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  • Oil prices decline slightly on weak China data

    Oil prices dropped slightly on Thursday on disappointing manufacturing data from China. China's manufacturing activity in May contracted for the first time since last October, a preliminary survey from the HSBC showed. China is the second largest oil consumption nation in the world. The HSBC Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for May slipped to 49.6, under the ...

  • Oil prices set for biggest weekly loss in five

    Thu May 23, 2013 11:45pm EDT * Shrinking factory activity in China limits oil demand growth * Rosy U.S. economic data raise worries Fed may end stimulus soon * Gasoline demand over U.S. summer driving season may disappoint * Coming up: Germany detailed Q1 GDP; 0600 GMT By Florence Tan SINGAPORE, May 24 (Reuters) - Crude futures are set to post their biggest weekly loss in five weeks, with Brent ...

  • Venezuela prosecutor to open probe over leaked recording

    CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's prosecutor's office said on Thursday it would open an investigation into in a recording the opposition says features a top government ally accusing the deputy head of the ruling Socialist Party of corruption and conspiring against the new ...

  • Venezuela Russia in joint oil venture

    BARCELONA, Venezuela (AFP) - Venezuela and Russia formed a joint venture to produce 120,000 barrels of oil a day by 2016 in two fields in the Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt.Russia will loan Venezuela $1.5 billion to finance the development of the fields under the terms of the agreement, and put up $1.1 billion for a 40 percent share in Petrovictoria.The agreement establishing Petrovictoria was signed by ...

  • Oil Prices Slip on China Data Fed Concerns

    U.S. crude futures dropped to around $94 a barrel on Friday after disappointing China data and on lingering concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve would curb its stimulus program. ...

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  • WikiLeaks Evidence that the U.S. planned to overthrow President Chavez

    The documents were released by WikiLeaks on their Twitter accountAround 73 emails available on Wikileaks Global Intelligence Files online, show how Stratfor and Canvas set the routes that the right-wing would follow in order to topple Hugo ...

  • CEVA Logistics Names Barnett as Automotive VP for the Americas

    has appointed Jim Barnett as vice president of its automotive division for the Americas, effective immediately.Barnett will be based in Detroit and brings nearly 20 years of supply chain management and automotive manufacturing experience to this role. He joined the supply chain company in 2009 and for the last four years served as chief operating officer of CEVA's joint venture with Anji ...

  • UPDATE 8-Oil prices slip on China Fed concerns

    * Chinese factory activity shrinks, raising demand doubts * U.S. single-family home sales rise 2.3 pct * Euro zone business downturn eases in May-PMI * U.S. gasoline stocks abundant ahead of driving season (Updates prices, adds para on U.S. equities) By Anna Louie Sussman NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - Oil prices pared losses after falling to a three-week low on Thursday in a broader ...

  • Video PM arrives in Colombia to talk trade with Pacific Alliance

    The prime minister is in Colombia to observe the Pacific Alliance discussions -- grouping Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile. International Trade Minister Ed Fast called the countries Canada's most trusted partners in the ...

  • Venezuelas PdVSA to Receive $1.5 Billion Loan From Rosneft for Oil Joint Venture

    State-energy monopoly Petroleos de Venezuela, or PdVSA, and Russian oil company Rosneft (ROSN.RS) signed deals Thursday to boost production at a new joint venture in the South American country's vast Orinoco heavy oil belt.Russia will extend to Venezuela a $1.5 billion loan as well as a separate $1.1 billion bond for its participation in Petrovictoria, which will oversee exploration and ...

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