A column of Russian armoured vehicles drives in the direction of Gori on the Gori-Tbilisi road on … [+] August 19, 2008. Georgia’s Interior Ministry dismissed a pullback of Russian militar...
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Putin’s Ukraine Invasion Makes Poland The Linchpin Of U.S. Military Plans In Europe
In the years since U.S. military strategy shifted to focus on great power rivalries, Taiwan has come to be regarded as pivotal to the future of Pacific security. If China were to invade and occupy the...
Thousands Flee Ukraine Amid Russian Invasion That Could Displace Millions, Creating A Refugee Crisis For Europe
Topline Officials with U.N.’s refugee agency estimate that “several thousand” Ukrainians fled the country Thursday to escape a Russian invasion that has reportedly killed at least 137 Ukrainian soldie...
Oil Is Surging. Why Oil Stocks Are Down.
Text size Oil prices are higher, but concerns about economic growth are weighing on oil stocks. Mario Tama/Getty Images Oil prices soared on Thursday after Russia invaded Ukraine. But oil stocks were ...
Europe installed a record amount of wind power in 2021
New wind turbines being built at a wind farm in Germany on October 12, 2021. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images Europe installed 17.4 gigawatts of wind power capacity in 2021, according to...
The Russia Issue Is Hurting the Stock Market. How Things Could Get Worse.
Text size President Joe Biden spoke Tuesday about Russian military activity near Ukraine. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images While stocks are reeling in response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, t...
Tether to Make Switzerland City Ninth Largest Crypto Capital in Europe
Arman Shirinyan Lugano might become first European city to implement blockchain with the help of Tether The issuer of the largest stablecoin on the cryptocurrency market has announced the release of a...
Stock Market Today: Overseas Stocks Fall as Russia-Ukraine Tensions Simmer
Text size Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden have agreed in principle to a summit in Europe. AFP via Getty Images Global stocks fell on Monday as tensions remained high over the Russian military buildup on ...
Companies Are Starting to Worry About the Russia Issue
Text size The Alcoa headquarters in Pittsburgh. CEO Roy Harvey said a Russia-Ukraine conflict could affect demand. Justin Merriman/Bloomberg The standoff between Russia and Ukraine has been causing pa...
Uber In Portugal Is Now Offering Home Healthcare Visits
Internationally renowned transportation app Uber is now expanding far beyond its original premise based on ride-sharing. Its latest venture entails providing comprehensive healthcare services, a bold ...
Bitcoin Falls to Below $40,000 as Wall Street in ‘Full De-Risking Mode’
Text size Dreamstime.com Bitcoin fell below $40,000 Friday on renewed worries of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine and the prospect of higher U.S. interest rates this year. Bitcoin, the world’s...
Ukraine Crisis Becomes New Campaign Issue As Small-Town Troops Deploy To Europe
Candidate for U.S. Senate, Admiral Mike Franken, talks about Iowa’s links with Ukraine Jason Walsmith As about 250 Iowans from National Guard companies in Mason City and Iowa City prepare to hea...
World Watches Potential War In Ukraine—But Americans On Facebook Show Little Interest
Topline As world leaders race to stave off a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine that could lead to Europe’s biggest armed conflict since World War II, Americans’ attention on Facebook was largely t...
Europe Looks Beyond Russia for Natural Gas. These Companies May Benefit.
The European Union will look to cuts it dependence on Russian natural gas. Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg Text size It takes a brave investor to bet on the outcome of Vladimir Putin’s saber rattling around ...
EU’s Rebranding Of Natural Gas And Nuclear Power As ‘Green Investments’ Could Not Come At A Better Time
TOPSHOT – Ukrainian Military Forces servicemen of the 92nd mechanized brigade use tanks, … [+] self-propelled guns and other armored vehicles to conduct live-fire exercises near the town o...
Fidelity Launches Physically-Backed Bitcoin ETP in Europe
Fidelity International, a global investment subsidiary business of Fidelity Investments, announced on Thursday that it launched a physical Bitcoin exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marke...
Nokia Is Remaking Itself Into a 5G Leader. Now Might Be the Time to Plug Into the Stock.
Nokia unveiled a broad restructuring plan last March. Roni Rekomaa/Bloomberg Text size Nokia has had a tough few years, but the Finnish telecom giant has successfully engineered the first part of its ...
Fidelity ready to launch a Bitcoin ETF in Europe
While the SEC in the US is yet to give the green light to any of the approximately 20 Bitcoin spot ETFs issued by companies that have applied for them, Fidelity, the US investment fund with 800 billio...
Fidelity Launched Bitcoin ETP In Europe With “Cheapest” Fees
The international branch of investment firm Fidelity recently announced the launch of their first Bitcoin Exchange Traded Product (ETP) in Europe, according to a report from ETF Stream. Called Fidelit...
Fidelity Launches Its First Spot Bitcoin ETP in Europe
Alex Dovbnya Fidelity International has launched the world’s cheapest Bitcoin ETP Fidelity International, a global subsidiary of one of the leading investment companies in the world, has announc...
Europe Stocks, U.S. Futures Rise on Russia Report: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) — European stocks and U.S. futures rose Tuesday after a report fueled optimism that Russia is de-escalating tensions with Ukraine. Most Read from Bloomberg All sectors in Europe’s St...
Bitmex Acquiring German Bank to Create ‘Regulated Crypto Powerhouse’ in Europe – Coinotizia
Crypto exchange Bitmex is acquiring a German bank to create “a regulated crypto powerhouse.” The company plans to establish “a one-stop shop for regulated crypto products in Germany, Austria, and Swit...
Cutting Russia’s Oil Flow To Europe Would Be A Disaster
The Russia-Ukraine crisis has put the energy market on high alert for possible disruptions of Russian energy supplies to Europe. While most of the talk and headlines focus on a potential disruption of...
Political Risks and Hobbesian Warfare Complicate Libyan Gas Supply for Europe
Khalifa Haftar leaves after talks with Greek Foreign Minister in Athens, on January 17, 2020, days … [+] ahead of a peace conference in Berlin which he and the head of Tripoli’s UN-recogni...
News Outlets File Antitrust Complaint Against Google’s Advertising Business In Europe
Topline The European Publishers Council—a trade body representing multiple news publishers—filed a complaint with the European Union against Google for its alleged anti-competitive online advertising ...
What Will Stocks Do if War—or Peace—Erupts in Ukraine?
Text size A Ukrainian guard at a checkpoint on the border with Russia. There could be a financial toll, as well as a heavy human one, if the Kremlin launches an invasion. Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Ukrinf...