World's fastest economy could speed to trouble

Article from Yahoo! Finance UK&Ireland about robust speed of Azeibardjan economy caused oil price increase along with the launch of the pipeline through Turkey that opens country's oil export direct access to the Western markets (bypassing Russia)

Chatting With China

China has long wanted to move discussions with the U.S. over the broad range of contentious trade and economic issues the U.S. has with it beyond the broad range of contentious trade and economic issues the U.S. has with it.
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Stocks Slide After Philly Fed Report

Stocks retreated Thursday after the Philadelphia Federal Reserve surprised Wall Street by announcing that its broadest measure of manufacturing activity fell to a negative reading for the first time since April 2003, renewing investor fears that the economy could be cooling too quickly.
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