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Elon Musk Believes Vladimir Putin Is Richer Than Him: How Wealthy Is The Russian President?
Sunday, March 27, 2022 - 9:47am | 494Read More...Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk was ranked by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as the richest person in the world, surpassing Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN)’s Jeff Bezos. Musk is now worth $270.1 billion, and Bezos is at $190.5 billion. But Musk is under no illusion that he holds the...
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Biden Says Putin 'Cannot Remain In Power' Over His Invasion Of Ukraine
Saturday, March 26, 2022 - 5:46pm | 509Read More...President Joe Biden is urging democracies around the world to unify and commit to a long fight against authoritarian aggression. What Happened: In his speech on Saturday, during the last leg of the trip to Poland, Biden said that Russian President Vladimir Putin should no longer...
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Profiting Off Putin's Play
Friday, January 28, 2022 - 2:20pm | 663Read More...Well, not his picks exactly, but with a Russian invasion of Ukraine “a distinct possibility” in February according to President Biden, investors can count on global markets continuing to fall. But while equities may lose across the board, there will be winners. Of all the sectors...
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Fintech Focus For March 19, 2021
Thursday, March 18, 2021 - 11:23pm | 1887Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Biden’s remarks in the ABC interview that aired Wednesday has triggered a furious reaction from Russia’s government, which unleashed a barrage of criticism and took the extraordinary step of recalling its ambassador back to Moscow for "consultations"...
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Fintech Focus For October 8, 2020
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 - 6:07pm | 2475Read More...Quote Of The Day: It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. - Aristotle Fintech Movers: [Bank of America] said it applied for 415 patents this year for innovations regarding money transfer, bill payments, ATM transaction pre-staging, check verification using augmented...
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Oil And Shale Are In A Tough Spot
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - 12:28pm | 809Read More...The recent oil price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia has President Trump caught in tough spot. One the one hand, cheaper oil prices are good for consumers and industries that rely on oil to function. But the 17-year lows in oil is also hurting oil producing countries, of which the U.S. is one...
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Geopolitical Analyst: Russia's Local Elections Show Cracks In Putin's Power
Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 2:49pm | 406Read More...Municipal elections in Russia, while following the pre-ordained outcome of Vladimir Putin’s strong-armed regime, showed some fissures in the ruler’s hammerlock on power, the geopolitical risk analysis firm GeoQuant says. The analytics firm showed institutional support for Putin, a vivid...
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Markets Up As Russia Seeks To End Military Activity Near Ukraine
Friday, August 8, 2014 - 4:58pm | 495Read More...Markets exploded higher Friday on reports that Russia is ending military activity near the Ukrainian border. The United States attacked ISIS fighters in Iraq on two separate occasions, prompting little market response. This suggests investors are much more interested in the Russian conflict...
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Investors Focus On Earnings Rather Than Geopolitical Tensions
Friday, July 18, 2014 - 6:08pm | 2627Read More...U.S. stocks rose as many questions remain unanswered following the crash of MH17 over the unstable region of Donetsk in Ukraine. U.S. intelligence sources speculated the plane was brought down by a ground-to-air missile but cannot confirm who was responsible. Investors appear to focus on...
