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Oprah No Longer the Richest Black Woman; Replaced by Folorunsho Alakija

YoopyaJan 6, 2015May 27, 20230

Oh no! Say it isn’t so. OK, put it like this. Oprah had a nice run as the world’s richest black woman, but as they

World stocks higher on first day of 2015 trading

YoopyaJan 2, 2015June 17, 20230

World stock markets started 2015 on a positive note Friday as investors waited for cues from new economic data and central bank meetings in coming

U.S. Stocks Extend Rally as Russell 2000 Reaches Record

YoopyaDec 26, 2014June 17, 20230

U.S. stocks climbed, sending the Russell 2000 Index to an all-time high, as benchmark indexes headed toward a second straight weekly gain. The Russell 2000

Russia forecasts economic slump as bailed-out bank gets more funds

YoopyaDec 26, 2014July 6, 20230

(Reuters) – Slumping oil prices have put Russia’s economy on course for a sharp recession next year, its finance minister said on Friday, as authorities

Asia stocks, dollar up as robust U.S. GDP lifts holiday mood

YoopyaDec 24, 2014July 6, 20230

(Reuters) – Asian stocks gained and the dollar stood tall on Wednesday thanks to surprisingly robust U.S. economic growth, helping investors head into the Christmas

Russian ruble suffers steepest drop in 16 years

YoopyaDec 16, 2014July 14, 20230

(Reuters) – The ruble plunged more than 10 percent for the second day on Tuesday and recorded its worst fall since the Russian financial crisis

New York Magazine’s $72 million teenage stock trader says he made it all up

YoopyaDec 16, 2014June 15, 20230

Sixteen-year-old Mohammed Islam wants you to think he’s a big shot. On his Web site, Ettaz Financial, he wears a pair of fogged-over glasses, expression

Vladimir Putin’s religious, ethnic rhetoric gets a little scary in Russian state-of-the-union address

YoopyaDec 8, 2014July 6, 20230

Vladimir Putin lives in a scary world, where enemies plot tirelessly to undermine, trick, and destroy Russia. Containment wasn’t just a Cold War policy but

South Africa still in gradual policy tightening cycle – cbank’s Kganyago

YoopyaDec 6, 2014July 12, 20230

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Falling oil prices and benign food prices have served to improve South Africa’s inflation outlook, but the central bank remains in a

National debt exceeds $18T, sparking renewed criticism of spending under Obama

YoopyaDec 4, 2014July 6, 20230

The national debt has passed the $18 trillion mark, sparking renewed criticism Tuesday from Republicans and other fiscal conservatives over the soaring trajectory of government