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Sony hack forces companies to rethink e-mail
Amid the uncertainty, some tech companies say they are reviewing their security precautions, in part because customers in government and other sectors are demanding to know their data will be safe. ���They have a lot more questions for us as we sell into .
Hagels Departure Leaves Syrian Moderate Opposition With Uncertain Future
���The U.S. military will work closely with regional partners, including Saudi Arabia, to recruit and vet the opposition forces, and we will continue to build and sustain a broad coalition to implement our strategy.��� Even after the Syrian moderate.
Oil jumps as Saudi kings death feeds market uncertainty
SINGAPORE, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Oil prices jumped in Asian trading on Friday as news of the death of Saudi Arabias King Abdullah added to uncertainty in energy markets already facing some of the biggest shifts in decades. Abdullah died early on Friday.
Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/16/2015 | Gates of Vienna
Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Builds a ���Great Wall��� To Guard Against the Islamic State. �� Saudis To Review Flogging of Blogger Raif Badawi. �� UN Urges Saudi King to Halt Cruel Flogging of Blogger. Russia. �� Fall in Oil and Ruble,��.
Islamic State Antiquities Trade Stretches To Europe, United States
ISIS illicit antiquities trade was been a lucrative source of revenue for the group, aided by a growing black market of willing buyers who allow items as big as statues and as small as cylinder seals to make their way from the ground in Iraq and Syria.
DAX hits another record high as markets welcome Iranian.
Oil prices fell today, and the German stock marker hit yet another record high, after breakthrough agreement over Irans nuclear programme.. Robin Leigh-Pemberton, former Bank of England governor, dies. Photograph: /Thomson Reuters.. Theres also an argument that the uncertainty over the Federal Reserves asset-purchasing scheme hit the housing market (because tapering the Feds bond-buying could push up borrowing costs down the line):.
Crude Crash Set To Continue After Arab Emirates Hint $40 Oil
Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait this month deepened discounts on shipments to Asia, feeding speculation that theyre fighting for market share amid a glut fed by surging U.S. shale production.. According to Reuters, OPEC secretary general tried to moderate the infighting within the oil exporters, saying OPEC can ride out a slump in oil prices and keep output unchanged, arguing market weakness did not reflect supply and demand fundamentals and could have been��.
Markets Live: Oil plunge fuels ASX losses
The oil price environment does have the potential to delay and defer projects because of the uncertainty that the volatility brings, said John Hirjee, an analyst at Deutsche Bank. OPEC on Thursday took no action to ease a global oil-supply glut.
Libya, oil production, OPEC responses, Saudi Arabian.
The Saudi Kings $36 billion ���stimulus��� might increase domestic demand for oil sapping exports with increases in domestic consumption... In other words, the number of newborns reaching maturity balances the number of deaths in the adult population resulting in a stable population. It makes... Additionally in my country, UK, unlike in the USA, we actually need to import something like 60% calories, let alone nice things such as up-market a-seasonal fruit and veg.
Jindal Steel Shelves $10B Project After Coal Setback
(Reuters) - Jindal Steel and Power Ltd has shelved a $10 billion coal-to-diesel project, its chairman told Reuters, becoming the first big casualty of a Supreme Court decision to scrap coalfields allocated to private firms since 1993.. The court.
Privately, Saudis Tell Oil Market: Get Used To Lower Prices
(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is quietly telling the oil market it would be comfortable with much lower oil prices for an extended period, a sharp shift in policy that may be aimed at slowing the expansion of rival producers including those in the U.S.
Iran sanctions and wishful thinking - Reuters
If you were in charge of Iran and you watched the US invade and take over Iraq Oil fields and listened to the crap coming out of the Bush Administration about Syria, and Korea and saw how the world treats countries with nukes.. For example, if a country subject to sanctions is compelled to make certain transactions on the black market instead of on the open market, its costs will increase and its ability to undertake projects requiring such transactions will be limited.
Obama to set out plan to go on offensive against Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will deliver a speech to Americans and consult with lawmakers this week to sell his plan to go on the offensive against Islamic State militants, but is trying to head off public concern about another big.
Oil Price Blowback: Is Putin Creating A New World Order.
The action comes at a critical juncture for the global oil market. World prices have halved to less than $60 a barrel since the summer as top exporter Saudi Arabia, once a staunch defender of $100 oil, refused to cut production��.
The Oil Drum | Drumbeat: May 30, 2011
NEW DELHI: State-run Indian Oil Corp. , the countrys top refiner and oil marketing firm, plans to borrow between 50 billion to 60 billion rupees($1.3 billion) every month if there is no compensation from the government on. ���We dont want the West to go and find alternatives,��� Alwaleed, a nephew of Saudi King Abdullah, said in an interview on CNNs ���Fareed Zakaria GPS,��� scheduled for broadcast today... Murder of Activists Raises Questions of Justice in Amazon.
Libya uprising - Friday 11 March | World news | The Guardian
And this from the Guardians Terry Macalister, who looks at what protests could mean for the Saudi oil industry and the global oil market. 9.50am: Reuters is carrying quotes from the Hungarian foreign minister, who says��.
