Because interstellar trade will take so long, any decision to launch a cargo will necessarily be a very long-term investment project, and would hardly be conceivable unless there are very extensive futures markets. I will assume, then, that future futures markets are, well, futuristic in their development.
In fact, I will assume that investors, human or otherwise, are able to make perfect forecasts of prices over indefinite periods.
the latest poll found that 82.5 percent of people questioned in the poll held that Portugal should break the latest agreement or renegotiate it. The latest poll, carried out by Eurosondagem, also found that 47.8 percent of those questioned held that the agreement on the latest measures should never have been signed.
A highly symbolic song from Portugal’s democratic revolution almost 40 years ago is again being sung loudly after two years of austerity measures.
Kazamias was referring to Vassos Shiarly, who took over from him in March 2012, and Michalis Sarris, who was appointed by new President Nicos Anastasiades, negotiating Cyprus’ bailout this March and stepping down soon afterwards. Sarris said he wanted to facilitate investigations into the bailout.
Stone suggested Tsipras was likely to be Greece’s next prime minister and wished him good luck. “He’s going to need it,” added the director. Indeed, as new polls show him and his party slipping even further behind Samaras.
Gulf state paid British arms manufacturers almost £4bn in past four years in face of human rights concerns
Italian-U.S. leaders set to meet at G8 in June
Zu den Prioritäten gehören auch die Wiederbelebung der Wirtschaft und die Förderung des Unternehmertums, sowie Antischmuggelmaßnahmen, die Wiederherstellung des Rechtsstaates und der Demokratie, die Bekämpfung der Kriminalität mit Schwerpunkt Kleinkriminalität, die Unterbindung der willkürlichen Nutzung von Abhörmittel und die Aktualisierung des EU-Partnerschaftsabkommens für die nächsten sieben Jahren.
SOFIA: Plamen Oresharski, in line to head a socialist-led technocrat government in Bulgaria following elections on Sunday, is a non-partisan economist under no illusions about the challenges facing the EU’s poorest country.
The European Court of Justice has a calling to further the integration of the European Union, stated Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev.
Die Visite erfolgt auf Einladung des Obersten Kassationsgerichts anlässlich einer Konferenz über die gerichtliche Zusammenarbeit im Zivil- und Strafrecht. Heute sollen die Gerichte ein Garant für die Stabilität der europäischen Integration sein, erklärte Staatspräsident Plewneliew vor den EU-Richtern und versicherte sie, dass unser Land weiterhin die EU-Gesetze strickt anwenden wird.
Der SPD-Ortsvorsitzende Peter Sturm, der ebenfalls an der Gegendemonstration am 10. Mai teilgenommen hat, schreibt auf seiner Facebook-Seite: „Vor einer Woche haben wir den Einmarsch von 70 Nazis während der Regensburger Museumsnacht verhindert. Das Innenministerium bezeichnet die Hälfte von uns als linksextrem. Ich hoffe sehr, diese feinen Herren zählen mich dazu.“
Lothar König: Demonstrationsfreiheit in Gefahr
If American engagement lasts until 2024 it will mean the U.S. has been involved in Afghan wars for most of the previous 46 years. It began in 1978 when Washington (and Saudi Arabia) started to finance the right wing Islamist mujahedeen uprising against a left wing pro-Soviet government in Kabul. The left regime was finally defeated in 1992 and the Taliban emerged as the dominant force among several other fighting groups in the mid-90s.
Russia is waiting for a response from U.S. President Barack Obama over the letter his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has sent, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
A Bangladesh factory where Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) and Inditex SA ITX.MX inspectors spotted cracks in the wall this month is still making Wrangler shirts for the world‘s largest apparel maker, U.S.-based VF Corp (VFC.N).
Burmese President Thein Sein on Monday will become the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century.
In einem Interview mit dem Deutschlandfunk hat der ehemalige KFOR-Oberbefehlshaber, General a.D. Klaus Reinhardt, den Westen vor einer militärischen Einmischung in Syrien gewarnt.
Eine militärische Intervention, so Reinhardt, würde unvermeidlich zugleich Krieg gegen den Iran bedeuten und einen Flächenbrand im Nahen Osten auslösen.
Goldman Sachs is selling its stake in ICBC for around $1.1 billion, exiting an investment it made seven years ago.
The Palermo appeals court on Monday gave prosecutors the first green light to have Italian President Giorgio Napolitano testify in a trial on alleged secret negotiations between the Mafia and the Italian State in the early 1990s, according to a witness list made public on Monday.
(22.04.) A judge in Palermo on Monday destroyed tapes of conversations between Italy‘s president Giorgio Napolitano and an ex-interior minister being tried for withholding evidence on talks between the Italian state and the mafia during its deadly bombing campaign in 1992.
Most of the concern about the domestic deployment of drones by DHS has focused on the crossover to law-enforcement missions that threaten privacy and civil rights, and that, without more regulations in place, the program will accelerate the transition to what critics call a „surveillance society.“ Also alarming is the mission creep of border drones, managed by the DHS‘ Customs and Border Protection (CPB) agency with increasing interface between border drones, international drug interdiction operations and other military-directed national security missions.
Sources from the Israel‘s Foreign Ministry said that the decision came on claim that the Palestinians had „politicized“ the delegation, who is planned to come to Jerusalem to inspect the crimes committed by the Israeli occupation in occupied Jerusalem and on its holy sites.
Israel said on Monday it had canceled a visit by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to Jerusalem‘s Old City, saying the Palestinians had sought to politicize a conservation mission.
Jabhat al-Nusra, affiliated with al-Qaida and other extreme Islamist groups, control the majority of the oil wells in Deir Ezzor province, displacing local Sunni tribes, sometimes by force. They have also seized control of other fields from Kurdish groups further to the north-east, in al-Hasakah governorate.
Manche Lügen geben sich erst nach Jahrzehnten als Lüge zu erkennen. Die „Öl-Lüge“ ist so eine Lüge. Man erzählt sie seit den 80er Jahren, womöglich noch früher, und jetzt ist genau die Zukunft, vor der man damals warnte, eingetreten. Nur mit einem kleinen Unterschied: Es gibt mehr Öl, als jemals zuvor. Wie kam es dazu?
Half of Israel‘s drone exports are to Europe, including a substantial number to the UK, according to a recent study
the man on the street obviously live on a different planet of our galactic system. We still hear of people losing their job or of employees being unpaid for several months despite the work they have already performed -full or part time. We also hear the permanent complaint coming from people who cannot pay utility bills or the tax office. And see shops closing down, one after the other.
Industrial turnover in Italy was down in March by 0.9% on the month and 7.6% on the year, Istat reported Monday.
CGIL-Ires survey says 8.75 million unemployed or underemployed
Country rates low in EU in Save the Children survey
Speaking at the Turin Book Fair, Renzi said „I hope Letta does well“ and shot down suggestions that he run to lead the PD later this year. His new book, ‚Beyond Scrapping‘, is widely seen as part of a future bid to run for premier.
ROMA – European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani meets with Italian Premier Enrico Letta and Minister of Economy Fabrizio Saccomanni.