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Louisiana Light • 3 days | 72.39 | +1.98 | +2.81% | ||
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Bonny Light • 2 days | 75.19 | +1.17 | +1.58% | ||
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Opec Basket • 3 days | 72.79 | -0.28 | -0.38% | ||
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Mars US • 2 days | 71.39 | +1.89 | +2.72% | ||
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Gasoline • 2 days | 2.501 | +0.065 | +2.65% |
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Bonny Light • 2 days | 75.19 | +1.17 | +1.58% | ||
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Girassol • 2 days | 77.03 | +1.40 | +1.85% | ||
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Opec Basket • 3 days | 72.79 | -0.28 | -0.38% |
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Peace Sour • 2 days | 64.35 | +2.01 | +3.22% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 2 days | 65.65 | +2.01 | +3.16% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 2 days | 74.60 | +2.01 | +2.77% | ||
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Central Alberta • 2 days | 63.95 | +2.01 | +3.25% |
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Eagle Ford • 3 days | 66.58 | +2.01 | +3.11% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 3 days | 66.50 | +2.50 | +3.91% | ||
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Kansas Common • 4 days | 58.25 | -1.50 | -2.51% | ||
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Buena Vista • 12 days | 76.15 | -1.09 | -1.41% |
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Oil Prices Spiral Downwards as Economic Gloom Intensifies
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Return of the Great Bond Conspiracy
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The About Face in Iran-Brazil Relations
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Why Can’t We Be More Like Chile?
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Interpreting Sharia Law in Afghanistan
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Is Palladium the New Gold?
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Media and Politics Impact on The Oil Spill Disaster that Isn’t
The BP well blowout, fire, explosion and platform collapse, and the ensuing crude oil leak are without doubt the result of human failings. Underestimating the quality of the reservoir is…
My Briefing from the Joint Chiefs of Staff
I have always considered the US military to have one of the world’s greatest research organizations. The frustrating thing is that their “clients” only consist of the President and a…
Is War With Iran Imminent?
Iran, it is believed, is on the fast track to develop nuclear weapons which Israel sees as a direct threat to not only its security, but to its very existence.…
BHP Billiton Develops an Appetite for Potash
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Israelis Conducting Covert Maritime Operations in Persian Gulf
Chinese and Japanese intelligence agencies, which closely monitor events in the Persian Gulf due to the dependence of both countries on oil from the region, report that Israeli Navy commandos…
India’s Growing Nuclear Capabilities
The Indian announcement last week of the development of a new Agni-II intermediate-range nuclear missile illustrates a growing flexibility in New Delhi’s nuclear force posture. India is entering a new…
It’s Official: China is Number Two
With China’s (FXI) economy rocketing at 8%-13% quarterly growth rates, and Japan (EWJ) plodding away with meager 1%-2% rates, it was only a matter of time before the Middle Kingdom…
The Recovery Was An Illusion – And That’s A Good Thing!
In July, I wrote an article titled ‘Is The Recovery An Illusion?’ With the additional evidence that has come in since there really is no doubt about it. Economic recovery…
Why We Need Six New Saudi Arabias
I recently spent an evening with Ambassador Richard Jones, the Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency in Paris, who had some eye opening things to say about the…
Despite Tension Israel and Turkey Continue their Economic relations
Israeli business executives here in Istanbul like to point out that most of the angry Turks who protested Israel’s deadly raid on a Turkish-led flotilla to Gaza this past…
Pick Up Shipping Stocks for the Dividend
The markets are currently stampeding for yield of any description, damn the risk. That’s why shipping stocks have suddenly come into focus, which offer some of the highest dividend yields…
