KIEV – Russia’s annexation of the Crimea peninsula could cost Kiev hundreds of billions of dollars, Ukraine’s interim prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said on Friday, quoted...
MOSCOW – Several Russian banks on Friday saw their customers barred from using Visa and MasterCard credit cards as US economic sanctions over Russia’s takeover of...
BEIJING – China refined a record amount of crude last month as new plants owned by PetroChina Co. and Sinochem Group began operations. Processing in the...
LONDON – Barclays is recommending investors own everything in moderation.The bank says investors should stick to a balanced portfolio in coming months, since stocks are looking...
ABUJA – One of Nigeria’s weakest links in electricity provision – transmission – is now being considered for private sector entry, months after distribution and generation...
LAGOS – The Lagos State government has said that it hopes to raise the daily electricity supply to the state from the current 1,000 megawatts to...
LONDON – Crude-oil futures slipped in Asian trading hours Friday on a strong dollar even as oil traders remained on edge as the sanctions contest between...
PITTSBURGH — Consol Energy Inc. Friday named Nick DeIuliis as chief executive, succeeding J. Brett Harvey, as expected. Mr. Harvey, 63 years old, will remain executive...
MOSCOW – On Friday, Russian shares fell sharply as investors took fright at tougher than expected U.S. sanctions against President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle over Moscow’s seizure...
BRUSSELS — The European Union and Ukraine on Friday signed part of a broad political and economic agreement that sparked the West’s escalating conflict with Russia....
