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Monthly Archives: February 2012

Oil, The Iranian Economic Weapon

West fears that Iran will use oil as a weapon to undermine western economies. America and the west are placing financial sanctions on Iran hoping to stop it from developing nuclear weapons. The sanctions have made it very hard to make payments to and from that Iran. The country has not stopped or slowed down… Continue Reading

Is Dagong Global Credit Rating Co. More Objective Than Western Credit Rating Companies?

Dagong Global Credit Rating Co., Ltd, unlike Moody’s, S&P and Fitch credit rating agencies, is not traded on American stock exchanges. Dagong claims that the above companies have a an unintentional western bias and therefore their company and country ratings are skewed. For example, the S&P did not downgrad United States credit worthiness until August,… Continue Reading

Retalix Releases Cutting-Edge Technology.

Retalix Ltd. (RTLX) is a company whose stock has gone from $12.35 to $18.39 in less than five months. Analysts at both JMP securities (December 2nd) and at Rodman and Renshaw (on January 24, 2012) have rated this stock “market outperform.” Retalix provides software solutions and services to the most sophisticated retailer businesses. On January… Continue Reading