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SINGAPORE - Oil fell toward $53 on Thursday, as investors fretted over falling oil demand after another set of bearish U.S. stocks and oil demand data, erasing some of the 7 percent gains on an equities rally a day earlier. The Dow Jones industrial average has risen 15.6 percent ...
CARACAS - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez pressed his Russian counterpart on Wednesday to cooperate with OPEC to help save "battered" oil prices, but won no public concessions from the leader of the energy giant. "We have discussed the theme of energy, oil and the need to ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A jury began deliberating on Tuesday on whether Chevron Corp is liable for a death and injuries among Nigerians in a clash that ended their three-day occupation of an offshore oil platform a decade ago. The trial, closely watched because it raises so many tough ...
Lummus Technology, a CB&I company, and Shaanxi Xin Xing Coal Chemical Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd. (SYN) have signed a cooperative marketing agreement to globally license DMTO methanol-to-olefins technology. This breakthrough technology enables new licensees to ...
SABIC Innovative Plastics have unveiled the new Lexan* ULG1003 112OQ sheet, a new, solid polycarbonate (PC) sheet that offers superior optical quality (OQ) for a range of automotive and transportation applications. The new sheet builds upon an established portfolio of Lexan ULG ...
LAGOS -- The Nigerian federal government on Monday said its non-oil exports recorded unprecedented growth of 60 percent in the last quarter of 2008, mostly in agricultural products. Aliyu Lawal, acting executive director of Nigerian Export Promotion Council, disclosed this in ...
LONDON - Oil and gas companies are racing to develop a new type of vessel they hope will revolutionize offshore gas production but even if the untested technology works, its deployment could be blocked by resource holders who fear it will undermine development goals. The industry ...
CARACAS - Latin American energy producers are unlikely to ease taxes on foreign oil companies in the near term, despite tumbling crude prices, in an attempt to keep government coffers full. Leaders such as Venezuela's Hugo Chavez -- at the fore of a charge for resource nationalis...
SHENZHEN, China - China's offshore oil explorer CNOOC will step up deepwater exploration in the South China Sea from 2009 and plans to invest 200 billion yuan ($29 billion) until the end of the next decade despite a worsening global financial crisis, a senior executive said. The ...
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell 5 percent to $59 a barrel on Tuesday as the deepening global economic crisis dragged down markets and raised expectations of further slowdowns in energy demand. U.S. crude settled down $3.08 at $59.33 a barrel, the lowest settlement since March 2007, ...
MOSCOW - A Russian oil billionaire urged Moscow to join OPEC's output cuts just as the country's big oil companies reduced their November export plan by 10 percent, blaming the government for keeping export duty extra high. Leonid Fedun, vice-president and shareholder in Russia's ...
The growing financial crisis and plunging energy prices have forced oil companies to scale back spending and delay projects, with expensive ventures in the Canadian oil sands hardest hit. Below is a list of projects that have been delayed or scaled back in recent months, as well ...
NEW YORK - Oil companies PetroChina Co, Suncor Energy and Hess Corp recorded higher quarterly earnings on Wednesday, but Hess joined the growing list of producers to cut its planned spending in the wake of the selloff in oil prices. Shares in nearly all the oil and gas producers ...
TOKYO - The yen fell broadly on Thursday as a rise in Tokyo share prices and growing expectations the Bank of Japan could cut interest rates this week prompted investors to take profits on the Japanese currency's surge this month. The euro rose against the dollar, rebounding ...
BASF has signed an agreement with Recticel to acquire the company s worldwide compounds business for polyurethane (PU) systems for glass encapsulation. The transaction, which is subject to approval by the relevant antitrust authorities, involves the polyurethane specialties ...
MOSCOW - Russia signed a pipeline deal with China on Tuesday to create a new overland supply route for Siberian oil as the two countries negotiate a package of export-backed Chinese loans expected to exceed $20 billion. Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft (TRNF_p.MM: Quote, ...
Finmeccanica, the Italian aerospace, defence and security company has announced joint partnership with Mubadala Development Company, an Abu Dhabi-based investment company to manufacture aerospace composite components for civil aircrafts at the recently announced Abu Dhabi-based ...
NEW YORK - Oil prices dipped below $63 a barrel on Tuesday as concerns about faltering demand offset OPEC comments suggesting the producer group could throttle back output again to support prices. U.S. crude settled down 49 cents at $62.73 a barrel, before rising to $64.10 in ...
LONDON - OPEC ministers will take further steps to prop up the oil market and could call another meeting before the group's next scheduled talks in December, officials said on Tuesday. In response to a nearly 60 percent fall in oil prices from a record of $147.27 hit in July, the ...
ALGIERS - OPEC members have no choice but to implement agreed output cuts and inform customers of the reductions if they want a stable oil price between $70-$90 a barrel, OPEC President Chakib Khelil said on Sunday. Khelil, who is also Algeria's energy and mines minister, told ...
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
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...