International

Saturday, May 9th 2015 - 09:06 UTC
Tory majority government, but looking to Scottish independentists' landslide

Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives won a stunning victory in Britain's election on Friday, which cut short the careers of his top three rivals and put the country's European Union future in doubt.
Friday, May 8th 2015 - 18:34 UTC
David vs. Goliath: small-cap tech to save giant coal

The United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new mercury pollution regulations that took effect last month opened the flood gates for a new multi-billion-dollar energy industry that has investors scrambling to get in on second-generation technology poised for massive revenue gains.
Friday, May 8th 2015 - 10:54 UTC
China superpower? It relies on imports for energy, iron and...water (for food)

Among the mountain of statistics produced by China every year, there is one impossible to ignore: according to the Ministry of Land and Resources 61.5% of China's ground water is too dangerous even to touch, which means that along with being unsuitable for agriculture or drinking this water is unfit for any human contact.
Friday, May 8th 2015 - 08:21 UTC
IAATO agrees to ban recreational use of UAVs in Antarctica’s coastal areas

International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) members have agreed that, for the 2015-16 season, they will not allow the recreational use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in the unique, and often wildlife rich, coastal areas of Antarctica.
Friday, May 8th 2015 - 08:13 UTC
Fed warns stock market levels present 'potential dangers', but sees “no bubbles forming”

The chair of the US Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, has warned stock market levels present “potential dangers”, insisting current valuations, which have seen key US and UK indicators reach record levels, were “quite high”. However she did not see 'any bubbles forming'.
Friday, May 8th 2015 - 07:37 UTC
Argentina denies as 'inexact' any embargo on embassy bank funds in Belgium

The Argentine government in a late release on Thursday strongly denied an 'inexact information' related to alleged embargos by speculative funds (or vulture funds) on bank accounts from the Argentine embassy and its staff, in Belgium, and said that the attempts to freeze 'embassy funds' are but a new extortion attempt and a clear procedure abuse which could be sanctioned by Belgian tribunals.
Friday, May 8th 2015 - 06:59 UTC
Conservatives on course to a major victory, as SNP wipes out Labor in Scotland

The Conservatives are on course to be the largest party with David Cameron hopeful of gaining a majority in the UK general election. Labor faces being wiped out by the SNP in Scotland and is failing to make the gains it needs in England to stand a chance of forming a government.
Thursday, May 7th 2015 - 06:35 UTC
Liverpool will commemorate the centenary of the sinking of the Lusitania

About 1,200 people died and 771 survived when the British liner was torpedoed by a German submarine on 7 May 1915 during World War One. One of the largest ships in the world, it was sailing from New York to its home port of Liverpool when it was sunk off the coast of Ireland.
Thursday, May 7th 2015 - 06:19 UTC
Fifty million people registered to vote and elect 650 Westminster MPs

49.5 million people are registered to cast their votes in the UK general election on Thursday 7 May. Polls open at 07:00 BST at around 50,000 polling stations across the United Kingdom. A total of 650 Westminster MPs will be elected, with about 50 million people registered to vote.
Wednesday, May 6th 2015 - 18:40 UTC
Is this where investors should be looking when oil recovers?

When oil prices recover-and plenty of analysts think the climb back up will start soon-Canada's western frontier of Saskatchewan and neighboring Alberta will 'still have the edge'', according to a report from TD Economics. Depressed oil prices may have skewed the view from Canada's oil-producing west, but this will be one of the better places to bet on the oil rebound.