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Another Chinese Investment in Canada’s Oil Sands (PWE, PTR, ENB, CEO, SNP, TOT, COP, KMP)

Posted: May 15, 2010 at 8:45 am

Penn West Energy Trust (NYSE:PWE) is the latest beneficiary of Chinese interest in the Canadian oil sands. China Investment Corp., a state-owned sovereign wealth fund, has agreed to invest about ...
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China’s Oil Companies Could Help Slow Credit Demands (SNP, COP, CEO, PTR, BP)

Posted: April 28, 2010 at 2:42 pm

Like oil refiners everywhere, China Petroleum and Chemical Co. (NYSE:SNP), better known as Sinopec, had a tough year in 2009. The company's revenues were down nearly 7%, but EPS was ...
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Oil’s Next Big Surge

Posted: April 26, 2010 at 5:55 am

Crude oil prices are back above $85 and seem ready to breach $90. The leg from $69 to $85 which began in February had hit a plateau, but optimism about ...
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Chinese Demand for Oil Keeps Growing

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 1:03 pm

For the seventh consecutive month, Chinese demand for crude oil has increased by double digits over demand just one year ago. Demand in March grew by 12.8% year-over-year. The ...
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Heating Up the Canadian Oil Sands

Posted: April 5, 2010 at 9:15 am

The oil sands deposits in western Canada give the US's closest trading partner the second largest total crude oil reserves in the world, some 175 billion barrels. Only Saudi ...
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Obama To Let Offshore Oil Wells Multiply Like Locusts

Posted: March 31, 2010 at 4:22 am

The Green movement will despise President Obama's decision to open portions of the Gulf and offshore regions from Delaware to the Carolinas to drilling. The oil industry will love it. ...
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Media Digest: 3/22/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 22, 2010 at 2:56 am

Reuters:   The Obama health care bill passed the House and Senate. Reuters:   The Senate will begin a fight on financial reform Reuters:   Arrow agreed to a buyout from Shell (RDS.A) ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (3/17/2010)

Posted: March 17, 2010 at 7:25 am

Updated throughout the day. Richard Fuld, former CEO of Lehman, feels that the 2,200 page report on the collapse of the firm "vindicates" him  (NYPost) Renaissance Technologies may close two ...
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Media Digest 3/17/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 17, 2010 at 2:50 am

Reuters:   China took a hard position on the value of the yuan despite US pressure. Reuters:   Google's (GOOG) ad partners in China expressed concerns about its plans. Reuters:   If banking ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (3/15/2010)

Posted: March 15, 2010 at 7:27 am

Updated throughout the day. AIG (AIG) will hold back $21 million from employee bonuses (CNBC) Google (GOOG) will shut its Google.cn site in China (various) Arrow Energy will reject a $3 ...
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Media Digest 3/15/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 15, 2010 at 2:58 am

Reuters:   The Senate reform bill gives the Fed broader powers. Reuters:   Google (GOOG) says it is still talking to China, but signs point to pull-out. Reuters:   Arrow will reject a ...
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Media Digest 3/8/2010 Reuters, WSJ. NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 8, 2010 at 3:56 am

Reuters:   Met Life (MET) is close to buying AIG's (AIG) foreign insurance unit for $15.5 billion. Reuters:   Subway will try to catch McDonald's (MCD) in China by 2020. Reuters:   Greece's ...
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Asia Markets (10/29/2009) Nikkei Below 10,000; Shanghai Below 3,000

Posted: October 29, 2009 at 3:17 am

Markets in Asia fell sharply. The Nikkei fell 1.8% to 9.891, Mitsubishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU) rose. The Hang Seng fell 2.7% to 21,173. HSBC (NYSE:HBC) and PetroChina (NYSE:PTR) fell. The Shanghai ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (10/20/2009)

Posted: October 20, 2009 at 3:21 am

Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose 1% to 10,337. The Hang Seng was up 1% to 22,531. PetroChina (NYSE:PTR) rose. The Shanghai Composite was up by 1.5% to ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open (10/19/2009)

Posted: October 19, 2009 at 3:28 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei was down .2% to 10,237. Mitsubishi UFJ (NYSE:MTU) rose. The Hang Seng was up 1.1% to 22,179. CNOOC (NYSE:CEO) and PetroChina (NYSE:PTR) rose. ...
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