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If there's any silver lining to a recession -- albeit a thin one -- it's that consumer prices typically go down. Make no mistake, deflation is a sign ...
rawstory.com | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business
In a major U-turn from its claims during the Bush administration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is now set to admit that speculation in oil...
Sam Black | Posted 02.12.2009 | World
The news today out of Russia was that a solution to the gas problem has been reached, though seemingly this is just a superficial fix.
Janet Ritz | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green
The agency charged with "ensuring the integrity of the futures & options market," has accused Optiver Holding of manipulating the prices of crude oil, heating oil and gasoline futures on the NY Mercantile Exchange.
Financial Times | Chris Flood | Posted 05.05.2008 | Business
Steel prices have almost doubled in the past year as steelmakers have passed big increases in the costs of iron ore and coking coal on to consumers. ...
Washington Independent | Mary Kane | Posted 05.01.2008 | Business
A sharp spike in prices for wheat, corn, rice and other staples has sparked riots in Mexico and Egypt, marches by hungry children in Yemen and the spe...
Wall Street Journal | BOB DAVIS, DOUGLAS BELKIN | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business
Finance ministers gathered this weekend to grapple with the global financial crisis also struggled with a problem that has plagued the world periodica...
Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business
It seems fair to say that most experts expect elevated volatility to continue in 2008, arising from three factors: monetary policy, fiscal policy and continued weakness in the financials sector.
Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Conventional wisdom suggests that when the U.S. economy sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold.
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DailyFinance | Dan Burrows | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business