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NEW YORK - UBS cut its forecast for 2009 U.S. oil prices by $15 to $105 a barrel due to weaker fundamentals and financial outflows, UBS economist Jan Stuart said in a note released on Monday. "A sharp turn in fundamentals this summer, combined with several waves of financial ...
SINGAPORE - Oil rebounded more than $2 a barrel on Tuesday, recouping some of the previous session's $6 loss, after Australia's interest rate cut sparked guarded optimism global central banks may act to stem the credit crisis and its fallout on oil demand. Australia's central ...
BAGHDAD - OPEC members are worried by the drop in the price of oil to around $90 a barrel, Iraq's oil minister told Reuters in an interview on Monday. Hussain al-Shahristani said that the drop in oil prices to an eight-month low was due to the global economic crisis and not a ...
KUWAIT - Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC), the Gulf Arab state's top state oil company, plans investments and projects worth 20 billion dinars ($74.85 billion) in the next five years, an official said in remarks published on Sunday. The investment figure is higher than an earlier ...
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said on Sunday it had released around 19 Nigerian oil workers kidnapped last month but was still holding two Britons and a Ukrainian. More than 200 foreigners have been kidnapped since early 2006. Below is a chronology ...
ATHENS- High fuel prices and a world credit crisis will affect Greek carrier Aegean Airlines's full-year results, its vice-president told a newspaper on Sunday. "The rise in oil prices will affect our profitability for the full year but will not affect our cash flows, so that we ...
Falling for the fourth consecutive day, oil prices have dropped to US$91 a barrel, on concerns that efforts to restrain the spreading financial crisis will not be successful in avoiding a further decline in oil demand. US light crude for November delivery dipped to US$91.91 a ...
Informex announced that Scientific Update, LLP, a provider of educational meetings to the organic chemical processing industry, will host the Networking Roundtables at InformexUSA inSan Francisco, California. Discussions will focus on the challenges of manufacturing organic ...
The apricots on display in the supermarket look fresh when they have just arrived, but some will have developed bruises by the next day. Hyperspectral imaging allows these fruit to be identified in advance, but is expensive. Now there is a cheaper version of the technique. ...
SINGAPORE--Asian ethylene spot prices could break the psychological $1,000/tonne (cost and freight) CFR northeast (NE) Asia level not seen since June 2007 on the back of worsening demand conditions, traders and buyers said on Monday. The prospects of a market rebound after the ...
PARIS - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez took a fresh swipe at his arch foe the United States on Friday, saying Washington was unable to handle the financial crisis and wanted to use a worthless dollar to own the world. The leader of South America's biggest oil exporting country ...
NEW YORK - A U.S. investigation into this week's record one-day spike in crude oil futures is unlikely to intimidate energy traders or weigh on prices in the long term. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission launched a probe into a $25 surge in front-month U.S. crude ...
LONDON - Oil eased on Tuesday, after a record one-day rise in the previous session, depressed by doubts over a U.S. plan to rescue the financial sector. U.S. crude for November was 85 cents down at $108.52 a barrel by 1354 GMT (9:54 a.m. EDT), after rising nearly $7 on Monday. ...
TEHRAN -- Iranian Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari on Tuesday voiced the country's support for an oil production cut of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) by at least 2 million barrels a day (bpd). Given 8 to 10 percent decrease in demand and the oil ...
Wacker Chemie AG plans to construct a new polysilicon production plant at its N nchritz site (Saxony, Germany) with a nominal annual capacity of 10,000 metric tons. The Munich-based chemical company announced this decision. The first batch of polysilicon from this "capacity ...
HOUSTON--The US economy fell into a recession during the third quarter, and the nation's chemical companies will likely report weaker earnings as a result, analysts said on Monday. "We believe hefty earnings cuts are required, consistent with synchronous global recessions," ...
The Saudi petrochemical sector will witness a massive increase in capacity in H2 2008, securing the country's position as a global petrochemicals supplier, according to BMI's latest Saudi Arabia Petrochemicals Report. Jubail and Yanbu will be the focus of petrochemicals ...
CALGARY, Alberta - The financial crisis and falling oil prices are likely to overshadow higher earnings for Canada's big oil companies, which are set to begin reporting their third-quarter results on Tuesday. The third quarter again featured stellar commodity prices, with oil and ...
NEW YORK -- Crude oil went up on Monday as investors predicted that the OPEC will almost certainly decide to cut crude output at an emergent meeting later this week. Light, sweet crude for November delivery rose 2.40 U.S. dollars to settle at 74.25 dollars a barrel on the New ...
VIENNA -- After dropping for four straight weeks, the OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) weekly average prices hit a historic low of 68.24 U.S. dollars per barrel (dpb) last week, the Vienna-based cartel said Monday. OPEC weekly average oil prices have seen ...
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Policies of China's new leadership in the ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the world's second-largest drug producer by ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
The Number One Document also proposed a new pricing plan for China's ...
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
SHANGHAI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China, the world's top manufacturer and ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Employees demonstrate Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' Xperia Play ...
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
A formation of nine Royal Air Force Red Arrows Hawk aircraft fly ...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Two models stand beside golf equipment and bags at a recent golf ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...