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Ever wondered what the leading exports of Antarctica or North Korea or the Solomon Islands are? Well you've come to the right place. Courtesy of the Wikimedia Commons and the Observatory of Economic Complexity, Benzinga has compiled an array of export tree maps from countries and regions around the...

Futures Lower On Europe Fears, Cyprus Banks, Eyeing GDP U.S. equity futures traded lower in early pre-market trade on European fears as Cyprus looks set to reopen its banks for the first time since a week ago Monday. The government will put in place harsh capital controls for a minimum of two...

European bailouts: investors are sick of them. Every six months or so, the European debt crisis seems to move from country to country in what can only be described as a period of rolling crises. As an interesting thought exercise, consider what a portfolio of the bailed out countries would look...

Futures Sharply Lower on Cypriot Bailout, Deposit Raid U.S. equity futures traded sharply lower in early pre-market trade Monday after EU leaders agreed to a bailout in principle for Cyprus, however choosing to penalize savers in the country for the bailout. The EU is set to place a levy on...

U.S. equity futures fell in early Monday trading as Hurricane Sandy forced the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ Exchange to close due to weather for the first time in 27 years. The storm threatens the entire Eastern seaboard and will dump rain from Maine to Delaware. Top News In other news...

The Republic of Ireland returned to long-term sovereign debt markets Thursday with an auction of 5-year bonds. Ireland's National Treasury Management Agency announced the sale of a 5-year bond at an interest rate of 5.9 per cent and opened its existing 8-year bond maturing in 2020 to new investors...

Ireland is set to return to the sovereign debt markets on Thursday. The nation will hold its first debt auction since September 2010. Ireland is currently one of three nations in the Troika's bailout program. In 2008, Ireland's six largest banks lost over $125 billion due to souring property loans...

Henry Hill, the mobster who became a household name thanks to Martin Scorsese's gangster classic "Goodfellas," has passed away at the age of 69. The cause of death is still unknown. Hill, portrayed by Ray Liotta in "Goodfellas," was a member of the Lucchese crime family before becoming an FBI...

As the UEFA European Championship, commonly known as Euro 2012, continues through the first matches of the group stage, an interesting pattern arises. Of all sixteen nations in the tournament, only three nations, the Czech Republic, Italy, and Ireland, have not defaulted since the year 1300....

As the European Debt Crisis has now taken down its fourth nation, now batting .800 or four out of five, let us discuss the bailout that may not be as stellar as originally thought. As I wrote on Friday, a European TARP could not work, and so the question became of what shape would the Spanish bank...