German Minister for Economy and Climate Robert Habeck said on Monday that it is likely that Russian President Vladimir Putin may further tighten gas supplies to Europe, while also adding that Berlin is ready and has good chances to endure this winter without drastic economic measures. The comment is somewhat in contrast with this politician’s …
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck underlined on Sunday, during a discussion with citizens at the government’s open-door day, that the country will not extend the lifetime of its three remaining nuclear power plants in order to save gas. “It is the wrong decision given the little we would save,” stated Habeck, adding that the nuclear …
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Gazprom will stop all gas flows to Europe via the Nord Stream pipeline from August 31 until September 2, Russia’s gas giant Gazprom announced on Friday. The reason for the 3-day suspension of gas flows via the pipeline would be due to maintenance work at the Trent 60 gas compressor station, which would be carried …
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Some market gurus are starting to worry the summer rally on Wall Street may be starting to fizzle, after stocks quickly lurched from oversold to overbought. Gene Goldman, chief investment officer of Cetera Financial Group, explained that stocks are likely headed for a pullback, even though the economy is in better shape than many Americans …
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Aug 18 (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve needs to keep raising borrowing costs to bring high inflation under control, a string of U.S. central bank officials said on Thursday, even as they debated how fast and how high to lift them. St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, who was among the central bank’s earliest advocates …
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BofA says the S&P 500’s summer surge of 17.4% in 41 trading days is a ‘classic’ bear market rally The Fed still has to work to bring down inflation and that could mean another pullback for stocks. The bank found that just four large-cap stocks contributed 30% of the index’s recent gain. The summer surge …
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Falling far short of market expectations, the United States added only 18 billion cubic feet into its natural gas inventories for the week ending August 12, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) noted in its weekly natural gas inventory report on Thursday. The low injection rate for the week, compared to expectations of around 30 …
Study Claims American Millennials Are The Most Useless Population In The World A study seeking to measure the overall competency of age groups throughout the globe has found that American Millennials are without a doubt the least skilled population in the world. The ETS study tested individuals aged 16 to 65 across 23 countries, and …
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“Bear market rallies are often sentiment driven, as the market just becomes too bearish,” wrote Citi Research strategists led by Dirk Willer, the managing director and head of emerging market strategy, in a note on Thursday. “More fundamentally, many bear-market rallies are driven by hopes that the Fed comes to the rescue. The current one …
The prospect of an imminent new “nuclear deal” between the West and Iran is looking increasingly unlikely. A senior political and oil industry analyst highlights that there is very little chance that Iran will be willing to make the one concession the U.S. needs to move the deal forward. The cementing view of the United …