Opec optimism boosts Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices more than four per cent November 15, 2016 Oil prices rebounded more than four per cent today on renewed hopes of an Opec output cut deal. After falling to a three-month low on Monday, global benchmark Brent crude prices were up 4.3 per cent, or $1.91 cents, to $46.34 this evening, while US sweet crude was buoyed 4.7 per cent, or $2.03, reaching [...]
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin want to “normalise US-Russia ties” November 15, 2016 The election of Donald Trump can help “normalise US-Russia ties”, the Kremlin has said. President-elect Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shared their first phone conversation on Monday night after last week’s election. Read more: Global leaders react to Trump victory: Putin offers his congratulations The Kremlin said the pair had agreed that the current [...]
Donald Trump’s ambiguous trade policy is a massive opportunity for Britain to catalyse the creation of a new Prosperity Zone November 10, 2016 Much ink has been expended on what a Donald Trump presidency will mean for trade. He has promised at various times in his campaign to slap 45 per cent tariffs on China and Mexico, to pull the US out of Nafta and the WTO, and has railed against the TransPacific Partnership. Naturally many people have assumed [...]
11 times ‘The Simpsons’ accurately predicted the future November 10, 2016 16 years ago, an episode of "The Simpsons" predicted that Donald Trump would one day become US president. And this wasn't the only time the writers have managed to predict the future. "The Simpsons" has been running for over 25 years, so it's inevitable that some themes that crop up in the show might occur [...]
Let’s get down to business: WTO boss Roberto Azevedo is ready to work with Donald Trump November 9, 2016 The head of the World Trade Organisation has said he's ready to get to work with Donald Trump and will support his administration. "US leadership in the global economy and the mulilateral trading system remains vital," said WTO director-general Roberto Azevedo in a tweet, while congratulating Donald Trump on his election victory. "It's clear many [...]
US Presidential election 2016: Politicians around the world react to Donald Trump victory November 9, 2016 Politicians around the world have been reacting this morning to news that Donald Trump has been elected the 45th President of the United States. Trump surged past rival Hillary Clinton to take 276 electoral college votes, against Clinton's 218. In his victory speech, the property tycoon and former US Apprentice presenter said: "I want to [...]
London is the “money-laundering centre of the world” says US businessman Bill Browder November 8, 2016 US-businessman Bill Browder has said the UK government is "appeasing" Russia by refusing to implement stronger sanctions against the country. "I have seen in real life the appeasement which goes on on a day to day basis with relation to Russia," he told MPs on the foreign affairs committee this afternoon. Back in 2004, Browder was the [...]
Philip Hammond warns cyber attacks risk plunging UK into darkness as he sets out defence strategy November 1, 2016 Philip Hammond warned cyber attacks could plunge the UK into “darkness” and ground aeroplanes as he set out a new defence strategy today. The chancellor, speaking amid warnings about Russian-backed hacking, also told enemies that Britain would “retaliate in kind” to attacks, describing this as “the best deterrent”. Read more: Hammond to reveal Britain's new [...]
Republican governor John Kasich has voted for John McCain rather than Donald Trump November 1, 2016 It's all going on in the US presidential election, after John Kasich, the Republican governor of Ohio, stuck to his guns and plumped for the party's 2008 nominee John McCain instead of current nominee Donald Trump. After abandoning his own bid in May, Kasich vowed not to endorse Trump, or indeed vote for him. He voted [...]
Donald Trump is just one point behind Hillary Clinton in newest national poll October 31, 2016 Let it never be said that 2016's US presidential election wasn't interesting. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is apparently closing the gap on Hillary Clinton in the latest national poll. An ABC News/Washington Post poll had the Democratic Presidential candidate just one point ahead of Trump, as the timing of an FBI announcement into emails [...]