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President Barack Obama is hoping Europe will come to rely on American and not Russian natural gas, but some experts are calling into question whether this is possible. Warning that the US's surge in fracking and horizontal drilling is only a bubble, the path towards energy independence, they argue, may not be as easy as some believe. RT's Marina Portnaya takes a deeper look into the fracking economy.

Hard assets are often used to create paper assets. Here is a look at Commodity Finance Deals and how non-existent metals are used to borrow money.

Vladimir Putin faced a barrage of tricky questions in France from the media ahead of his meeting with world leaders at the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings. Here are his best replies on key issues: Ukraine, Crimea, relations with the US, and others. Here is the full interview.

Median CEO pay now tops $10 million, the first time the figure has reached eight digits. With their wages rising 50 percent in the last four years, CEO's made 257 times the average worker's pay in 2013. While wages for top business executives continue rising, middle class job growth and pay still struggle. Most new jobs are on the lowest end of the wage spectrum. RT's Lindsay France takes a deeper look at the figures and the widening income gap.

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is returning home to the US after five years as a prisoner-of-war. The US secured his release from the Taliban by agreeing to transfer five Guantanamo Bay detainees into Qatari custody. Politicians, especially those on the right, are reacting negatively to the decision, saying it sets a dangerous new precedent. Captured in 2009 by the Taliban, Bergdahl was the lone US POW in the war in Afghanistan. RT's Lindsay France has more details on the reactions to the surprise move.

President Barack Obama visited Tuesday with European leaders in Warsaw, Poland. Pledging $1 billion in military aid to eastern European NATO and non-NATO member countries, the White House intends for the funds to increase military cooperation and send a message to Russia. The funds must still be approved by Congress before being distributed. RT's Marina Portnaya goes in-depth with the details of the plan.

The start of the World Cup is just one week away -- the first match is June 12 in Sao Paulo. In most countries around the world, The Cup is a highly anticipated and religiously followed, twice-a-decade event. Here's a look at the World Cup by the numbers with Bloomberg Businessweek's Brendan Greeley.

Bitcoin may have left the spotlight but is the digital currency's life over? Watch as Matt Miller reports on Bitcoin's "second wind" Bloomberg Television's "In The Loop."

This Company is worth more than half of the companies on the S&P 500, but should it be? Uber's valuation has now hit $17 billion.

It's a major battle between the East and West, with Ukraine and other nations stuck in the middle. Here's what's REALLY happening between Russia, China, and the U.S..

Italy just changed the way it calculates its GDP by including the black market; everything from drugs to prostitution. Obviously this doesn't paint a good image for Italy. Watch as Bloomberg's Trish Regan comments on the potential backlash from Italy's decision.

Hong Kong is now home to the most expensive real estate in the world. Hong Kong property power broker Sebastian Skiff, CBRE Asia executive director, gives Bloomberg's Betty Liu a tour of Causeway Bay, the world's most expensive retail area in the world.

In today's "Movers & Shakers," Betty Liu reports that Google founder Sergey Brin has unveiled the company's first driver-less car.

Cyber espionage has become a super-sized stumbling block in the relationship between the U.S. and China. In The Big Question, Bloomberg's Willem Marx examines the value of that relationship and the stakes for American tech firms if China decides to freeze them out.

China vs. U.S.: Is a Trade War Inevitable? Watch as “The Coming Collapse of China” Author Gordon Chang, Heritage Foundation Chief Economist Steve Moore and Eurasia Group Asia Director Nicholas Consonery discuss U.S.-China trade relations.

A an in-depth look at the massive gas deal between Russia and China and how it will affect the world. This deal is much bigger than the world even knows and it could mean that many significant events are about to unfold.

On today’s “The Roundup,” Trish Regan, Alix Steel, Sam Grobart and Eric Chemi wrap up the day’s top market stories on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” In particular, fast-forward to 1:40 of the clip.

eBay asked users to change their passwords after a cyber-attack exposed a database with login information and data such as birthdays and phone numbers. Shape Security Senior Security Researcher Wade Williamson and Social+Capital Managing Partner and Founder Chamath Palihapitiya speak on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg West.”

Bloomberg’s Ryan Chilcote reports on an agreement for Russia to supply gas to China in a deal to provide billions of dollars of natural gas over the next 30 years and what it may mean for relations between the two nations going forward.

Barbara Corcoran Ventures Partners Founder Barbara Corcoran and Zillow Chief Economist Stan Humphries discuss the U.S. housing and the impact of underwater mortgages on the economy.

Rethink Robotics Chairman and CEO Rodney Brooks and New York University Marketing Professor Scott Galloway discuss the future of robots in our lives.

From the railway to the information superhighway, here's a look at the biggest tech IPOs in U.S. history.