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Exxon and Shell in legal limbo as Crimea may join Russia
12 Mar 2014
Exxon and Royal Dutch Shell Plc had planned to spend $735 million drilling two wells, in a region that comes under Crimean waters
Exxon and Shell in legal limbo as Crimea may join Russia
12 Mar 2014
Exxon and Royal Dutch Shell Plc had planned to spend $735 million drilling two wells, in a region that comes under Crimean waters
China likely to cut controls on interest rates
11 Mar 2014
Saudi Arabia clubs Egypt’s Brotherhood with terrorist outfits
08 Mar 2014
The king’s decree followed the enactment of a sweeping new counterterrorism law that targets virtually any criticism of the government
Crimea votes to join Russia, West dismayed
07 Mar 2014
The sudden moves by Crimea, the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula, has unnerved European Union leaders who held an emergency summit to look for ways to pressure Russia to back down and accept mediation.
EU to offer $15 bn package to Ukraine
06 Mar 2014
Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso yesterday said the package was designed to assist a committed, inclusive and reforms-oriented government to rebuild a stable and prosperous future Ukraine
Migrants create 14% new jobs in the UK: Study
05 Mar 2014
China backs Russia over Ukraine
05 Mar 2014
Russia shows signs of cooling down Ukraine escalation
05 Mar 2014
President Vladimir Putin said Russia saw no need to use military force in the Crimea region of Ukraine for now, in a bid to ease East-West tension over fears of war in the former Soviet republic
India seeks to cement cooperation among BIMSTEC countries
04 Mar 2014
Prime minister Manmohan Singh today mooted increased trade and economic cooperation among member countries of the BIMSTEC group
One “villain” of the housing crisis played only a small role
04 Mar 2014
One of the major factors blamed for the sub prime mortgage crisis may have actually played only a minor role in the housing meltdown, new research by Itzhak Ben-David, an author of the study and assistant professor of finance at Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business, suggests
Japan mulls taxing Bitcoin transactions
04 Mar 2014
Ukraine-Russia stand-off to hit India’s trade with CIS
04 Mar 2014
India’s rising trade with Ukraine and other CIS countries could be hit hard if the current stand-off between Ukraine and Russia escalates
China pips US to become world's top trader
03 Mar 2014
China is now the largest trade partner of more than 120 countries and the world's second-largest importer
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