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Commodities Roundup: Soybeans - Optionetics

Funds may have pushed prices around a bit this summer. But as economic reality came crashing home over the past four months, commodities are once again ...

published ~7 hours ago from: commodities

American Oil Shale: 800 billion barrels of destruction? - Scienceline

This amount far outstrips the Saudi Arabian crude oil reserves. There are, of course, obstacles. Oil shale is not so easy to collect as conventional crude ...

published ~7 hours ago from: market news

Toyota mulls more US production cuts - Bizjournals.com

With its latest monthly US sales down by more than a third, Toyota Motor Corp. is weighing further production cuts at its North American auto plants.

published ~7 hours ago from: commodities

Gold investment could rise as political conflicts boost oil - BullionVault (press release)

For the very best Gold Prices - live online - plus secure storage of your physical property in Zurich, Switzerland for one-third the cost of an ...

published ~7 hours ago from: commodities

Gold prices 'to hit $1200 per oz' in 2009 - Tuesday 6 th January 2009 - BullionVault (press release)

A veteran investment strategist yesterday (January 5th) predicted that gold prices will rise to $1200 per ounce in 2009. Byron Wien, 75, of Pequot Capital ...

published ~8 hours ago from: insiders corner

Court upholds Skilling conviction, orders resentencing - Houston Chronicle

Skilling was convicted in May 2006 on 19 counts of fraud, conspiracy, insider trading and lying to auditors for his role in the collapse of Houston-based ...

published ~8 hours ago from: commodities

Russian Natural Gas Supply to Europe Dwindles - Washington Post

1, saying that the country owed more than $600 million in late fees on overdue bills and that it had rejected a new contract raising prices for 2009 closer ...

published ~8 hours ago from: market news

RPT-UPDATE 1-New US Congress convenes focused on economy - Reuters

Despite such challenges as the economy, two wars and an estimated 46 million Americans without health insurance, the opening day of Congress was something ...

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Logitech to cut 500 jobs - International Herald Tribune

SINGAPORE: Logitech International, the world's biggest maker of computer mice, said Tuesday that it would cut 15 percent of its nonmanufacturing jobs and withdrew its fiscal 2009 profit targets because

published ~8 hours ago from: market news

S&P projects credit losses will rise into 2010 - BusinessWeek

Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's said Tuesday it expects nonperforming loans to continue to rise through 2009 and into 2010, forcing banks to add to reserves to cover losses.