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07Jan/16

Wall Street swoons on China shock, oil slide

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U.S. stocks down sharply in midday trade with investors unnerved by China volatility and the continuing slide in oil prices.

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07Jan/16

Oil: how low can it go?

January 7, 2016EconomyBP, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Cartels, China, Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, David Pollard, energy, Energy crisis, IHS Global Insight, International trade, Iran, OPEC, Peak oil, Petroleum geology, Petroleum industry, Petroleum politics, Price of oil, Primary sector of the economy, Spencer Welch, United Statessmbale

Oil slides below $33 a barrel to levels not seen in more than a decade, as a tumble in Chinese equities rattles investors already concerned by near-record production and massive stockpiles of unwanted crude. David Pollard reports. Continue reading →

06Jan/16

Ford's automated Fusion hybrid test vehicle.

Ford boosts self-driving fleet

January 6, 2016TransportAutomation, Autonomous car, Car, Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Dearborn Michigan, Emerging technologies, Ford, Ford Motor Company, Google, Google Ford, Hayley Platt, Henry Ford, LIDAR, Mark Fields, MICHAEL JELLEN, Motor vehicles, Robotics, Science and technology, Self-driving cars, Technologysmbale

Ford has demonstrated its commitment to developing autonomous cars, saying it plans to triple to 30 the size of its fleet of self-driving test cars. But as Hayley Platt reports, its CEO was keeping quiet at the Consumer Electronics Show about rumours of a deal with Google Continue reading →

07Dec/15

Brutal cartels fight over Mexico’s ‘conflict-free’ gold revenues

December 7, 2015WorldCarrizalillo Guerrero, Companies, Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Economy of Canada, Enrique Galindo, Enrique Pena Nieto, Gold mining, Goldcorp, GOLDCORP INC., Guerrero, Juan Jesus Canaan, Mexico, Newmont Corporation, S&P/TSX 60 Index, S&P/TSX Composite Indexsmbale

Heroin traffickers are battling over millions of dollars paid by Canadian mining giant Goldcorp to a gold mining village, sparking murders.

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27Nov/15

China concerns bite markets

November 27, 2015FinanceANGLO AMERICAN, Australia, BHP Billiton, Canton of Zug, China, Companies, Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, ECB, Glencore, Global Insight, IHS Global Insight, Industries, Jan Randolph, Kirsty Basset, Mario Draghi, Mining, Rio Tinto, Rio Tinto Groupsmbale

New concerns over China’s economic slowdown send British shares into retreat, with miners falling the most. Kirsty Basset reports.
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26Nov/15

Guess?, Inc.

November 26, 2015FashionAmerican culture, Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Culture, Fashion, Guess, GUESS ? INC., Guess What, I Guess This Is Goodbyesmbale

Guess?, Inc.

20Oct/15

Deutsche’s $6bln ‘fat finger’ episode

October 20, 2015Financebank, Banks, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, CIBC, CMC Markets, Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Bank AG, European Central Bank, Finance, financial services, HSBC HOLDINGS PLC, Investment banks, junior trader, Mizuho Bank Ltd, Primary dealers, S&P/TSX 60 Index, S&P/TSX Composite Index, U.S. Federal Reservesmbale

(BVO) – It was the right client but the wrong amount.

Known as a ‘fat finger’ episode, a junior trader at Deutsche Bank wired $6 billion to a US hedge fund, according to the UK’s FT newspaper.
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07Oct/15

Facebook likes Africa (EU not so much?)

October 7, 2015InternetBlog hosting services, Cinema of the United States, Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Computing, Creative works, Ericsson, Eutelsat, Facebook, Fashion, France, Google, Guess, IBM, Internet privacy, JULIA FIORETTI, Kenya, Mark Zuckerberg, Max Schrems, Nigeria, social media, Stephen Musyoka, The Social Network, United Statessmbale

(REUTERS / EBS) – Take an Austrian student and pit him in a legal battle involving the tech giants of the world, and guess who’ll win.

Well, in this case it was student 1, tech giants 0.
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07Sep/15

Glencore to suspend dividend, sell new shares to cut debt

September 7, 2015FinanceBAAR, BHP Billiton, Billiton, Canton of Zug, Coal companies of Australia, Companies, Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Dan Gertler, DARREN SINDEN, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dividend, Glencore, Glencore PLC, Glencore's, Industries, Israeli Jews, Ivan Glasenberg, Katanga Mining, Mining, Mopani Copper Mines, Rio Tinto, Switzerland, Xstrata, Zambiasmbale

Mining and commodities trading firm Glencore announces it will suspend dividends, sell assets and raise $2.5 billion in a new share issue as it aims to cut its debt by a third to $20 billion by the end of next year.

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02Jul/15

BP settles U.S. 2010 oil spill claims for $18.7 bln

July 2, 2015EnvironmentAlabama, Attorney General, Bondi, BP, BP P.L.C., Carl Barbier, Companies, Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Confederate States of America, Deepwater Horizon, Deepwater Horizon litigation, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Disaster/Accident, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Industries, Law/Crime, Louisiana, Oil companies, Pam Bondi, Southern United States, States of the United States, Texas, Transocean, U.S. government, United States, USDsmbale

“We are thrilled with the settlement,” Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi says of the agreement with BP that addressed claims from the U.S. government and the states of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

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