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Oil steadies below $44 at lowest in almost 4 yrs

By Maryelle Demongeot SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. light crude for January delivery fell 4 cents to $43.63 a barrel, having lost more than 6 percent on Thursday to settle at $43.67, the lowest since January5, 2005. The number of...

Baghdad and Kurds near oil pact

By Anna Fifield in Beirut, Javier Blas in London and Delphine Strauss in Ankara Iraq’s central government and regional authorities in Kurdistan are moving closer to signing a long-awaited oil deal that could pave the way for...

Bernanke On Housing: 'More Needs To Be Done'

Retail, Jobless Numbers Announced POSTED: 5:15 am EST December 4, 2008 UPDATED: 2:53 pm EST December 4, 2008 Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called on the government to ramp up efforts to stem home foreclosures that are...

Signing of nuclear deal to dominate Medvedev visit

The signing of a civil nuclear accord was set to dominate Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's maiden visit to India starting later Thursday. But in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks, the spotlight had turned on...

Qatar: Low oil prices will affect supply

Qatar's Energy Minister Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiyah stated that the world will face a crude supply shock if oil prices remain below $70 per barrel, Gulf News reported His comments at a petrochemicals industry conference in...

Ecuador's President to Visit Iran

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa is making his first official visit to Iran this week in a bid to expand trade. Officials say President Correa will arrive in Tehran Friday to discuss new markets for some of his country's...

Regional Cooperation Needed on Caribbean Natural Disasters

By Eric Green Caribbean countries especially hard-hit in recent years by hurricanes, tropical storms and severe flooding emphasize the need for a unified regional approach to deal with natural disasters and want to wean the...

AESC develops files of Kuwait Summit - Al-Shimali

CAIRO, Dec 4 (KUNA) -- The Arab Economic and Social Council (AESC) has worked out the files of the Arab Economic Social and Development Summit, to be held in Kuwait, on January 19 and 20, 2009. The ministerial council has...

Oil slips below $44, lowest in almost 4 yrs

Singapore: Oil was steady below $44 on Friday, at its lowest in almost four years, with eyes turning to the psychologically important $40 level as a widening economic slowdown gnaws into oil demand. Prices have lost nearly 20...

Oil price may fall below $25 if China goes into recession

By OIL Friday December 05 2008 Crude oil fell to the lowest in almost four years yesterday, and Merrilll Lynch forecast that it could drop below $25 next year if the recession spreads to China. Crude oil for January delivery...

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