Tuesday, June 7, 2016

#France - finance minister left with egg on his face as labour law protests continue; euronews (in English)

Published on 6 Jun 2016
Emmanuel Macron was left with egg on his face at an event in Montreuil.

France's Finance Minister was pelted with eggs when alleged supporters of the hardline CGT union closed in on him in the Parisian suburb.

Macron was launching a stamp to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Popular Front movement, a party credited with giving French workers new rights.

But the inauguration came on the sixth day of rail disruptions and in the midst of months of upset nationwide over planned labour r…
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#USA - Why We're Watching Devon Energy: TheStreet

Published on 6 Jun 2016
Devon Energy is selling properties in Texas and Oklahoma, with hopes to close the sales in the third-quarter. The largest transaction in the sale is for the assets in east Texas... which are worth about $525 million. Devon will use the funds to pay down its debt and boost growth. Real Money's Daniel Dicker believes Devon is 'finally acting like the kind of energy company that is worthy of your investment dollar.'

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#USA - Greta is one of Forbes' 100 Most Powerful Women - again: Fox News

Published on 6 Jun 2016
What does it take to make the Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women? Moira Forbes goes 'On the Record' to explain why Greta has consistently made the cut
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#USA - Hillary Clinton 'secures Democratic Party nomination' euronews (in English)

Published on 6 Jun 2016
* *Clinton 'reaches 2383 delegate threshold'*
* *Historic moment becoming first female nominee of major US party*
* *Bernie Sanders vows to fight on*

Hillary Clinton has secured the number of delegates needed to win the Democratic Party nomination for president. The claim, made by the Associated Press (AP), comes ahead of today's final Super Tuesday of the campaign when she is expected to collect the rest of the pledged delegates and so-called superdelegates needed to take her past the 2383 th…
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Trading Video: Yellen Rejects Dollar Save, Brexit Speculation Rears Pound Volatility: Forex News by DailyFX

Published on 6 Jun 2016
Talking Points:

• Janet Yellen's speech Monday was the last strategic opportunity for the Fed to change rate forecasts - she demurred
• Brexit speculation explodes to start the week with another poll suggesting the 'Leave' campaign gaining
• The risk of an 'accidental' volatility event triggering larger financial move remains dangerously high

Read the full article here:
https://www.dailyfx.com/forex/video/d...
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Monday, June 6, 2016

#Jordan - Manhunt in Jordan after attack on Baqaa refugee camp: Al Jazeera English

Published on 6 Jun 2016
A manhunt is under way for a gunman who killed five people in an attack on security office in Jordan. It happened at the Baqaa Palestinian refugee camp which is north of Jordan's capital Amman. A government spokesman described it as a 'terrorist attack'. Al Jazeera's Victoria Gatenby reports.-
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#USA - Mark Zuckerberg's been hacked: CNET

Published on 6 Jun 2016
It looks like a LinkedIn data breach lead to the Facebook CEO's Twitter and Pinterest accounts being compromised.
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#Ukraine - Trash Business: Escalating number of landfills endangers both environment, economy: UKRAINE TODAY

Published on 6 Jun 2016
Three firemen killed in the landslide at a Lviv region junkyard were laid to rest this weekend. The body of the fourth victim, an ecologist is yet to be found. The rescue operation had to be terminated due to the severely dangerous conditions at the Hrybovychi waste site.

The tragic incident certainly brought attention back to the systemic issues within Ukraine's recycling industry. According to ecologists, garbage sorting and recycling is nothing more than a myth to Ukrainians. Nearly all discarded stuff end up at landfills just like the one in Hrybovychi regardless whether it is glass, wood, or paper.

Ukraine does have one garbage recycling plant. Located in Kyiv, the facility that was built in 1986 continues to operate today, continuously converting waste to alternative energy sources.
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