February 15, 2016

From Haaretz Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared before a panel of justices from the High Court of Justice on Sunday to defend his government’s plan for the development of Israel’s major offshore natural gas reserves. The court is considering challenges to the plan, which gives control of the major offshore Tamar field, which is currently in production, and the much

From The Wall Street Journal Among recent concerns hitting European bank stocks is one that has been responsible for wider market mayhem for months: oil. Global bank shares tumbled through much of last week as investors worried about world-wide economic growth, capital buffers and the effects of low and negative interest rates. But in Europe, another worry caught up with

From Harvard Business Review. In the past, low oil prices have been seen as a boon, particularly at the gas pump. They’ve been credited with boosting economies and stirring growth. But recently oil prices have dropped so low that warning bells rippled through global markets, and they remain volatile. What does all this mean for countries and companies? How big is the risk?