Indian consumer confidence improves
Mar 10, 2015 12:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Consumer sentiment in India rose for a second month in February, according to a reading by MNI. The continued its drop across 2013 but stabilized after new government came to power in 2014. Index is still down by 5.2% for...
Saudi Arabia changed oil politics
Mar 10, 2015 11:27 am UTC| Insights & Views
Over the last decade Saudi Arabia along with OPEC acted as a safety net for the oil price; cutting the production whenever price fell too much. This time around the Saudis are playing a different ball game. They are not...
Tax recovery can earn billions for Greece
Mar 10, 2015 11:00 am UTC| Insights & Views
European finance ministers are to hold lots of meetings in the coming days as the country continues to suffer from cash problems over the debt repayment to IMF and ECB. Greece has paid 0.3 billion to IMF from a total due...
Mar 10, 2015 10:07 am UTC| Insights & Views
TROIKA is comprised of International Monetary Fund (IMF), European Central Bank (ECB) and European Commission (EC). The officials from the above institutions are in charge to monitor and review the progress of countries...
ECB purchases further push bond yields
Mar 10, 2015 09:24 am UTC| Insights & Views
Yesterday, European Central Bank (ECB) has started its much awaited monthly purchase programme of 60 billion. Market participants say activities were seen in German, France and Belgium bonds yesterday. ECB has started...
UK election: Scottish National Party is not over with
Mar 10, 2015 08:34 am UTC| Insights & Views
UK election is one of the top events of the year that might generate tensions and high volatility in the market. The date for election is set at May 7 2015. Scottish National Party (SNP) - Last September, market was...
Guide to today’s important data and events
Mar 10, 2015 07:33 am UTC| Insights & Views
Today the event risk is moderate across board. Focus is on Euro finance ministers meeting, BOE governor speech and several auctions across board. Data released so far - UK - BRC retail sales monitor showed stable...
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IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects