(Reuters) - Last week Russia and the United States put aside bitter differences over Syria to strike a deal to remove President Bashar al-Assad's chemical arsenal and avert U.S. military action against him.
The deal came after an August 21 sarin gas attack near Damascus that Washington says killed over 1,400 people, many of...
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Daily Market Review- 18th September 2013
Fundamental News
Today’s highlights:
• MPC Meeting Minutes (GB; 09:30 GMT)
• Building Permits + Housing Starts (U.S; 13:30 GMT)
• BoC Gov Poloz Speaks (Can; 15:40 GMT)
• FOMC Statement + Interest Rate Decision (U.S; 19:00 GMT)
• Fed Chairman Bernanke Speaks (U.S; 19:30 GMT)
Federal Reserve policy makers, while considering today whether to taper $85 billion in monthly bond...
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3 Myths of the Financial Crisis
A simplistic narrative has coalesced around the causes of the financial crisis that not only does a disservice to the victims, but represents a thought process that all but guarantees no substantive solutions will be put in place. Five years after the fact it's time to reassess what we think we know about the events...
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Dollar edges lower, seen in tight range before Fed
(Reuters) - The dollar edged lower on Tuesday but traded in a tight range before a two-day Federal Reserve meeting which is expected to result in stimulus being scaled back.
Investors were...