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| | | ave the grizzlies driven the dip buyers away? Americans came back from their President's Day holiday and saw that nervy days are back again. The S&P 500 index dropped by 2.1 per cent overnight - its biggest in 6 months - and the VIX or "fear index" ... |
| | | | Global Capital Investments will invest in listed equities on the Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) through its newly-launched Iraq Fund. The fund will allocate up to 20 per cent of its assets in private, less liquid, early-stage investment opportunities in ... |
| | | | ... worries - it's called geopolitical risk. In George Bush Junior's time, they were Al Qaeda and Afghanistan and Saddam and Iraq. Last night, screens were flashing red again with geo-political risk on reports that Lebanon fired at Israeli warplanes. So ... |
| | | | ... geopolitical uncertainty - borne out of America's engagement with Al Quaeda in Afghanistan and 'Operation Desert Fox' in Iraq - cleared. The Dow's ascent was aided by low US interest rates - both short and long - ignited a housing and credit bubble. ... |
| | | | ... rally the rest of the world to its view. In Europe for instance, the UK has always sided with America - in Afghanistan, in Iraq and in its plan for spending its way out of the global financial crisis - while Russia, Spain, France and Germany opposed. ... |
| | | | ... demand even greater effort - even greater co-operation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to ... |
| | | | ... not just yet. The financial crisis is far from over. Like former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld quipped during the Iraq War, "there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know ... |
| | | | ... president-elect has a mammoth task ahead - even before he enters the gates of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, climate change and the economic and financial crisis, among others, have demeaned America's standing ... |
| | | | Iraq's economy is on track to reach GDP growth rates in 2008 of 7 per cent, driven by oil price movements, economic reforms and surging foreign exchange reserves, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week. The upbeat assessment is based on ... |
| | | | ... praised for his diplomatic involvements in the Middle East process but criticised for joining the United States-led war against Iraq. JPMorgan Chase operates in more than 50 countries with assets of $1.67 trillion. |
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