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March 9, 2020
Indian stocks sink amid global market carnage after dramatic oil crash

The Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex index sank more than 1,400 points at the opening bell while the Nifty – a benchmark of the National Stock Exchange – also took a...

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March 9, 2020
Indian stocks sink amid global market carnage after dramatic oil crash

The Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex index sank more than 1,400 points at the opening bell while the Nifty – a benchmark of the National Stock Exchange – also took a...

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March 9, 2020
Asia plunges, European & US futures collapse as panicked investors seek safe haven from perfect storm ravaging markets

Asian markets are trading down while European and American futures go into free fall, and gold reached a new seven-year peak, amid a dramatic oil market crash and concerns over...

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March 9, 2020
Asia plunges, European & US futures collapse as panicked investors seek safe haven from perfect storm ravaging markets

Asian markets are trading down while European and American futures go into free fall, and gold reached a new seven-year peak, amid a dramatic oil market crash and concerns over...

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March 9, 2020
Asia plunges, European & US futures collapse as panicked investors seek safe haven from perfect storm ravaging markets

Asian markets are trading down while European and American futures go into free fall, and gold reached a new seven-year peak, amid a dramatic oil market crash and concerns over...

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March 8, 2020
Oil CRASHES 30% over Saudi Arabia-Russia crude price war & coronavirus fears

Oil plunged nearly 30% in a chaotic market opening, with main crude benchmarks Brent and WTI both trading below $35 a barrel amid fears of an all-out price war following...

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March 8, 2020
Why hydrogen stocks are soaring

For decades climate change was a topic for predominantly environmentalists. Since the early 2010s, this has changed dramatically. The transformation culminated in the Paris Climate Agreement of 2015 where the...

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March 8, 2020
Huawei teaming up with Russia’s largest bank to develop cloud services for businesses

Chinese technology giant Huawei announced this week a strategic partnership with Russia's Sberbank to provide cloud services for Russian businesses. The clients of SberCloud.Advanced are projected to range from large...

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March 7, 2020
Lebanon defaults on its $1.2bn Eurobond debt, PM says corruption ‘has eaten the state’

Lebanon's PM Hassan Diab has announced his country is unable to pay the $1.2 billion Eurobond due on March 9 and will default for the first time. This comes amid...

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March 7, 2020
European tourism losing €1 BILLION a month as holiday makers stay home due to coronavirus

Fears over the spread of Covid-19 are rising across Europe, threatening its tourism industry. Data shows the sector has already taken a serious hit and could be hurt even more....

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March 7, 2020
India to see fastest rise of super-rich over next five years

Asia is on track to become the world's second largest wealth hub by 2024, with India being the main engine for this growth, outpacing neighboring China and Indonesia, according to...

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March 7, 2020
India to see fastest rise of super-rich over next five years

Asia is on track to become the world's second largest wealth hub by 2024, with India being the main engine for this growth, outpacing neighboring China and Indonesia, according to...

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March 6, 2020
UK in better BREXIT negotiating stance than EU thanks to its fishing rights — business development leader tells Boom Bust

The British negotiators have returned home from Brussels after the first week of talks with the European Union over UK's exit from the bloc. The two sides have still many...

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March 6, 2020
Russian billionaire banker Tinkov stranded in London for US extradition probe reveals he has BLOOD CANCER

Russian billionaire Oleg Tinkov, whom the US wants to extradite from Britain over alleged tax evasion, has revealed he cannot leave his home in London because he is undergoing chemotherapy...

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March 6, 2020
NOPEC! Oil prices plummet after Russia rejects new crude production cuts

Cooperation between Russia and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has got to an abrupt stop after Moscow refused to back new deeper cuts on oil output. The move...

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March 6, 2020
Russia’s inflation headed towards lowest level in post-Soviet history

Annual inflation in Russia has eased to 2.2 percent in February, according to the median estimate of 20 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Statistics show that price growth briefly fell to...

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March 6, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Best and worst-case scenarios for global economy

The outbreak of Covid-19 has been sending chills through the world economy, wiping some $9 trillion off financial markets. RT talked to some experts about the impact of the virus...

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March 6, 2020
China could start a new solar price war

The solar market is becoming supersized, with the size and scale of solar projects soaring and some of the biggest names in the tech industry getting behind the renewable energy...

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March 5, 2020
Hunt for Russians continues? US charges ‘Putin’s oligarch’ banker Oleg Tinkov with tax fraud, demands extradition from UK

The US Department of Justice has unsealed the indictment against Oleg Tinkov, accusing the Russian-born businessman of failing to pay taxes after renouncing his US citizenship and threatening him with...

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March 5, 2020
Russia cancels SPIEF 2020 economic conference over coronavirus concerns

One of the biggest business events in Russia, the St. Petersburg Economic Forum (SPIEF), won't be convening this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, organizers have announced. The decision was...

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March 5, 2020
Global financial crisis 2020 will catapult bitcoin to $100,000 and beyond – RT’s Keiser Report

Wall Street banking giant JPMorgan has asked thousands of its employees to work from home amid the coronavirus outbreak, with the executives saying the bank is big enough to weather...

