STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Tuesday, 17 March 2015

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12. The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-10-most-important-things-in-the-world-right-now-march-17-2015-3

1. After an unusually long absence from public view, Russian President Vladamir Putin reappeared Monday — looking "pale" and "puffy" — in a meeting with President Almazbek Atambayev of Kyrgyzstan.

2. An adviser to the Saudi minister of petroleum said the OPEC's decision not to cut oil production in November, which sent oil prices crashing, was made because non-OPEC producers Russia and Mexico refused to stop production in a meeting the day before.

3. A report in Brazilian magazine Veja alleges that Iran helped finance Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's 2007 presidential run in exchange for helping to cover up Iran's role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre.

4. Uber CFO Brent Callinicos is stepping down, but will stay on as an adviser to the company.

5. With months of negotiations still ahead between Germany and Greece over a debt deal, a poll by German broadcaster ZDF found that 52% of Germans think Greece should leave the eurozone.



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-10-most-important-things-in-the-world-right-now-march-17-2015-3#ixzz3UdXaIzDS