Mubarak names new cabinet but focus moves to fears on reliability of Suez Canal crude flows and price volatility View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
Archive for January, 2011
Oil surges as Egypt protests intensify
Mubarak names new cabinet but focus moves to fears on reliability of Suez Canal crude flows and price volatility View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
Oil breaches $100 amid turmoil in Egypt
Benchmark Brent crude breached $100 per barrel for the first time in more than two years as turmoil in Egypt injected supply worries into a gradually tightening oil market View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
Eurozone inflation hits 2.4% in January
Eurozone inflation pushes further above the European Central Bank’s target in January, exacerbating its discomfort in the wake of strong rises in oil and food prices View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
Egypt protesters maintain pressure
Thousands of demonstrators remain camped out in Egypt’s capital as the military steps up its presence and Moody’s downgrades Egypt’s sovereign rating View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
Protests in Egypt enter seventh day
Egyptian protesters were camped out in central Cairo, the seventh day of anti-government demonstrations and vowed to stay until they had toppled President Hosni Mubarak. View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
Time to end the Arab exception
Mubarak regime is at the centre of a network of regional strongmen the west has backed to secure stability in a neuralgic region, oil supplies and the safety of Israel View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
Cairo residents fear for security
Tensions have risen in Cairo amid reports of looting and jail breaks. Civilians have formed groups and set up checkpoints in efforts to protect their homes from criminals View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
Opposition rejects new faces in regime
Thousands of Egyptians descended on Cairo’s Tahrir square, the focal point of protests on Sunday, undeterred by a curfew and even by the helicopters and fighter jets View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage