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Calls of an Arab Winter Not Hurting Middle East ETFs...Yet
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - 7:10am | 878Read More...Last year, it was the Arab Spring that roiled the politically volatile Middle East. This is year, the seasonal phrase has turned to Arab Winter as anti-Western protests have spread across the region. Last week, U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens was killed and his consulate burned during...
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Egyptian Protesters Press Military to Get Out of Politics
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 9:28am | 447Read More...Protesters in Egypt continued to push for the removal of the military from politics in what is looking like a repeat of the protests earlier in the year that forced long time Egyptian ruler President Hosni Mubarak to step down from power. The protesters have filled Cairo's Tahrir Square and faced...
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How to Profit From Palestinian Bid for Statehood
Monday, September 19, 2011 - 9:07am | 678Read More...The United States and Israel have been scrambling to gain enough votes to block a United Nations vote to recognize a Palestinian state. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that he will ask the fifteen member United Nations Security Council to recognize Palestine as the United...
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How to Profit from Chinese Premier's Call for Democracy
Friday, September 16, 2011 - 8:59am | 611Read More...Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said that China is in need of political reform during a speech at the World Economic Forum in the Chinese city of Dalian. Although Premier Wen has made numerous similar statements in the past, not all China observers are convinced of the Chinese Premier's sincerity....
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How to Profit from a Gaddafi Defeat
Monday, August 22, 2011 - 6:49am | 428Read More...Oil prices were falling on Monday as news broke that Rebel fighters were pouring into the Libyan capital of Tripoli in what seemed to be a final push to oust long time Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The market seems to be anticipating that Muammar Gaddafi's rule will soon come to an end...
