Oil
Barrels of Gloom
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
FROM New York, the tension is spreading throughout the world. Last Thursday, the price of crude oil in the world crude oil trade center broke through US$80 per barrel, the highest in the past 26 years. It was nowhere near the record at the beginning of 1980—the equivalent of today’s US$102. However, many are concerned that it is the beginning of a continuous price increase trend.
The rise was indeed a shock. Two days earlier, in Vienna, Aust
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