Oil gains 5 percent as January contract nears expiry
Oil gained 5 percent on Friday, which is the biggest one day surge in more than two years.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures gained...
Fed official warns of risk from a sudden interest rate hike
One of three Federal Reserve officials who dissented in its most recent policy decision has issued a warning that the US central bank is...
Birds sensed tornadoes coming and fled days before they came
Birds, specifically golden-winged warblers in the eastern Tennessee mountains, fled their breeding grounds one to two days before a series of tornadoes hit the...
Canada inflation falls to 2% in November, C$ falls
Inflation in Canada in November fell to 2% (annualized) from October’s 2.4%, which was bang-on the Bank of Canada’s annual Consumer Price Index (CPI)...
Putin is extremely popular in Russia despite economic meltdown
Despite heading an economy that is entering a severe recession and a currency which fell by more than 50% this year, Russia’s President Vladimir...
BlackBerry revenue slump scares off investors
Blackberry Ltd. posted a lower-than-expected revenue decline to $793 million in the third quarter compared to $1.19 billion in the same quarter last year...
UK Government borrowing down in November thanks to forex fine
UK Government borrowing in November fell to £14.1 billion, which was over 10% (£1.6 billion) lower than in November 2013, the Office for National...
UK house prices set to rise by 3% in 2015, London will be patchy
UK house prices should rise by 3% and rents by 2% in 2015, according to a forecast published by the Royal Institution of Chartered...
German consumer sentiment up in December and will rise in January
German consumer sentiment increased to 8.7 points in December and is expected to rise to 9 points in January, says the GfK Group, Germany’s...
NASA’s Kepler space telescope discovers huge alien planet
NASA’s Kepler space telescope has discovered the first alien planet since its malfunction in May 2013.
Researchers announced that the newly discovered world is HIP...