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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

#USA - Donald Trump does not want to be president – Mark Singer: The Guardian

Published on 22 Jun 2016

Trump’s candidacy was a protest, with his team hoping for just 12% of the Republican vote, argues New Yorker writer Mark Singer.

#Russia - doping: Athletes hope to escape Olympics ban: Al Jazeera English

Published on 21 Jun 2016

Russian athletes may be able to escape a ban from the Rio Olympics in August. Their careers were in limbo after the world governing body for athletics imposed a ban over allegations of state-sponsored doping.

The International Olympics Committee supported this suspension, but has made some concessions, as Al Jazeera's Andrew Simmons reports from Cheboksary in central Russia.

Summit Therapeutics (LON:SUMM) "can alter treatment paradigm" for CDI: ProactiveInvestors Stocktube

Published on 21 Jun 2016

Summit Therapeutics (LON:SUMM NASDAQ:SMMT) Senior Director Richard Pye tells Proactive Investors that their treatment Ridinilazole can trump current treatments for Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI). "We think this can really alter the treatment paradigm" he says.

Pye says the current treatments for CDI are actually quite good at killing the infection but they then cause more damage to the patient's microbiome - bacteria in the gut that fights infections. "We are able to both treat the initial infection and allow the patient to have their microbiome providing natural protection against developing recurrent disease" he says.

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Man Plays Piano While Floating in the Arctic Ocean: ABC News & Greenpeace (full video)

Published on 21 Jun 2016

Acclaimed pianist Ludovico Einaudi performed on a floating platform to draw attention to conservation efforts in the Arctic.

#Ukraine - Pan-Orthodox Gathering: Ukraine church awaiting decision on its autocephaly from Moscow Patriarchate: UKRAINE TODAY

Published on 21 Jun 2016

Ukraine is passionately awaiting the decision of the Pan-Orthodox Council currently being held on the Greek island of Crete.

Earlier Ukraine's Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) officially addressed His All Holiness Bartholomew I, the Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch to grant autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in Ukraine that is currently subordinate to Moscow's Patriarchate.

The deputies asked to recognize the Act of 1686 according to which the Kyiv metropolitan was allegedly attached to the Moscow Patriarchate.

The unique gathering of Eastern Orthodox Christianity Churches started on June 19th after a thousand-year-break. Nearly a century ago the representatives of the confessions started negotiations of a new Pan-Orthodox gathering, full of scandals and intrigues mixed with preparations hindered by wars, Soviet cadency, and internal manipulations. The preparations for this event began in 1961 with an aim to deal with the problems within the Orthodox Christianity. The political issues are seemingly prior to religion.

The Winklevoss Twins' Bitcoin Exchange Opens in the U.K. Bloomberg

Published on 21 Jun 2016

June 21 -- Cameron Winklevoss, co-founder and president at Gemini, and Tyler Winklevoss, co-founder and chief executive officer at Gemini, explain the function of their newly-launched U.K. bitcoin exchange and the similarity in trading between bitcoin and gold. They speak on "Bloomberg ‹GO›."

WTI Crude Oil and Natural Gas Forecast June 22, 2016: DailyForex

Published on 21 Jun 2016

The WTI Crude Oil market initially fell during the day on Tuesday but found enough support just above the $40 level to turn things around and form a hammer. That of course is a positive sign, so we can break above the top of the hammer I believe that the market will continue to grind its way higher, perhaps trying to continue the longer-term uptrend. Ultimately, pullbacks will continue to be very important as they represent value in this very bullish market. I believe that given enough time we could break out, but if we end up making a “lower low” at the $46 level, that could be the beginning of a very negative move. Ultimately, the market looks like it is going to be very volatile in the short-term, so having said that it’s likely that short-term charts will probably be the best way to go.

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Russia May Sell Stakes in Oil Giant Rosneft to China, India: Bloomberg

Published on 20 Jun 2016

June 20 -- Vladimir Putin is considering selling part of Russia’s corporate crown jewels to China and India as the president struggles to meet spending commitments before his possible re-election bid in less than two years. Bloomberg's Rosalind Chin and Angie Lau report on "First Up."

Trading Video: Pound, Dollar, Risk Intensify Focus on Approaching Brexit Vote: Forex News by DailyFX

Published on 21 Jun 2016

Talking Points:

• Brexit-charged GBP/USD volatility duped many with a false break of the 200-day moving average
• Unease is growing in risk trends with trend drying up for the likes of SPX while USD's sensitivity reflects focus
• Pound, Euro, Dollar and Yen all batten down for the Brexit - few outlets left for low-risk trade opportunities

Read the full article here:
https://www.dailyfx.com/forex/video/d...