Guest Post: Oil Kings - The House Of Sauds Uncertain Future
When 90-year-old Saudi King Abdullah was hospitalized two weeks ago, the local stock markets crashed and oil volatility expectations surged as we noted at the time, a new king could do almost anything he wants (including changing oil policy). As Reuters Mohammad Bazzi explains, Abdullahs 79-year-old half-brother has his own health issues and leaves larger questions over the line of succession in one of the worlds most important oil producers remain��.
Obama to reveal Isis strategy ��� but pledges no Iraq war.
. peshmerga troops fighting Isis in Iraq. Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters. The outgoing head of the British army, General Sir Peter Wall, said Britain should not rush into military action. He told the Telegraph that the��.
US STOCKS-Wall St on track for four-day rally; tech lifts Dow
The stock market will be closed on Thursday and close early on Wednesday. Energy shares continued their recent downward trend as crude oil sank 3.3 percent on the day after Saudi Arabias powerful oil minister said OPEC would not cut production at any .
Lack Of UN Funding For Food Puts 1.7 Million Syrian Refugees At Risk As.
The voucher program, which gives Syrians electronic cards with up to $45 on them to purchase food at local markets, is run by the U.N.s World Food Program (WFP) and is paid for by member states as well as other donors, but has suffered from a lack of.
Oil slump drags eurozone into deflation ��� business live.
Jasper Lawler, market analyst at CMC Markets UK, sums up the day:. A hoax rumoured death of Saudi Arabias King Abdullah helped create initial spike in demand for oil around the $50 per barrel level.. This will eventually feed through into stronger growth, which in turn will put a floor under the oil price. Crude. #Greeces bonds roiled in the run-up to a Jan25 election, Greek 3yr bonds jumps by 168bps to 15.7% highest since 2012 pic.twitter.com/QzRyM2Pv3Q.
UN Announces Suspension Of Massive Syrian Food Aid Program Serving 1.8M.
A child, who is internally displaced due to fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, peeks out from a tent at the Jarjanaz refugee camp in the southern countryside of Idlib Nov. 30, 2014. Reuters/Khalil Ashawi. Barely.
Whats Happening in Libya Explained | Mother Jones
Despite Libyas plentiful oil revenues, which represent most of the national budget, many children suffer from malnutrition and anemia. Under Qaddafis regime, corruption was rampant, dissidents were brutally suppressed,��.
Brazil Presidential Elections: What To Know About Dilma Rousseffs Re-Election.
Neves is the most conservative of the three and wants to bolster the private sector to bring in foreign investments, which he says Rousseff and Lula scared away with too much public involvement in the private market. He is a former governor, currently.
GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares, dollar awaits US jobs report
Oil under pressure after Saudis cut their crude prices. By Lisa Twaronite. TOKYO, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Asian shares drifted while the dollar marked time on Friday ahead of the key U.S. jobs report later in the session that could help it retake ground lost.
Egypt upholds death sentence on Brotherhood leader, nearly 200 supporters
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court confirmed death sentences on Saturday against the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and 182 supporters, in a mass trial of Islamists who ruled Egypt for a year but face a fierce crackdown under the new president.
US Secret Deal With Saudis Backfires After Oil Minister.
Capable of withstanding considerably lower prices for longer, Saudi Arabias oil minister Ali al-Naimi proclaimed no one should cut production and the market will stabilize itself, adding rather ominously (for the US economy and HY. As Reuters reports, OPEC leader Saudi Arabia signaled on Wednesday it was unlikely to push for a major change in oil output at the producer groups meeting this week, a day after Russia refused to cooperate in any production cut.
Oil price falls after Goldman cuts price forecasts ��� business.
Brent crude hits lowest level since April 2009, after Goldman Sachs revises its view of the oil markets.. But they have not ruled out an accident, nor do they exclude fears of a run on banks, if an inconclusive election result intensifies the political uncertainty. All parties, not least the radical... UK inflation tumbles to 14-year low of 0.5% - live blog. Falling oil. This is mainly about the Saudis not liking the fracking revolution in the US (hope they know what theyre doing).
OPEC Meeting Preview: Will Slump In Oil Prices Push OPEC To Slash Production?
A quota reduction of 1 million barrels per day would be necessary to restore confidence to the market and help stabilize oil prices, Deutsche Bank analysts said. ���According to our estimates of individual country quotas, Saudi Arabia would be liable to.
ISIS Takes Over Two Towns On Mount Sinjar, Yazidis Plead For US Coalition To.
No doubt, th.e Russians and their other Christian allies would have expelled the Muslims from Europe once and for all, except that England jumped into the conflict and told Russia to stop, because England thought Russia would mess up the balance of.
2014: May - August Political Notes - Richard Stallman
Market Baskets old CEO, that customers and workers supported, has returned.. Once the fighting started, various Sunni groups, reportedly less fanatical, joined in; but they have been eclipsed by the jihadi groups funded by Saudi Arabia and Qatar. That the. The UK thugs didnt bother investigating the murder of Ricky Reel, apparently for racist motives, because they were too busy investigating his family as they campaigned for a proper investigation of the murder.
The pope takes on economics pro-rich bias - Reuters
Pope Francis deserves praise for suggesting an economics for the poor. The typical criteria of economic success ��� such as efficient pricing, fully competitive markets and rapid GDP growth ��� sound uncaring. And they often are��.