Articles about price’

Nov 13, 2008

Oil falls to 22-month low at $55

Posted by ari in Business No comments

PERTH, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Oil slid for a third straight day to hit a 22-month low of $55 a barrel on Thursday, after a 5 percent overnight loss, as mounting pessimism about the global economy outweighed OPEC’s comments that it could cut output again as early as end-November.
OPEC officials, concerned about oil’s steep drop [...]


Nov 2, 2008

Rakyat Diperdaya Bayar Harga Lebih Mahal

Posted by ari in Uncategorized No comments

TAHUKAH anda memberi subsidi kepada kerajaan antara 60 sehingga 72 sen setiap liter diesel atau petrol yang anda beli di stesen minyak.
Ini kerana harga yang anda bayar dipam adalah jauh lebih mahal daripada harga sebenar di loji penapis minyak.
Siasatan Suara Keadilan menunjukkan harga depot diesel di loji penapisan Tangga Batu, Melaka pada 24 Oktober 2008 [...]


Oct 27, 2008

Of the best time to kill off the fuel subsidy

Posted by ari in Around Blogs No comments

Call me crazy but with global crude oil prices having more than halving since it peaked at close to USD150 per barrel, this is definitely one of those rare opportunity to make a permanent structural change to the economy by effectively eliminating the fuel subsidy.
The growth rate of subsidy size at the current prices must [...]


Oct 25, 2008

Oil falls $4 as OPEC cut fails to halt slide

Posted by ari in World News No comments

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil dropped more than $4 a barrel on Friday as gloom about a global economic downturn sapping fuel demand took the steam out of an OPEC agreement to cut output.
Ministers of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed at an emergency meeting in Vienna to take 1.5 million barrels a [...]


Oct 23, 2008

Global Stocks Decline on Recession Concern; Euro, Oil Retreat

Posted by ari in Business No comments

Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) — Stocks fell around the world, the euro sank to an almost two-year low against the dollar and commodities retreated as the economic slump deepened and corporate profits declined.
Exxon Mobil Corp., BHP Billiton Ltd. and Petroleo Brasileiro SA slid more than 4 percent. Argentina’s Merval index posted a second day of losses [...]


Oct 22, 2008

Malaysia says to cut prices of essential goods

Posted by ari in Watchdog No comments

Reuters - Thursday, October 23
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 - Malaysia will lower prices of food items and other goods in line with recent fuel price cuts, state news agency Bernama quoted the country’s domestic trade minister as saying on Wednesday.
The move will be announced on Friday, Shahrir Samad said, the same day as September inflation [...]