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EU extends trade and investment ban on Crimea

EU governments extended for a year a ban on trade and investment with Crimea on Friday, meaning European help for Russian Black Sea oil and gas exploration and visits by European cruise ships will remain outlawed.


India proposes gold-linked bonds to lower bullion imports

India is planning to issue sovereign bonds linked to the bullion price in an effort to divert some of the estimated 300 tonnes of annual demand for gold bars and coins, and reduce bullion imports that can push up the trade deficit.

'Boring' banks a safe haven in a scary world

When fears of a Greek default are mounting, stock markets are jittery at multi-year highs, and the world's biggest economy is preparing to hike interest rates, the idea of taking refuge in bank stocks might appear to be a hard sell.

Billionaire investor Icahn says 'no' to Trump's Treasury offer

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said thanks but no thanks when real estate mogul turned Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump floated his name for U.S. Treasury secretary.


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The fifth instalment of the Bourne franchise, which is currently unofficially called "Bourne 5" is currently in the works, but will star Matt Damon and to be directed by Paul Greengrass. One of the movie's producers, Frank Marshall said that they are to start casting for the movie soon.
Alien 5 is currently on the works, and the movie will include actors from the original film to reprise their roles. Sigourney Weaver is in, and Bill Paxton expressed his interest in reprising his role as Private William Hudson.
Spider-Man's worst enemies are about to team up in the upcoming Sinister Six. Drew Goddard has been tasked to direct the film, and has already started planning for the characters. Gog said to be playing the villain, while Spider-Man might be part of the team.
DC superheroes are finally teaming up and soon to appear in the big screen as Justice League Part 1 is currently being worked on. Casting for the film has started, although there are still character who do not have actors to play their role yet.
A trailer has been released for the part 2 of The Hunger Games Mockingjay, and it surely gets the hearts of the Hunger Games fans racing. Actress Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, posted sneak peeks of the movie in their social media accounts.
Bandai Namco has offiicially announced at E3 that the latest iteration of Naruto game franchise, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4, arrives September 2015 and hits various platforms PS4, Xbox One, and PC and showcased a sneak peek at the event.
This week's The Witcher 3 DLC is now available for download on PlayStation 4 in North America and Europe for Xbox One, and PC. This newest add-on includes new quest named Wolf School Gear Scavenger Hunt, and an alternative look for Triss.
With a great dismay of fans through social media rants on certain issues, both Microsoft and 343 Industries attempt to remedy such set-backs by addressing some issues regarding Halo 5.
SoundCloud will limit tracks played on thrid-party apps to 15,000 daily starting July. Will this change yield benefits to the streaming service provider, or will it make affected developers look for a new host somewhere? Apple, after all, recently launched SoundCloud's counterpart, called Connect.
Amazon is discounting the Motorola Moto G 2nd Generation by $40 off for the price of $139.99. The cut-price is said to be available on this day only.