News

• OIL SLIDES BELOW USD45 AS OPEC TALKS BREAK DOWN - WASHINGTON (Alliance News) – Crude oil futures tumbled Tuesday after Saudi Arabia and Iran downplayed expectations of a deal with Russia to curb oil supplies. Major oil powers are meeting this week... Read More
• WTO CUTS GLOBAL TRADE GROWTH OUTLOOK - BEIJING (Alliance News) – The World Trade Organization downgraded its outlook for global trade, signaling that trade is set to grow at a slower pace than the world GDP growth for the... Read More

Views

• An ever more distant union? – Halo Financial - As European Union (EU) countries meet for a key summit without the UK for the first time in over 40 years, the main message to come out of the meeting in Bratislava... Read More
• Secondary annuity market is a second-rate idea – Harvey Jones - Some ideas are born mediocre, some achieve mediocrity, and some have mediocrity thrust upon them. With the proposed secondary annuity market, it is all three. The Treasury appears to be pressing ahead... Read More

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