Commodity Markets

Advantages of diesel vehicles

ALTHOUGH the National Automotive Policy has been revamped to include several new measures to protect the Malaysian auto industry, it is missing the most critical step that can produce the greatest benefit for the people and the...

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Qatar's GDP falls sharply in Q2

A report issued by the Qatar Statistical Authority showed that the country's economy shrank 29.7 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of this year mainly on falling hydrocarbon prices, QNA reported. Qatar's nominal gross...

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Big Oil's lean look fuels Houston-area jobs fear

Big Oil's lean look fuels area jobs fear If cuts remain permanent, glory days may be over By BRETT CLANTON HOUSTON CHRONICLE SLIMMING DOWN Since early 2008, major oil and gas companies have announced thousands of layoffs in...

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Dow industrials snap losing streak to close week above 10,000

Stocks snapped a two-week losing streak Friday as a surge in General Electric nudged the Dow Jones industrial average back above 10,000, marking its first weekly close above that level since the early days of the credit crisis.

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End Of Cheap Oil, End Of Road For Ruinous Lifestyle

In 2004, writer David Owen wrote a piece for The New Yorker magazine that knocked conventional environmental thinking on its ear. His thesis was that if you look at what's important — the amount of fossil fuels burned per...

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10 ways to take control of your health

Easy ways to get started on a healthy lifestyle. Doing this simple act, while avoiding certain behaviors — smoking, excessive drinking and eating too much — can dramatically improve your health, said internist William Meller,...

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Texas oilman drills anew in Turkey

Small is beautiful in Turkey's oil patch By LOREN STEFFY Houston Chronicle ISTANBUL, TURKEY — Malone Mitchell is bringing a little West Texas twang to the oil fields of Turkey. TransAtlantic Petroleum, which he controls, last...

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Gold Market Update

Last week gold's major new uptrend became established when following a successful test of support at the breakout point it advanced to new highs, indifferent to temporary dollar strength. The new uptrend is expected to be at...

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Marooned On A Sea Of Iraqi Oil, But Unable To Tap Its Wealth

The orange glow of the giant natural gas flares in the oil fields around Basra represents this bustling cityâ__s wealth of natural resources. But for the impoverished people who live near them, the flames only serve as a...

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Brasher: Algae as a fuel could skew corn’s role

PHILIP BRASHER • pbrasher@dmreg.com • November 8, 2009 Washington, D.C. — The corncob could be losing its special place in the nation's energy future. But now there is an effort in Congress to expand that mandate to include...

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