Tagged: Russia

Russia sees slowest growth since 2009

By Dow Jones newswires Global Indices IndexLastChg% Chg DOW JONES17164. 95-251. 9-1. 4% S&P 5001994. 99-26. 3-1. 3% NASDAQ4635. 24-48. 2-1% FTSE 1006749. 40-61. 2-0. Russia‘s economy grew 0. 6 per cent in 2014,...

need2know: Wall Street to weigh

Morgan Stanley strategists upgraded their forecast for European earnings for the first time in three years, seeing an improvement in the region’s economic momentum this year. "After four years of persistent growth disappointment, we...

Berlin won't be blackmailed: Schauble

By Dow Jones newswires Since winning Greece‘s elections Sunday, the left-wing Syriza party of the new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has taken a defiant stance toward Europe, insisting on debt relief from fellow eurozone...

China trumps US for foreign investment

By Dow Jones newswires China became the world’s top destination for foreign investment in 2014, edging the US out of the top position for the first time since 2003, according to figures released Thursday...

Berlin doesn't seek new Russian sanctions

By Dow Jones newswires “But the path to a new awakening in Russian relations with Europe, the path to free trade from Lisbon to Vladivostok for instance, that goes through Minsk and the agreed...

Gazprom posts 61% plunge in Q3 profit

By AFP The group’s profits between July and September reached 105. 7 billion roubles ($A1. 89 billion) but revenues in that quarter were down 6 per cent year-on-year to 1. 13 trillion roubles ($A20....

Gorbachev warns of risk of armed conflict

By AFP The last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has accused the United States of drawing Russia into a new Cold War and said he feared hostilities could escalate into armed conflict. The United States...

European Union considers new sanctions against Russia

New European Union sanctions against Russia could include further capital markets restrictions, making it harder for Russian companies to refinance themselves and possibly affecting Russian sovereign bonds, EU officials say. Any new Western sanctions...

US threatens new sanctions against Russia

By AFP He also told his Ukrainian counterpart Natalie Jaresko - a US national confirmed to her post last month - that Washington was ready to provide up to $US3 billion ($A3. 78 billion)...