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At an informal meeting ahead of last Friday’s official meeting, Russia and Iran Rejected the Saudi Proposal . Saudi Arabia has long insisted it would cut production only if fellow OPEC members and non-OPEC countries joined in. The report quoted a senior OPEC delegate as saying the Saudis would agree to cuts if Iraq freezes production rises and Iran and non-members such as Russia, Mexico, Oman and Kazakhstan contribute.
This was a Historic Result for the National Front but it does need follow-through next week. France’s far-right National Front party appeared on course for a historic victory in the first round of regional elections on Sunday, winning more than 30 per cent of the vote and delivering a stunning blow to the country’s traditional parties.
BIS Points Finger at Yellen, Draghi: Warns About "Unthinkably" Low Interest Rates, Bond Market "Dislocations" In it latest quarterly report, the BIS (Bank of International Settlements), pointed a direct finger at Fed chair Janet Yellen with an even bigger point at ECB president Mario Draghi.
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So Mario Draghi followed up with a new pledge ‘No limit’ to ECB Action to Hit Targets . The ECB pledged on Thursday to continue its €60bn-a-month bond buying quantitative easing plan until March 2017 and cut a key interest rate to a fresh record low of minus 0.3 per cent. But the measures disappointed investors that have come to rely on Mr Draghi to smash expectations, with a broad market sell-off after the ECB failed to deliver deeper cuts and an increase in the pace of QE.
Please consider Abengoa: Another Story Of Sudden Insolvency . Throughout this current year, 99 companies across the world have defaulted, the second highest figure in the decade after the 2009 crisis, according to S&P. Spanish firm Abengoa could be added to the list.
( Source ) For a moral argument about adaptation that mirrors what Eli was saying , ask Thilmeeza Hussain from the Maldives, on To the Point .
Fernando Leanme said… Off topic: as far as I can tell the El Niño event has peaked. I’m very happy to see my prediction was right