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Oil on slippery slope?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... the price of oil soaring. This time prices declined even as these two factors came together at the same time. Crude oil prices fell to US$102.78 a barrel - the lowest level in five months - in overnight trade. The price of crude has steadily fallen since ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc touched off renewed jitters about the overall financial sector, while another drop in oil prices weighed on the energy sector. The latest unease punctured a sense of optimism about the financial sector which followed the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... Japanese share prices closed up 0.64 per cent on Wednesday, bouncing off a five-month low as investors cheered a drop in oil prices and a weaker yen, which is good for exporters. The market made up some lost ground after a fall the previous day triggered ...

ETS or carbon tax, still same problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... anyway. These arguments also highlight why Regardless of which way the government turns, "there is too much focus on oil prices. The real problem is we need more and more energy for the way we live and we have to invest in projects to enable this energy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... Street succumbed to its ongoing angst Tuesday, giving up a sharp advance and turning moderately lower after falling oil prices failed to calm nervousness about the economy and the financial sector. The Dow Jones industrial average initially surged by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
... report on orders for big-ticket manufactured goods helped offset worries about the economic outlook and a big jump in oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 89.64 points, or 0.79 per cent, to 11,502.51. The technology-heavy Nasdaq added ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... cent, to 5,082.3. NEW YORK - Wall Street ended mixed on Tuesday as concerns about the path of Hurricane Gustav sent oil prices higher and offset a better-than-expected reading on consumer confidence. Comments from the Federal Reserve about rising inflation ...

Bad news galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... forecast from 3.9 percent to 3.7 percent. Meanwhile, commodity prices fell overnight led by the oil and gold. Crude oil prices declined to US$113.77 a barrel while gold traded US$7.30 lower to US$825.20 per ounce.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... Australian stock market is expected to open higher after US stocks rose on Friday as financial stocks gained and a plunge in oil prices soothed worries about inflation and consumer spending. At 0750 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September ...

Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
... However, lower petrol prices and the slight weakening in the euro should cushion the decline. Meanwhile, the fall in crude oil prices in August is expected to bring Eurozone CPI down slightly to 4 percent from 4.1 percent in the year to July.