U.S. allocates money for science

U.S. President Barack Obama (Barack Obama) is looking to invest $ 80 millioninto a new program to improve the study of mathematics and science in U.S. schools.

Obama, who is running for president a second time, seeking pocherknut the importance of studying math and science.

Many U.S. business leaders complain that there is a shortage of workers with the knowledge of mathematics and natural sciences. And it makes them lookpersonnel abroad.

The aim is to train 100,000 teachers who could share their experiences in science, technology, engineering and mathematics from 1 million students over the next decade.

In the U.S., will begin trading futures contracts on Ukrainian wheat

Trading will begin June 6 at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, said the operator of U.S. commodity exchanges CME Group. Contracts will be made ​​out in dollars andthe minimum one will be 136 tons.
Delivery will be carried out from the ports of Ukraine - Illichivsk, Odessa, South, Sevastopol and Nikolayev, a Russian - Novorossiysk, Tuapse, Taman, and fromRomania - from Constanta.

Financial News

Stock trading in the United States April 19, 2012, opened a decrease in the leading index after the publication of macroeconomic data, in particular, the U.S. Department of Labor report on the number of initial claims for unemployment benefits last week, which ended April 14, 2012
Despite the fact that this figure has dropped to $ 386 thousand claims, investors, show restraint, as analysts predicted the reduction in the number of claims up to 366 thousand players in the market’s appetite for risk is also constrained by concerns about overcoming the debt crisis in Europe. So, at today’s auction on placement of 10-year Spanish government bonds to yield was 5.74% versus 5.4% for the tender in January 2012 against the backdrop of uncertainty about the ability of investors to Spain to fulfill commitments to reduce the budget deficit.