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ISIS And Investment: How Terrorism Strikes The Global Economy
Friday, June 26, 2015 - 1:52pm | 1256Four coinciding terrorist attacks rocked the world almost simultaneously on Friday morning. At approximately 10 a.m. in southeastern France, a man who had been flagged for suspected extremist ties in 2006 rammed a car into a gas factory. The collision triggered an explosion, which injured two...
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Spate Of Terror Attacks On 3 Continents Leaves Dozens Dead
Friday, June 26, 2015 - 10:15am | 323A spate of terror attacks on three continents left at least dozens dead and an unknown toll of wounded Friday. Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: APD)'s gas factory in southern France was the site of a suspected attack that apparently sought unsuccessfully to blow up the site. At...
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Libyan Rebels Suffer Setbacks: How to Trade (USO, OIL, SCO)
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 7:11am | 485Oil 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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Fierce Fighting Continues in Libya as U.S. Considers Intervention
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 2:28pm | 550Government opponents in Libya successfully defended an attempt by Qaddafi loyalists to retake the city of Az-Zawiyah, a city close to the Qaddafi-controlled city of Tripoli. Fighting lasted for six hours overnight, according to Al-Jazeera. Meanwhile, the United States weighed options for...