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 Copra shortage to keep coconut oil prices high
A lower copra output this year due to unseasonal rains in Tamil Nadu and Kerala has hit coconut oil production. Market sources say copra production is estimated to be down by 15-20%. The total milling... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Times Of India
Coconut Copra Photos Prices Wikipedia: Copra |
 Iraq cuts oil product supplies to Kurdish region
| BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Oil Ministry has cut supplies of some fuel products to the northern Kurdish region by 50 percent in response to the Kurds selling what they say is excess kerosene, fuel wa... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) The Star
Economy Industry Iraq Photos Wikipedia: Iraq oil law (2007) |
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 Oil slips to near $74 as US jobless rate rises
SINGAPORE - | Oil prices slipped to near $74 a barrel Monday in Asia as a stubbornly high U.S. unemployment rate undermined confidence in stronger demand for fuel. | Benc... (photo: WN / sweet) Seattle Times
Asia Energy Photos Prices Wikipedia: Price of petroleum |
 BP oil well no longer 'threat' to Gulf
| THE Macondo well, which spilled an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has been secured and no longer constitutes "a threat", a seni... (photo: AP / Patrick Semansky) The Daily Telegraph Australia
Disaster Oil Spill Photos US Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill |
 Freedom's Just Another Word
| AMONG the few scraps of news to emerge from Barack Obama’s vacation was the anecdote of a Martha’s Vineyard bookseller handing him an advance copy of Jonath... (photo: Creative Commons / Magnus Manske) The New York Times
Book Freedom Photos Vineyard Wikipedia: Freedom |
 City's Efforts Fail to Dent Child Obesity
| New York City schoolchildren are as heavy, or perhaps even heavier, than the national average, despite the Bloomberg administration’s dogged efforts to improve th... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The New York Times
Children Health Obesity Photos Wikipedia: Childhood obesity |
 Petrobras to sell $64.5b of new shares in record offer
| Rio De Janeiro: Brazilian state oil company Petrobras last week filed to sell up to $64.5 billion of new stock — the largest in capital markets history — se... (photo: Ricardo Stuckert/PR.) Gulf News
Economy Markets Photos Stock Wikipedia: Petrobras |
 BP spends $8b to battle Gulf of Mexico oil spill
| Washington: British oil giant BP has spent $8 billion to battle the Gulf of Mexico disaster, the company has revealed as its crews retrieved key evidence from the seabe... (photo: AP / Akira Suemori) Gulf News
British Energy Environment Photos Wikipedia: BP |
 Earl reaches Canada with hurricane-speed punch
| HALIFAX, Canada (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl lashed into the Canadian Maritime provinces on Saturday, picking up wind speed in warm Atlantic waters after a surprisingly t... (photo: AP / Steven Senne) The Star
Canada Hurricane Photos Weather Wikipedia: Hurricane Earl (2010) |
 Iraq's oil future may be vulnerable after US exit
| After an explosive device tore through the back of an armoured SUV carrying Chinese oil workers in Iraq in mid-July, security contractors said the US military, not Chin... (photo: Public Domain / BotMultichillT) DNA India
Chinese Device Future Photos Wikipedia: Iraq |
