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Posts Tagged ‘ Western Oil ’

Russian Oil, Under Serious Constraints

Jun 5th, 2008 | By Byron King | Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy

I spoke on this subject in the middle of April, but there is more news coming. “News of falling oil output has hit Moscow political circles like a bomb.”



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.