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Sunday Economics Comedy: Bankers Escaping London's Banking Collapse
September 23rd, 2012
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Satirical BBC sketch highlighting a (imaginary?) Global Financial Crisis in which stocks are collapsing and bankers are getting airlifted out from London. [video:youtube:DULLMqvN6Mc] more »
Nasdaq OMX: Another Move in Europe
October 27th, 2011
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Econintersect: The Nasdaq OMX Group plans to set up a European derivatives trading platform based in London. (Financial Times) The exchange would compete with the Eurex derivatives exchange operated by Deutsche Borse. This move could come at a good ti… more »
Occupy the World
October 16th, 2011
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Econintersect: October 15 was Occupy the World day as protestors around the globe took up demonstrations in support of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement that started about one month ago in New York City. Prior to that there have been protests on an… more »
Oil Continues to Trend Lower
May 23rd, 2011
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Oil dropped more than 2 percent Monday (May 23) as the dollar strengthened and expectations for an economic slowdown in China built. Benchmark crude for July delivery lost US$2.40, or 2.4 percent, to settle at US$97.70 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, Brent crude gave up US$2.29 or 2 percent, to settle at US$110.10 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange. more »
European Stocks Continue Declines Monday
April 18th, 2011
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All ten major stock markets in Europe were down for the week ending last Friday (April 15, 2011). The decline continued across the board Monday. Six markets were down 2% or more, led by Geneva (-2.4%). more »
