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Egypt's Second Revolution Affects Crude Oil
Friday, July 5, 2013 - 10:51am | 341Read More...John Hofmeister, former Shell President and Citizens for Affordable Energy CEO, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Friday morning to discuss how the recent revolution in Egypt effects oil prices. Crude oil has been high this week, and is currently just below $102 a barrel. "Traders always look for...
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George Washington University's P.J. Crowley 'Doubtful That Morsi Survives'
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 10:48am | 242Read More...P.J. Crowley, former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and George Washington University professor, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box on Wednesday morning where he discussed Egypt's current political turmoil. "I think it's very doubtful that [Mohamed] Morsi survives. I...
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Benzinga Market Primer: Wednesday, July 3: Half Day of Trading
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 6:29am | 933Read More...Futures Drop Into Shortened Trading Day On Weak Services PMIs, Geopolitical Fears U.S. equity futures declined in early pre-market trade ahead of the shortened trading day on weaker than expected services PMIs around the globe. Weak data from China to the eurozone weighed on sentiment overnight....
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Morsi's Lack Of Support Amid Egyptian Protests With President Of Eurasia Group Ian Bremmer
Monday, July 1, 2013 - 9:35am | 308Read More...Ian Bremmer, political scientist and founder/president of Eurasia Group, went over Egyptian instability on CNBC's Squawk Box Monday morning, covering some of the reasons behind the mass protesting that's pushing for President Mohamed Morsi to resign from office. He said that the Egyptian military...
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Center House Ltd. CEO Mac McClelland Says Egyptian Unrest Will Bring Violent Crackdown
Monday, July 1, 2013 - 8:45am | 393Read More...Mac McClelland, CEO of Center House Ltd., the financial advisory company that holds expertise in the security, energy, government, and business sectors of North Africa, South Asia and the Middle East, spoke on CNBC's Squawk Box via telephone to discuss the recent unrest in Egypt that's been caused...
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These Awesome Charts Highlight Just How Diversified (or Homogeneous) Some Nations' Exports Are
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 3:36pm | 136Read More...Ever wondered what the leading exports of Antarctica or North Korea or the Solomon Islands are? Well you've come to the right place. Courtesy of the Wikimedia Commons and the Observatory of Economic Complexity, Benzinga has compiled an array of export tree maps from countries and regions around the...
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Egyptian Protesters Press Military to Get Out of Politics
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 9:28am | 447Read More...Protesters in Egypt continued to push for the removal of the military from politics in what is looking like a repeat of the protests earlier in the year that forced long time Egyptian ruler President Hosni Mubarak to step down from power. The protesters have filled Cairo's Tahrir Square and faced...
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How to Profit From Palestinian Bid for Statehood
Monday, September 19, 2011 - 9:07am | 678Read More...The United States and Israel have been scrambling to gain enough votes to block a United Nations vote to recognize a Palestinian state. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that he will ask the fifteen member United Nations Security Council to recognize Palestine as the United...
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Cargill Recalls 36M lbs of Ground Turkey with a Simple Press Release, Vague Website Announcement
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 9:17am | 368Read More...At a time of crisis, Cargill believes that it's better to focus on positive things like palm oil and Egyptian soy. While most of the world is focused on Cargill's massive nationwide recall – which includes 36 million pounds of ground turkey – Cargill.com is touting the company's commitment to RSPO...
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Former Egyptian President Mubarak Has Cancer
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 8:56am | 36Read More...A tweet from Reuters says that former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has cancer, according to his defense lawyer. Mubarak was ousted in a government coup earlier this year.
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Facebook Approaching 700 Millionth User
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 9:20am | 163Read More...If Sony (NYSE: SNE) could go back in time and re-market The Social Network with current information, the film's tagline would have read, “You can't make 700 million friends without making a few enemies.” That's right Facebook users, Business Insider reports that the social network that everyone...
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Did CNN Get A Response From Al Qaeda?
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 3:14pm | 345Read More...Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has posted an essay responding to a piece by CNN.com's National Security Analyst, Peter Bergen, in which he called Al Qaeda the “loser” of the Arab revolutions. Bergen said that in his previous piece, he said that Osama bin Laden must be “watching the events...
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Libyan Rebels Suffer Setbacks: How to Trade (USO, OIL, SCO)
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 7:11am | 485Read More...Oil prices rose to a 2 1/2 year high during trading in Asia, as the market reacted to news that rebels in Libya had suffered setbacks and a rise in China's Purchasing Managers Index. After declining for months, China's Purchasing Managers Index for March climbed to 53.4, up from 52.2 for February...
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How to Trade Crashing Egyptian Stock Market (EGPT, AFK, USO)
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 6:38am | 419Read More...The Egyptian stock market plunged for the 2nd day in a row, which led to trading being halted for 30 minutes. The Egyptian stock market has only been open for two days since it was closed on January 27th. On each of those two days shortly after the stock market opened share prices crashed and...
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Trading the Egyptian Stock Exchange Shutdown
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 5:54am | 272Read More...After being closed for nearly two months because of widespread civil unrest that eventually led to the downfall of Egypt's longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian stock market opened for trading on Wednesday, only to see stock prices plummet and trading halted once again. Shortly after the...
