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Only the dead have seen the end of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... President BO (not Benjamin Ong, ehem). Barack Obama warned Vladimir Putin not to use "humanitarian aid" as cover to send in Russian troops to Ukraine.... and European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso who, according to the EC's statement ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... government" and begin to ease the sectarian divisions that have fuelled the crisis. Concerns persisted over a possible Russian military incursion in Ukraine as Russia said it would send a humanitarian convoy to the east of the country, despite strong ...

Humanitarian you, humanitarian me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... ITAR-TASS News Agency printed that, "President Vladimir Putin has assembled an urgent meeting with permanent members of Russian Security Council on Friday, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said". "The situation in east Ukraine was discussed in detail ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... 20.08 to 4,334.97. Morgans Brisbane private client adviser Alistair McCorquodale said the geopolitical implications of Russian food import sanctions and potential US military intervention in the Middle East was weighing on the local exchange. "Across ...

US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... sighing. Sanction me, sanction you. Equity markets fell on heightened geo-political risk concerns following news that Russian President Vladimir Putin's imposition counter-sanctions against the US/EU sanctions by banning importation of food products ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... Ordinaries index was down 7.5 points, or 0.14 per cent, at 5,504 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have edged higher despite new Russian sanctions against the West and amid disappointing news that major potential media and telecom mergers fizzled. The Dow ...

Tit-for-tats and all that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... the markets just chose to ignore him and his tats for the 'West' tits. Speaking of tit for tats, Reuters reports that "Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev threatened on Tuesday to retaliate for the grounding of a subsidiary of national airline Aeroflot ...

Chumbawamba rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... prefers the status-quo in Karabakh since it keeps Armenia and Azerbaijan off-balance with one another, and solicitous for Russian influence". Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps. Perhaps another one to watch out for and have those dineros at the ready.

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... jurisdictions from any new medium- or long-term financing transactions with VTB Bank, its subsidiary Bank of Moscow and Russian Agricultural Bank. All three are controlled by the Russian government. Standard & Poor's has declared Argentina in "selective ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... 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 breathed a sigh of ...