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Jack Daniels Remains the Top Whiskey Label By Sticking With Tradition: TheStreet

Published on 21 Jun 2016

Brown Forman's Jack Daniels brand is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a visit to the New York Stock Exchange. According to the company, the Jack Daniels distillery in Tennessee ships more than 12 million cases annually in the United States and around the world. Jack Daniels is the company's top selling liquor brand. TheStreet spoke with Jack Daniel's president, Mark McCallum.

#USA - Clinton: Trump would throw us back into recession: Fox News

Published on 21 Jun 2016

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee takes aim at her opponent's economic policies

#UK - BBC's - Farage South East Debate - 12/06/16

#USA - 66M Americans have no emergency savings: Fox Business

Published on 21 Jun 2016

66 million Americans aren't prepared for unexpected expenses, according to a new study. University of Maryland Peter Morici with more.

#Belgium - Brussels returns to normal after earlier lockdown: euronews (in English)

Published on 21 Jun 2016

* Alarm raised at rush-hour on Tuesday
* City 2 shopping centre and area sealed off
* 26-year-old man arrested *What is happening?*

The Brussels prosecutor says no explosives were found on a man arrested in an anti-terrorism operation in the centre of the Belgian capital.

A man had earlier contacted police to say he was strapped with explosives that were rigged to detonate remotely.

Streets around the City 2 shopping centre in Brussels were sealed off after the alarm was raised.

Bomb…
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George Soros Says "Brexit' Would Cause World Markets to Collapse: TheStreet

Published on 21 Jun 2016

Billionaire investor George Soros is issuing a stark warning if Britain would vote this week to leave the European Union. He says Britain leaving the E.U. would lead to a currency and stock market disaster. He predicts a "Brexit' would cause the sterling to drop quickly, even more so than when the pound crashed in 1992-a move that made him a billionaire. Currency traders are placing bets against "Brexit' ahead of Thursday's vote. Homebuilder Lennar

Published on 21 Jun 2016

A Brexit won't be worse than the crisis in the early 1990s, when the pound collapsed following Britain's exit of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, as billionaire George Soros suggested in an op-ed Monday. 'It won't be pretty for the pound - whether it's going to compare with the crisis in the 90s which Soros made his fame, perhaps not,' said Simon Smith, chief economist at FxPro, based in London. Soros made over $1 billion in the early 90s, betting against the pound. The referendum is held on Thursday.

#USA - Inside San Diego's $810m human trafficking industry: The Guardian

Published on 21 Jun 2016

Considered among the best cities to work and live in the US, San Diego also ranks in the FBI’s 13 highest-intensity trafficking areas in the country.

#UK - What happens if the UK Brexits: CNNMoney

Published on 20 Jun 2016

CNNMoney's Nina dos Santos explains what technically happens if the United Kingdom votes to exit the EU according to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.

#Spain - #Brexit could threaten UK expatriates in Spain: Al Jazeera English

Published on 21 Jun 2016

One of the many unknowns around Britain's EU referendum is the future of thousands of British citizens living in Europe in the event of a withdrawal.

The largest community of expatriates is in Spain, where Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has warned that a “Brexit” could threaten Britons’ residency rights.

Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Phillips reports from Costa Blanca in southern Spain.

#EU - From Rome to Paris, women are conquering European cities: FRANCE 24 English

Published on 21 Jun 2016

INTERNATIONAL PAPERS - Tues. 21.06.16: Papers continue to focus on the big wins for the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and women in local Italian elections. Also, British papers make a last-ditch effort to convince voters ahead of the Brexit referendum vote. And the US Senate draws fire for failing to pass new gun control restrictions in the wake of the Orlando shooting.

Blythe deal shows IOG (LON:IOG) is delivering on its strategy, says CEO: ProactiveInvestors Stocktube

Published on 21 Jun 2016

Independent Oil and Gas Plc (LON:IOG) announced on Tuesday the completion of its deal to take full control of the Blythe gas project, in the Southern North Sea.

It has now acquired the 50% of Blythe that it didn’t already own, paying £1.5mln initially with a further US$5mln due when the field achieves ‘first gas’.

Mark Routh, chief executive, tells Proactive Investors the deal is the “catalyst which allows us to move forward on a proven development plan”

“By taking control of the Blythe asset, which is a proven reserve that needs no further appraisal, we can go straight into the development of Blythe without any partner drag and we can define our own destiny on how we do it,” he says.

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