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The European Union is expected to adopt stricter sanctions against Russia on Tuesday in an effort to get Russia to withdraw troops from Ukraine.
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A new research report from the oil services team at Cowen says results are likely to be more than offset by the impact of sanctions in Russia and to a lesser extent turmoil in Iraq and Libya.
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ThinkstockThe early Wednesday morning announcement from Ukraine that it had reached a ceasefire “regime” with Russia was almost immediately countered by a Russian statement that the two sides had...
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ThinkstockThis was almost looking like a great week for the stock market, but geopolitical news interrupted this positive trend late on Friday morning and markets took a sharp turn for the worse....
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ThinkstockBy James Stafford of Oilprice.com Ukraine doesn’t need Russia to take it down — Kiev is doing fine destroying itself, most recently with a new tax code that doubles taxes for private...
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ThinkstockBy Nicholas Cunningham of Oilprice.com The confrontation between Russia and the West took a turn for the worse with the downing of a Malaysian airliner on July 17, and that could spell...
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ThinkstockThe world equity markets did not react much to the downing of Malaysia Flight 17 in Ukraine, apparently hit by a missile. After a brief sell-off, most of the major indices were down less...
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ThinkstockDid you remember the White House saying to short Russian stocks in recent months as tensions were mounting between Russia and Ukraine and over sanctions? Well, their timing was way off, but...
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ThinkstockWith all the quantitative easing in the United States, Europe, Japan, China and elsewhere, you would think that trajectory for the global recovery and global growth is well on track. It...
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AvtoVAZSales of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) in Russia fell 12% year-over-year in May, and year-to-date sales are down 6%. And it is projected to get worse. Bo Andersson,...
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ThinkstockStandard & Poor’s has issued a somewhat cautious note on Tuesday covering emerging markets. While many of these international markets have downgrade risks, S&P noted that Russia...
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ThinkstockIf you want to create a stir with any environmental group around energy, ask them how they feel about hydraulic fracturing – fracking. It probably won’t go over too well. Now imagine...
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ThinkstockEmerging markets have not been performing the way they have in many past bull markets. Most investor interest and direction from Wall Street strategists decided earlier this year that the...
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Courtesy RosneftSix of Russia’s largest publicly traded companies were downgraded Monday morning by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s. The six include the country’s largest oil producer,...
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After reporting earnings after markets closed on Thursday, Visa held its conference call to add some color to its rather boring second-quarter results.
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