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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Ukraine Crisis

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

Ukraine is contiguous with Russia, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, Romania and Moldova and is surrounded on the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.

Ukraine is Europe's second largest country; Ukraine is a land of wide, fertile agricultural plains, with large area of pivotal industry in the east.

A significant minority of the population of Ukraine use Russian as their first language, particularly in the industrialized east.

Reference of map: opednews.com

From USSR to Ukraine

1922

Ukrainian SSR(Soviet Socialist Republic)

; one of the fifteen constituent republics of

the Soviet Union from its inception in 1922

1932-1933

Stalin's programmes of enforced agricultural

collectivization

--> famine and death matters

1941	Ukrainian SSR was occupied by Nazi Germany
1944	Liberation

1954

USSR expanded to the south with the transfer

of the **Crimea

**Crimea is an autonomous republic in the southeastern region of Ukraine.

Reference: washingtonpost.com

Crimea is a place as strategic importance.

Crimea region is speaking majority Russian, and both countries of Russia and Ukraine are significant strategically in the Crimean Peninsula.

Russia's Black Sea Fleet has still stationed in Crimea’s Sevastopol.

After Ukraine gained independence, Russia's a leasing agreement was drawn up to allow the fleet to continue operating in the Ukraine's the peninsula of Crimea.

1991	Ukraine independence
2004	Orange Revolution
2008	Economic crisis

Reference: washingtonpost.com

Reference: acting-man.com

Russia has invaded in the Ukraine peninsula of Crimea by using of force.

President Viktor Yanukovych who is pro-Russian denied EU trade, Ukrainian protested in Kiev.

In February, anti-government demonstration and police conflict and people died about 80-100.

Since then, trained armed pro-Russian gunman and Russian troops have taken over the strategic ports, roadways, and airspace.

We have to understand about Ukraine crisis it is most important point to confront the Western union and Russia each other

The natural gas of 30 percent that Europe consumes comes from Russia. This is monopoly to the Western union and there is plenty of gas in Ukraine. So, Russian feels feeling of danger

So far, USA and EU has threatened possible action against Russia.

Reference: bbc.co.uk

Saturday, March 15, 2014

New York Stock Exchange(NYSE)

NYSE

A stock exchange based in New York City, which is considered the largest equities-based exchange in the world based on total market capitalization of its listed securities.

Formerly run as a private organization, the NYSE became a public entity in 2005.

S&P 500 – This index tracks 500 large U.S. companies across a wide span of industries and sectors. The stocks in the S&P 500 represent roughly 70 percent of all the stocks that are publicly traded. “S&P” stands for “Standards and Poor’s,” the name of a market research firm.

Dow Jones & Company – Named after Charles Dow, this index tracks the 30 largest U.S. companies. This means it represents “large-cap” companies, which is the industry term for “very big companies” like Johnson & Johnson, McDonalds and Coca-Cola. Although the companies within the Dow Jones represent only about 25 percent of all stocks, the DJIA is widely accepted as the leading indicator of market health.

NASDAQ(National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) – It is the second-largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalization, after the New York Stock Exchange.

Reference : http://www.about.com

http://en.wikipedia.org