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Energy Companies Benefiting from Polar Ice Melting
Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 1:22pm | 562Read More...Energy companies are the punching bag of choice for environmentalists, given the alleged impact of fossil fuels on the Earth's climate. Ironically, it appears the very businesses they blame for melting icecaps stand to benefit, as they now have easier access to the wealth of resources in the...
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MSCI: South Korea Still Emerging, Greece Could Be On Its Way (EWY, EWT, GREK)
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 7:01pm | 837Read More...MSCI (NYSE: MSCI), a firm with indexes tracked by dozens of developed and emerging market ETFs, said that its MSCI Greece Index has been added to the review list for potential reclassification to emerging markets status. In the report, MSCI stated, "[t]he MSCI Greece Index is structurally no...
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Will Another Arab Spring Doom Middle East ETFs? (EIS, EGPT, GULF)
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 9:13am | 755Read More...Last year, it was Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. This year it could easily be Syria, Qatar and other Middle East countries that bring about a sequel to 2011's Arab Spring. In Syria, President Bashar al-Assad has been fighting a seemingly uphill battle to keep his oppressive regime in charge. This week,...
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Russia and Qatar To Host 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups (RSX)
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 1:36pm | 156Read More...A short while ago, FIFA, Fédération Internationale de Football Association, announced that it had chosen Russia to host the 2018 World Cup, beating out England and joint bids by Spain/Portugal and The Netherlands/Belgium. FIFA also announced that Qatar would host the 2022 World Cup, beating out...
