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24/7 Insights There is $17 billion buried off the coast of Colombia. The San Jose sank after being fired upon by a British vessel. Spain, Bolivia, and a US company all argue they have rights. ...
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) recently celebrated its 75th year. The alliance now boasts 32 members but not all members contribute equally. To address this discrepancy, NATO members...
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Before the United States became independent, wars plagued North America, as the British, French, and Spaniards fought for control of the early colonies, with Native Americans sometimes fighting...
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With the Brexit Vote only adding that much more uncertainty, the reality is setting in that this could spell long-term trouble for the European Union. Britain never did share its currency, but they...
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thinkstockThe European Central Bank announced a negative interest rate policy on Thursday. It may not have been enough for the stimulus-addiction crowd, but this is truly an experiment. If the banks...
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Google’s Chromebooks, the inexpensive laptops powered by Google’s Chrome operating system, are coming to New Zealand, the Philippines, Norway, Denmark, Mexico, Chile, Belgium, Spain and Italy. In...
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ThinkstockIt seems almost too hard to believe, but we have seen two of the PIIGS upgraded by different credit ratings agencies this Friday. Fitch ratings has raised Greece’s sovereign credit...
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ThinkstockBanco Santander S.A. (NYSE: SAN) may be a banking giant based in Spain, and that automatically makes it one the banks of the PIIGS nations. Something hard to utter in the same question or...
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ThinkstockSpain, one of the most badly damaged economies in Europe got a break as S&P raised its outlook on the nation’s sovereign paper to “stable” from “negative. The debt will keep...
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ThinkstockSpain’s Ministry of Employment and Social Security reported that in October its economy lost 87,028 jobs and the total number of unemployed in the southern European nation rose to...
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ThinkstockUnemployment in Spain has been above 24% for several months, and there is nothing about the nation’s economy that will reverse that. The central government has complained that austerity...
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ThinkstockSpain’s Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INES) reported this morning that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 0.5% sequentially in the first quarter of 2013, the...
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ThinkstockUnemployment in the euro area grew again in March, supporting the obvious conclusion that a lack of stimulus, terribly high unemployment and the crippling of the financial and industrial...
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