By GUY CHAZAN And CAROLYN CUI Big oil companies and Wall Streetbanks have stopped trading crude with Libya in response to sanctions against the country, threatening a near-shutdown of exports from the North African country and driving oil prices even higher. Sweet Tooth View Interactive Libya produces a highly desirable type of oil called light, sweet crude. See what grade of oil is produced in different countries around the world. Morgan Stanley, which buys Libyan oil for its clients, has...
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Monday lifted a two-year freeze on new militarytrials at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and suggested Congress was hurting national security by blocking his attempts to move some trials into US civilian courts. In an apparent acknowledgment that the Guantanamo...
Tweet - Tunisia's prime minister named a new government on Monday and a much-hated police unit was disbanded as the interim leadership of this North African nation seeks to stabilise a country still finding its way after a popular revolt. Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi kept the heads of the key...
There’s no evidence that India’s growing prosperity has led to less malnutrition among Indianchildren, according to a new study by scientists from Harvard and the University of Michigan. One plausible explanation, the authors wrote, is that India’s rapid economic growth “may...
LONDONThe British government threw its full backing behind Prince Andrew on Monday amid calls for him to quit as an unpaid tradeambassador over his ties with a convicted US sex offender. Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman said "we fully support" Queen Elizabeth II's second son, despite...
As Moammar Kadafi's forces strike at his foes in the east, former Prime Minister Jadallah Azzuz Talhi proposes talks during an appearance on state-controlled television. Rebels reject the appeal, and a European Union delegation arrives to try to defuse the Libyan crisis. Share By Borzou Daragahi,...
A mass evacuation eastward is triggered. Rebel fighters describe it as an upcoming attempt to retake the Libyan desert outpost of Bin Jawwad. Share Related Stories See more stories » X Links By David Zucchino, Los AngelesTimes...
LONDON: Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has received a smaller-than-expected bonus of £6.5 million (7.6 million euros, $10.6 million) for 2010, the Britishbank...
BAE Systems is preparing itself for future curbs on its business by the US government, as the State Department's yearlong review of the company's guilty plea to a conspiracy charge edged closer to a...
