Russia has signaled it will allow the ruble to weaken to help revive stalling economic growth as the Kremlin grasps for options to breathe life back into its oil-dependent economy during the sharpest slowdown the country has seen since 2009.

Good news: The euro crisis is over. At least that is how French President Francois Hollande sees it, according to remarks he made during his recent trip to Japan. Latvia’s pending entry is another piece of news for the battered currency area. N

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CubeSmart (CUBE)Q1 2013 Earnings CallMay 03, 2013 11:00 am ETExecutivesDaniel Ruble - Vice President of FinanceDean Jernigan - Chief Executive Officer and TrusteeChristopher P. Marr - President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Investment OfficerTim

The Russian ruble slipped to its lowest levels against the dollar since November amid growing fears that the central bank will give in to growing political pressure to ease monetary policy as an economic slowdown deepens.

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It was all going so well. TV pundits could proclaim their omnipotence - knowing full well that Cyprus was a storm in a teacup - and then D-Bom hit the wires with some harsh reality speak. European banks plummeted - most of Italy's banking system ende

FX, bond, and stock markets in Europe are not happy. As the EURRUB sees it biggest drop this year (Ruble buying), it appears whatever confidence-inspiring Dijsselblom believed in last night has faded rapidly as Italian and Spanish stocks plunge to th

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CubeSmart (CUBE)Q4 2012 Earnings CallFebruary 22, 2013 11:00 am ETExecutivesDaniel Ruble - Vice President of FinanceDean Jernigan - Chief Executive Officer and TrusteeChristopher P. Marr - President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Investment Offic

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Lead Manager(s) Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan & VTB Capital

By Adventures in Capitalism:With the world drowning in debt, there is rarely a dull year in finance. 2012 will go down in history as the year when a politician, Shinzo Abe, campaigned specifically on the platform of weakening his voter's currency. I'

OAO Sberbank (SBRCY), Russia's largest private bank, has planned a three-year, ruble-denominated international bond, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday.

1500 GMT (Dow Jones) Russian stocks close with minor changes; ruble-traded MICEX adds 0.12% to 1473.53, while dollar-based RTS sheds 0.15% to 1513.62.

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U.S.-based heavy machinery maker Caterpillar Inc., (CAT) is planning to issue a ruble-denominated eurobond representing the first such deal from a non-Russian company, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday.

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We forecast that EBITDA will improve to about RUB100 billion-RUB105 billion in 2012 ($3.1 billion-$3.3 billion assuming a U.S. dollar/Russian ruble exchange rate of about 32), up from RUB90 billion in 2011. We base this forecast on continued healthy

The Russian ruble may hold to key to determining how well central-bank policies are being accepted by investors.

(Correction to change currency in story from Euro to Russian ruble)

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tod Ruble is trying to sell retirement plan insurance that employers say they do not want and their employees may not need.

NEW YORK, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Tod Ruble is trying to sell retirement plan insurance that employers say they do not want and their employees may not need.

Just wondering. With the punk band Pussy Riot getting a sentence of 2 years in prison, it stands to reason that the slam on freedom of speech would marginally hurt people's enthusiasm for Russian investment. And so we wonder if the sentence has any c

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tod Ruble is trying to sell retirement plan insurance that employers say they do not want and their employees may not need.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tod Ruble is trying to sell retirement plan insurance that employers say they do not want and their employees may not need.

NEW YORK, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Tod Ruble is trying to sellretirement plan insurance that employers say they do not wantand their employees may not need.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tod Ruble is trying to sell retirement plan insurance that employers say they do not want and their employees may not need.

NEW YORK, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Tod Ruble is trying to sellretirement plan insurance that employers say they do not wantand their employees may not need.

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By CFA Institute: By Samuel Lum, CFA In a span of less than 15 years, we have endured the Asian financial crisis, the Russian default and ruble crisis, the Long-Term Capital Management hedge fund debacle,the bursting of the tech stock bubble, the glo

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Russia is aiming to make it much easier for foreign institutional investors to buy its sovereign bonds, but legal and regulatory hurdles are still hobbling progress on this important issue.

By Randy Durig:This week we look at a short 40 month Russian Ruble bond from RusHydro(RSHYY) that currently indicates an over 9% yield to maturity. The high yield and short maturity of this ruble bond, compares very favorably with other high yielding

The Russian ruble may return to the rate of 30 rubles to the dollar if oil prices bounce back, chief executive of Sberbank German Gref said in St. Petesrburg Thursday.

With prices for oil, its main export, sliding, Russia is already gearing up for economic troubles, laying plans for spending cuts and a weaker ruble if the global situation worsens further, according to First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov.

United Co. Rusal PLC (0486.HK) Monday said it is proposing to issue up to 30 billion rubles ($926.6 million) worth of ruble-denominated regular corporate bonds and up to RUB30 billion worth of ruble-denominated exchange-traded bonds.

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A really rather bizarre comparison here by Bloomberg between the eurozone and its problems and the ruble zone and the problems it had which tore it apart. They managed to actually ignore that the problems are mirror images of each other, not the same

The ruble has performed about as well as the currencies of other rapidly growing large economies, and thus any argument that "the market" is going to rid us of Putin is more than a little bit silly. The ruble has not been a bizarre outlier or a uniqu

Central banks sell euros and the Russian ruble slides - it's time for your FX Fix.

* China’s factory output weakens* Russian ruble falls to 2009 crisis levels* Lazard hires former Brazilian central banker

The Russian ruble plummeted to its lowest level in more than three years against the dollar, bruised by falling oil prices and a fresh round of European debt worries.

The Russian ruble should remain more or less stable in 2012, and one should not expect a significant appreciation of the currency, the chief executive and the main shareholder of Russia's largest steel producer OAO Severstal (CHMF.RS) said Thursday.

We also affirmed the issue rating on the Russian ruble (RUB) 20 billion ($676 million)7.875% loan participation notes due 2015 issued by orphan special-purpose vehicle RusHydroFinance Ltd. (not rated) at 'BB+'. We also affirmed the 'BB+' issue rating

Jobs data dents the dollar and oil-price worries weigh on the ruble - it's time for your FX Fix.