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US, Russia vie for largest natural gas reserves
The United States, currently one of the world’s largest sources of natural gas, may find itself fending off increasingly stiff competition in the resource’s development, as the move to tap natural gas supplies goes global.Considered by energy watchers to be one of the most promising avenues of energy development, natural gas is cleaner, more abundant and relatively less expensive than regular gas…. Continue reading
Stocks Slide as Humana Surges on Lower Medicare Rates
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Soft manufacturing data sank major U.S. Continue reading
Israeli election downplays Palestinian issue
Peacemaking with the Palestinians, once the main issue by far in Israeli politics, has been strikingly absent from the campaign for next month's general election. After years of public frustration with failed peace efforts, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's badly divided challengers are trying instead to tap the economic angst of the middle class and a widespread resentment of perks enjoyed by fervently devout Jews. Continue reading
Israeli election downplays Palestinian issue
Peacemaking with the Palestinians, once the main issue by far in Israeli politics, has been strikingly absent from the campaign for next month's general election. After years of public frustration with failed peace efforts, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's badly divided challengers are trying instead to tap the economic angst of the middle class and a widespread resentment of perks enjoyed by fervently devout Jews. Continue reading
Israeli election downplays Palestinian issue
Peacemaking with the Palestinians, once the main issue by far in Israeli politics, has been strikingly absent from the campaign for next month's general election. Continue reading
Buying bread and dodging snipers: 7 vignettes of life in war-torn Aleppo
As rebels and the Syrian government battle for control of Aleppo, residents tap caution – and dark humor – to survive. Continue reading
Solar panel startup to get $197 million from Uncle Sam
A tiny solar company named SoloPower will flip the switch on production at a U.S. Continue reading
Spain’s rescue hopes buoy European markets
Spanish stocks led a recovery in European markets Friday amid speculation the country was preparing to tap a new European aid program, a day after uncertainty about the fragile world economy dented investor sentiment. Continue reading
Improved Market Sentiment Creates Opportunities For Small, Mid-Sized Brazilian Firms
Less-known companies might soon have their first access to the international debt market, says Bradesco BBI executive -Smaller companies might in the medium term find good local demand for their shares, says Bradesco’s Luiz Galvao -Market currently still very selective on IPOs and follow-on offerings in Brazil, Galvao says SAO PAULO–The improved sentiment in global markets and the unprecedented interest rate cuts in Brazil will likely create opportunities for a larger number of local companies to access the international debt market or even to tap the domestic equity in the medium term, says the managing director at Bradesco BBI. Continue reading
