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Protecting ETF Portfolios From the Currency Wars
NEW YORK (ETF Expert) — The last week has witnessed a renewed interest in foreign equities. Continue reading
Frontier Market ETFs or Emerging-Market ETFs?
NEW YORK (ETF Expert) — Daisy Maxey is a talented financial columnist for WSJ.com. She also follows me on Twitter Continue reading
Put Your City on the Map in WWF’s 2014 Global Earth Hour City Challenge
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 05/03/13 — WWF-Canada invites Canadian municipalities to join cities in 14 countries around the world in their bid to be the world’s next Earth Hour Capital. C… Continue reading
ECB’s Noyer: Early Monetary Tighening Would Hurt Emerging Markets
European Central Bank governing council member Christian Noyer turned the criticisms of some developing countries back against them Tuesday, arguing any premature monetary tightening by advanced-country central banks could hurt emerging markets. Continue reading
IMF Chief Lagarde: Worries About Currency Valuations on the Rise
Worries that easy money policies are putting dangerous pressure on other countries’ currencies are increasing, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Saturday. Continue reading
U.S. cites human rights problems in Russia, China, Egypt
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Friday expressed concern about increasing crackdowns on civil liberties around the world, from Russia to Egypt and China, saying these and other countries were shrinking the space in which independent political and other activists can operate Continue reading
U.S., Japan raise chance of new N. Korea nuclear talks
The countries said the reclusive communist government first must lower tensions and honor previous agreements. Continue reading
EU’s Ashton to visit Balkans as Serbia awaits talks verdict
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will visit the Western Balkans this week, when the European Commission is due to decide whether to recommend the start of EU membership talks with Serbia and possibly Macedonia. Ashton's trip will take her to Montenegro, Albania and Macedonia, an EU statement said on Sunday. It said further stops on the tour would be announced later, leaving open the possibility that Serbia could be included Continue reading
Al Qaeda adds urgency to search for Syrian peace
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) – International powers will search for a peaceful settlement to Syria's civil war with fresh urgency at an Istanbul meeting after a rebel faction aligned itself with al Qaeda, diplomats and opposition sources said on Sunday. Saturday's meeting of 11 countries from the Friends of Syria alliance will come after the al-Nusra Front, among the strongest formations seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad, pledged allegiance to al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri on April 10. “We will be meeting under the shadow of the advances of Nusra and other militants Continue reading
