foreign ears, it just sounded dated and vaguely sexist. But three months later, the mockery has...

    2014 Is Going Down As The Biggest Year For IPOs Since The Dotcom Bubble
    Dec18

    2014 Is Going Down As The Biggest Year For IPOs Since The Dotcom Bubble

    Thursday, December 18 , 2014 - 23:40 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Big companies weren’t shy about going public in 2014. “With 273 IPOs, 2014 was the most active period of issuance since 406 companies went public in 2000,” noted the folks at Renaissance Capital IPO Intelligence. “It was the second year of uninterrupted IPO activity, up 23% over 2013, due to a doubling of biotech...

    Large Carnivores Gaining Ground in Europe: Study
    Dec18

    Large Carnivores Gaining Ground in Europe: Study

    Thursday, December 18 , 2014 - 23:40 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    BERLIN—Brown bears, grey wolves and other large carnivores are making a comeback in Europe. Scientists studying populations of bears, wolves, Eurasian lynx and wolverines found they have flourished on the continent, decades after being driven almost to extinction by hunting and the destruction of their habitat. Surprisingly, the animals...

    US-Russia Relations: Obama Signs Bill Giving Weapons To Ukraine, Allowing Economic Sanctions Against Russia
    Dec18

    US-Russia Relations: Obama Signs Bill Giving Weapons To Ukraine, Allowing Economic Sanctions Against Russia

    Thursday, December 18 , 2014 - 23:25 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    President Barack Obama signed the Ukraine Freedom Support Act on Thursday, but does not have immediate plans to enact the restrictions it authorizes. The law allows the U.S. to impose economic sanctions on Russia and give Ukraine up to $350 million in military aid as it resists pro-Russia rebels. The House of Representatives and Senate passed the...

    STOCKS HAVE ANOTHER MONSTER DAY: Here’s What You Need To Know (DIA, SPY, QQQ, TLT, IWM, RSX)
    Dec18

    STOCKS HAVE ANOTHER MONSTER DAY: Here’s What You Need To Know (DIA, SPY, QQQ, TLT, IWM, RSX)

    Thursday, December 18 , 2014 - 23:11 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    For the second day in a row, stocks had their best day of the year. After a huge rally on Wednesday, stocks topped these gains on Thursday, with the Dow gaining more than 400 points and all of the major equity indexes adding more than 2%. This was the biggest two-day rally for stocks since 2011 and the biggest one day gain for the S&P 500...

    There’s A Problem With Russia’s Foreign Currency Reserves
    Dec18

    There’s A Problem With Russia’s Foreign Currency Reserves

    Thursday, December 18 , 2014 - 22:56 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    At a televised cabinet meeting today, Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev urged calm, suggesting that the country has enough money to weather the current economic storm. “All the economic and production goals that you have set yourselves, the country has the currency resources to achieve them,” he said. That’s been Vladamir Putin’s...

    E.U. Imposes New Sanctions Over Russia’s Inteference in Ukraine
    Dec18

    E.U. Imposes New Sanctions Over Russia’s Inteference in Ukraine

    Thursday, December 18 , 2014 - 22:26 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    The European Union outlawed European investment, trade and tourism in Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in March. …read more Source: The New York...