Tag: Military Action
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After coup attempt in Russia, how should you invest $100,000 right now?
[ad_1] Got $100,000 to spare? If so, do the opposite of what happened in Russia over the weekend — don’t make any sudden moves. U.S. stocks were mostly treading water Monday after a dramatic weekend in Russia when Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the mercenary Wagner Group, marched to the outskirts of Moscow, Russia’s capital, threatening…
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Rebellion in Russia could trigger selloff in U.S. stocks and flight to safe assets, analysts say. Here’s what investors should know.
[ad_1] Watch what happens over the next 36 hours. That was the advice from one financial analyst as U.S. investors awoke on Saturday to news of an apparent armed rebellion against Moscow led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the powerful Russian mercenary organization Wagner Group. Others speculated that the crisis in Russia could drive…
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Most Ukraine businesses fully operational: American Chamber of Commerce in Kyiv
[ad_1] More than 480 days after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, 84% of the companies surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine are fully operational. The survey, which was conducted jointly with member company Ernst & Young Ukraine, found that 49% of respondents reported damage to factories, facilities, storehouses or offices as a…
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Victims of Communism Museum’s CEO discusses its first year, his China boycott
[ad_1] One foundation thought so, and nearly a year ago opened its Victims of Communism Museum at McPherson Square, complementing a statue dedicated to those victims that has stood near Union Station since 2007. It certainly feels like reading the room correctly, so to speak, to set up a new facility that’s highly skeptical of…
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Here’s the entire tank battalion in Russia’s Victory Day parade
[ad_1] Russia didn’t exactly muster a very big tank battalion for its annual Victory Day celebration, which commemorates the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. With Russia’s war in Ukraine ongoing and military hardware in short supply, videos and images from the event showed just one tank — a T-34 — on display.…
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U.S. intel leaks: Questions and answers as suspect Jack Teixeira arrested
[ad_1] Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, was arrested Thursday in connection with a leak of classified documents about the war in Ukraine and other subjects. Here are some questions and answers about what has happened and what is expected to come next. What documents were leaked and when were they disclosed? More than…
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China seizes on French President Macron’s purported put-downs of U.S. and Taiwan
[ad_1] As the fallout continues from French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to China in which he made comments seen by some as snubbing the U.S., reactions in Beijing and Taipei show just how tense the situation remains across the Taiwan Strait. The French leader last week finished a three-day visit to Beijing on what Paris…