Top Reads from the Fiscal Times

Why Oil Prices Will Rebound Before We Know It Oil industry analysts have been engaging in a burning debate: Have prices hit bottom or do they have further to fall? Energy company CEOs have been voicing their views on the question as they report their quarterly earnings results. The… Kurds Are Close to Retaking Mosul from ISIS As President Obama and Congress hammer out a war authorization against ISIS, the Iraqi Kurdish forces peshmerga are now surrounding the northern city of Mosul -- 280 miles… Ukraine Tensions Hit Boiling Point as Obama Confronts Putin In a one-on-one conversation Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama personally warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that unless an acceptable peace deal is reached in talks… Obama Vows No ‘Enduring Combat’ for U.S. Against ISIS The White House on Tuesday began circulating its draft proposal for new war powers to combat ISIS terrorists in the years ahead. But the proposal vowed victory without an… The Greece-EU Standoff Is Getting ‘Berserk’ News that new radical Greek government now has a negotiating platform for Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis to take to his counterparts in the eurozone boosted Greek stocks…