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Posts Tagged ‘ Opec Members ’

Who Is to Blame for the Soaring Oil Price?

May 7th, 2008 | By Dominic Frisby | Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy

With the oil price at near-record highs and Shell and BP declaring record profits last week, there are various truckloads of drivel about the oil majors being ruthless profiteers doing the rounds at the moment. But who’s really raking in the money?



Striking Echoes of the ‘70s

Apr 26th, 2008 | By Rob Mackrill | Category: International Investing

Remember the 1970s? “It was the decade of strikes, electricity shortages and piles of rotting rubbish on the street,” recalls a BBC report. Your editor is old enough to remember homework by candlelight, the three-day week and grim-faced militant union leaders such as Arthur Scargill barking pay demands every night on the TV news.