US prepares to sell from emergency reserves to dampen oil prices October 18, 2022 The White House is preparing to offload oil from its strategic reserves in a late bid to dampen fuel prices and ease the cost of living.
Recession fears outweigh OPEC+ cuts amid oil price slump October 16, 2022 Oil markets will open tomorrow with prices weighed down by global recession fears and weakening oil demand.
Bitcoin keeping calm and getting on with it while everything else flusters and fails October 14, 2022 Jason Deane peruses his notes from the week and is left scratching his head about the state of the world - but not the potential of Bitcoin.
IEA warns OPEC+ cuts risk pushing global markets into recession October 13, 2022 OPEC+'s decision to cut oil production risks driving up prices and pushing global markets into recession, warned the IEA.
Debt campaigners sound alarm over Deliveroo’s Klarna tie-up October 12, 2022 Debt campaigners have sounded the alarm over a “worrying” partnership between Deliveroo and buy-now pay later firm Klarna today which they claim could land cash-strapped Brits in mounting piles of debt.
Exclusive: Quarter of all Londoners now dip into savings to survive while one in three have zero extra pounds left October 12, 2022 More than a quarter of people in London are being forced to dip into their savings to make ends meet every month, according to fresh data shared with City A.M. today. However, the research also reveals that almost a third of people across London, around don’t have any savings to fall back on – prompting [...]
Biden reconsidering US relationship with Saudi Arabia after oil cuts October 11, 2022 US President Joe Biden is rethinking the country’s relationship with Saudi Arabia after OPEC+ unveiled heavy cuts to oil production.
Our politicians must wake up to the public debt effect October 5, 2022 In a novel by C.P. Snow, a physicist turned author who served as science minister under Harold Wilson in the 1960s, the master of a Cambridge college says that “gratitude isn’t an emotion, but the expectation of gratitude is a very lively one.” The prime minister and her Chancellor may well be having exactly the [...]
Aramco boss warns oil markets are still tight despite price slump October 4, 2022 Investors should be focusing on the lack of global spare capacity to boost oil output rather than plummeting demand, argued Aramco.
Qatar urged to investigate allegations of torture before death of UK tourism exec September 29, 2022 Qatari authorities have been urged to investigate alleged torture of a UK tourism executive before his death three years ago. Mark Bennett was found dead in December 2019 after being arrested 10 weeks earlier at the office of Qatar Airways, his employer. The Times lifted the lid on alleged horrific treatment the tourism executive [...]