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Brent Crude Oil

Where Are Oil Prices Headed In The Long Run?

18/12/2014(0)
Global benchmark crude oil prices have declined sharply this year on slower demand growth and rising supplies. The growth in demand for crude oil has slowed down significantly this ... Read More
eurozone

Eurozone business activity grew at a slightly faster rate in December

16/12/2014(0)
Eurozone business activity grew at a slightly faster rate in December, but the pace of expansion was still one of the weakest seen over the past year. The Markit ... Read More
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China foreign direct investment jumps 22%

16/12/2014(0)
China attracted $10.36 billion worth of foreign direct investment in November, up 22.2% from a year earlier, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement Tuesday. The figure was ... Read More
oil

Crashing crude may blow a $1.6 trillion hole in the global oil sector, annually

15/12/2014(0)
Talk about an oil spill. The spectacular unhinging of crude oil prices over the past six months is weighing mightily on the U.S. stock market. And while it may ... Read More
European banks

How to deal with Europe’s ailing economy?

15/12/2014(0)
There has been a lot of discussion lately in Europe and especially at the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters for the need (or not) of non-conventional monetary tools to ... Read More
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Two decades after the peso crisis, Mexico faces new shocks

12/12/2014(0)
MANY factors contributed to Mexico’s “tequila crisis” in 1994, but two stood out: tighter monetary policy in the United States and political instability at home. Almost exactly 20 years ... Read More
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London FinTech stars join Tech City UK’s Future Fifty scheme as booming digital finance sector steals the spotlight

11/12/2014(0)
The capital’s crown as the financial technology epicentre of the world will be reaffirmed today as seven of London’s rising FinTech stars will join the government-backed Future Fifty scheme. ... Read More
Derricks at Yuganskneftegaz oil processing facility at Mamontovskoye oilfield outside the Siberian ...

Crude Oil’s Fall Pressures Energy Megaprojects

09/12/2014(0)
Energy development projects that looked great earlier this year are looking less so now. Tumbling oil prices hit a fresh five-year low on Monday, pressuring some of the world’s ... Read More
Asian stocks

Asia stocks dip, somber data offsets strong U.S. job numbers

08/12/2014(0)
Asian shares were mostly lower on Monday after sobering data highlighted the sluggishness of the region’s key economies and tempered the lift from much stronger-than-expected U.S. employment numbers. Spreadbetters ... Read More
Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud al-Thani

Qatar appoints new chief for sovereign fund

04/12/2014(0)
Qatar‘s sovereign wealth fund yesterday appointed a member of the emirate’s royal family to replace its chief executive. The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), which manages as much as $300bn ... Read More
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