Ukraine fears weigh on global stock markets

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-EXCITE

Worsening tensions in Ukraine are sending markets lower, overshadowing an encouraging report on U.S. economic growth.

Ukraine's president declared that Russian forces have entered his country and called an emergency meeting of the nation's security council.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 64 points, or 0.4 percent, to 17,056 as of 9:35 a.m. Thursday. The Dow has risen for the previous three days and it still higher for the week.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell seven points, or 0.4 percent, to 1,992.

FULL story at link.



FILE - The New York Stock Exchange is shown, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 file photo taken in New York. Global stock markets were muted Thursday Aug. 28, 2014 ahead of U.S. economic data and possible policy announcements from Japan.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)


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[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Putin has an interesting invasion strategy.

Sending unmarked troops and unmarked tanks into Ukraine, here and there, all the while denying any invasion,
only that good ole "humanitarian" white wash that WE use so handily at various times.

Even Ukraine's Pres. is in on the benign re-naming of military activities:

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko says Russian troops 'came to the rescue' of separatist militants after Ukrainian advances -

3 hours ago:

Dispatches from a Reuters reporter in southern Russia indicate that an armored column is about 2 miles away from the Ukraine-Russian border and troops are sitting on personnel carriers with no military identification or vehicle plates.

All from Breaking News site this am.

[wolfie001]

2. Putin reaction to falling oil prices?

He seems more reactionary/desperate than ever. When he picks up the WSJ and sees an "improving" US economy, maybe he turns batshit crazy. The whole back and forth is tragic for those people. Sickening.

[ballyhoo]

3. I'm sure Putin knows like many of us the US economy

is not doing anything.

[7962]

4. Rebels now say the Russian troops with them are on "vacation" from the Russian military!

They could no longer lie about it, so they changed the story.
How much "vacation" does a Russian soldier get??