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AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... its best level in 14 years. NATO's accusation that Russia had moved 1,000 of its own troops inside Ukraine to help pro-Moscow rebels, and had massed 20,000 on the border, stoked the tensions between Moscow and the West, but had no real impact on markets. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... the Ukrainian situation," said analyst David Madden at trading firm IG. "Reports suggest that relations between Kiev and Moscow are improving but traders are not rushing out to buy stocks just yet." HONG KONG - Asian markets have mostly ticked higher ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... on Russia to "immediately" withdraw a convoy of vehicles from Ukraine and warned of further international sanctions if Moscow did not respect Kiev's sovereignty. Russia has said the trucks are on a humanitarian mission, but Kiev had not authorised their ...

Billionaire makers: The cities growing the world's wealthiest

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... financial centres featured prominently. New York came out top overall with a total of 52 billionaires born in the city. Moscow and London took second and third place with 22 and 21 billionaires born in those cities respectively. Next were Hong Kong and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... after they entered its territory. Worries that the Friday incident would lead to a direct clash between the two ebbed after Moscow denied the incursion and Kiev's foreign minister said he would meet his Russian counterpart in Berlin on Sunday for talks ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... Russia said it would send a humanitarian convoy to the east of the country, despite strong warnings from the West that Moscow should not act alone in case the operation is a cover for sending in troops. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 6.175 points ...

Chumbawamba rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... extending an olive branch to the 'West' - see he's not all bad after all. Perhaps, as http://www.eurasianet.org/ muses, "Moscow prefers the status-quo in Karabakh since it keeps Armenia and Azerbaijan off-balance with one another, and solicitous for ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... said the market was relatively quiet as it tried to balance out risks from the Argentinian default and sanctions against Moscow over its support for rebels in Ukraine. "Given the fact the market has gone through 12 out of 15 positive sessions at such ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... Energy companies led the charge lower, after the United States and European Union agreed to expand restrictions against Moscow, targeting the Russian energy, defence and finance sectors. Russian markets, however, rallied around 2.0 per cent as investors ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... European Union agreed to impose broad economic sanctions against Russia's finance, defence and energy sectors, hoping to force Moscow to reverse course in Ukraine. Washington swiftly responded, with top US diplomat John Kerry saying the United States ...