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The FTSE 100 fell and the banks collapsed. But as Patrick Collinson reports, the only shares that didn't go up in smoke were tobacco companies In a decade dominated by the rise of China, the expansion of the internet and the...
Robin Pagnamenta, Energy Editor The chief of the Opec oil cartel said that oil-producing countries should be compensated for lost revenues if UN climate talks in Copenhagen next month reach a deal that cuts the use of oil. In...
We Brits have a unique ability to embrace pessimism. We are rarely happier than when discussing the sheer awfulness of the country’s prospects. Indeed, if anything remotely good ever happens, we usually take it as a signal that...
Adrian Lowery, This is Money index was 44.97 points, or 1% lower, on the week at 5251.41. Bolland's departure from Wm Morrison left the supermarket group 5% down over the week at 275.6p. Rival Sainsbury dropped 4% to 329.4p on...
European equities markets were lower to end the week Friday as the real estate and travel sectors took hits in London and the oil sector fell along with crude oil prices. The FTSE 100 was 0.31 percent lower to 5,251.41 in...
Why the tar sands are important for anti-military campaigning The extraction of dirty oil from the Canadian tar sands is having an immense regional and global environmental impact and driving the planet towards catastrophic...
CME Group Inc., the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of trading and clearing services for a new physically delivered Gulf Coast sour crude oil futures contract. Trading will...
When I was a young high school punk, I had the good fortune of attending Jim Peckham's wrestling camp. Coach Peckham was the 1976 USA Olympic wrestling coach. He had cauliflower ears and a face that looked like he chased parked...
Richard Cooper recently secured a $2.5m contract from a Chinese oil company to look for new discoveries in West Africa. While the new cash will undoubtedly be welcome, Cooper is equally keen to use th...
By Stephen Bernard And Tim Paradis, AP Business Writers NEW YORK — Investors can't shake their fears that the economy isn't keeping up with the stock market. The week's trading saw investors, who have been pumping money into...
