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This Country ETF Is Loving Higher Brent Prices
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 3:17pm | 529Read More...With the United States Brent Oil Fund, LP (NYSE: BNO) higher by nearly 23 percent year-to-date, a bevy of single-country exchange-traded funds tracking equities in major oil-producing nations are benefiting. That includes developed and emerging markets ETFs. Let's Talk Oil The group certainly...
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Norway News Outlet Claims Tesla Has A Cash Problem; Stock Unaffected
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - 2:16pm | 188Read More...Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) may have a cash problem in an overseas market, at least according to a report by News In English, a Norway-based English-language news publication. The report cited Bilnytt.no, a Norwegian automobile news website which claimed Tesla has received 240 payment...
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Drone Cargo Ships Possible In 10 Years According To Rolls-Royce
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 2:43pm | 574Read More...Giant cargo ships without a live crew aboard? Is it even possible? “Yes,” Rolls-Royce vice president of innovation in marine engineering and technology, Oskar Levander told Bloomberg. Not only that, Levander said, but such remote-controlled vessels could be deployed in regions like the Baltic Sea...
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Mexico's Energy Reform May Not Go Far Enough
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 4:27pm | 464Read More...This is the second installment of this story. Read about the benefits here. Monday, Mexico proposed a broad sweeping reform of its energy sector in a move to fight slowing oil output by luring foreign investment to the industry. If the bill does get enacted, it would make oil and gas available...
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Manchester United Expands TV Deal to Boost Revenue, Awaits New CEO (MANU)
Friday, June 21, 2013 - 10:12am | 873Read More...English Premier League heavyweights Manchester United (NYSE: MANU) Friday announced that their proprietary television channel has now expanded to an additional two countries. The news comes as CEO David Gill is set to step down at the end of the month after 16 years at the helm. 56 Territories...
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For All the King's Kroner: A Question of Leadership and Politics
Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 9:46pm | 2575Read More...Is it time that we have a national discussion on leadership and viable political discourse in America? Given political dysfunctionality in Washington, economic uncertainty ailing everyday citizens, and recent headlines that illustrate sensitive divisions in the US, perhaps a bit more effective...
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US Dollar Rallies Against Krone After Rate Cut
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 4:02pm | 492Read More...Earlier today Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway, announced that it would cut the key policy rate by 25 basis points to 1.5%. The central bank also said that "a substantially stronger krone may also result in further interest rate cuts." The announcement shook the currency market and USD/NOK...
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Nordic/Nordique: Bringing the Nordic Model to America
Monday, October 24, 2011 - 10:22am | 2766Read More...Could the Nordic model of economics used in Scandinavian countries be emulated in the US? I believe that under the right circumstances and with the proper conditions, bringing the Nordic model to the US is possible. The Nordic model used in the US could be quite advantageous and beneficial to...
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Norway - A Piece of Persion Gulf Living in Northern Europe
Sunday, September 11, 2011 - 8:23pm | 1151Read More...A pretty interesting piece here on the good life in Norway - due to it's exposure to oil. It's a bit like a northern European Persian Gulf. (or in U.S. terms, it's as if the whole country is North Dakota) While I had known about the oil aspect, I didn't realize the cost of living issues in Oslo...
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PIMCO Blesses Australia, Canada And Norway
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 2:59pm | 222Read More...According to the International Monetary Fund, the U.S. dollar currently represents about 60% of global reserves held by emerging nations, down from about 70% a decade ago. Analysts at PIMCO have some idea of what's replacing it and it's not the Euro. The commodity rich nations of Australia,...
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Facebook Tanking – What Gives!?
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 11:16am | 170Read More...Facebook may be on the cusp of its 700 millionth user, but that isn't stopping American and Canadian users from losing interest in the site. According to Inside Facebook, the social networking giant lost nearly six million users in America, falling from 155.2 million at the start of May to 149.4...