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March 5, 2020
OPEC agrees biggest oil production cut since 2008 financial crisis, but only if Russia joins

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), led by Saudi Arabia, has decided to cut production by up to 1.5 million barrels per day. The decision is believed to...

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March 5, 2020
Airlines to lose up to $113 BILLION in revenue this year due to fall in passenger traffic

Airlines will lose $63 billion to $113 billion in revenue for passenger traffic globally in 2020, depending on how the coronavirus spreads, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced....

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March 5, 2020
Coronavirus hurts Middle East economies beyond oil

The Middle East oil exporters are grappling with depressed demand in their key market, China, due to the coronavirus outbreak. The economies of the Arab Gulf countries are feeling the...

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March 5, 2020
China leads rise in Asian markets following promise of monetary support

Stocks in Asia Pacific rose on Thursday as fewer new Covid-19 cases were recorded outside of the epicenter in Wuhan, China. Chinese shares emerged as the biggest gainers on the...

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March 4, 2020
‘It’s unfortunate to see markets, not the Fed, making monetary policy,’ former Federal Reserve insider tells Boom Bust

The US Federal Reserve has announced the first emergency interest rate cut since the 2008 financial crisis. The cut aims to give the US economy a jolt in the face...

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March 4, 2020
Car sales in China down dramatically as coronavirus disrupts production & supply

The world's largest auto market, China, has suffered its biggest monthly drop in passenger car sales as the country battles with the coronavirus outbreak, which has disrupted production and supply...

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March 4, 2020
Russia slowly getting over its oil addiction, says Putin

Russia is trying to shield its economy from turbulence in global energy markets, but cutting the country's reliance on oil cannot happen at once, Russian President Vladimir Putin believes. "We...

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March 4, 2020
India’s Supreme Court allows cryptocurrency trading, calls central bank’s ban ‘unconstitutional’

India's highest court on Wednesday has overturned the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) 2018 order which barred lenders from dealing with cryptocurrency exchanges. "Trading in cryptocurrencies now will be allowed,"...

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March 3, 2020
US economy could take a real hit due to coronavirus panic – editorial director of research institute tells Boom Bust

Five trillion dollars were wiped out of the stock market last week amid the Covid-19 panic, marking the worst collapse for global equities since the 2008 financial crisis. RT's Boom...

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March 3, 2020
US economy could take a real hit due to coronavirus panic – editorial director of research institute tells Boom Bust

Five trillion dollars were wiped out of the stock market last week amid the Covid-19 panic, marking the worst collapse for global equities since the 2008 financial crisis. RT's Boom...

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March 3, 2020
US economy could take a real hit due to coronavirus panic – editorial director of research institute tells Boom Bust

Five trillion dollars were wiped out of the stock market last week amid the Covid-19 panic, marking the worst collapse for global equities since the 2008 financial crisis. RT's Boom...

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March 3, 2020
Huge red flag for oil: Global economic growth could be cut in half

A prolonged and wide-ranging coronavirus outbreak could cut global economic growth to just 1.5 percent this year and have serious consequences for oil demand. A significant drop in global economic...

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March 3, 2020
European sanctions-busting payment channel for Iran registers ZERO transactions – Iranian ambassador

Over a year since its launch, the EU's INSTEX financial mechanism – designed to facilitate trade with sanctions-hit Iran – has not carried out any operations, Iran's ambassador to Russia...

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March 3, 2020
RT’s Keiser Report investigates how Elon Musk’s electric car push is causing another global industry crisis

Production of electric vehicles is predicted to top four million worldwide this year. As demand for electric cars soars, the cobalt crisis being faced by the industry will only worsen,...

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March 3, 2020
Serbia can cash in on Russian gas transit via TurkStream pipeline

The recently launched TurkStream gas pipeline running through Serbian territory will add €180 million (US$200 million) to the country's budget, according to Andrey Khripunov, Russia's trade representative in Serbia. “I...

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March 3, 2020
India should ‘open doors widely’ to investment opportunities flowing away from China – legendary investor Mark Mobius

Global manufacturers want to diversify away from China as it struggles to contain the coronavirus outbreak and India could be the answer, according to veteran investor Mark Mobius. The founder...

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March 2, 2020
Russia to reassess government budget taking into account coronavirus risks

Russia's new Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has called on the government to analyze both long-existing sanctions risks and the consequences stemming from the coronavirus epidemic as it works on a...

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March 2, 2020
Pakistan aims to create Singapore-style economic miracle with new seaport connecting to China’s Belt & Road

Pakistan's strategic Gwadar Port, part of the ambitious $61 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, has finally been given the green light for development. Under plans by the Gwadar...

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March 2, 2020
Russian billionaire banker Tinkov battles extradition to the US on tax fraud charges – reports

Russian businessman Oleg Tinkov has posted bail in London and will remain in the UK for court hearings on allegations of underreporting his income. The US Internal Revenue Service is...

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