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From 25 years ago . . sounds familiar !

December 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Energy

Monday, Nov. 28, 1983
By John Greenwald;Barry Hillenbrand/Bahrain
Falling revenues force Persian Gulf states to curb their spending
For most of the past decade, the money flowed like oil from the local gushers. All told, nearly $1 trillion poured into the sparsely populated, energy-rich Arab states along the Persian Gulf.* Now that stream has dwindled sharply. This year [...]

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US Crude Oil Futures

February 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Energy

Crude Oil prices continue to drift downwards . . .  it appears though that a bottom is being formed.

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Barnett: Develop Iraq to cut deals with world

September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Geopolitics

Insight into the developments in Iraq – the big message is that it takes time to build anything worthwhile

Barnett: Develop Iraq to cut deals with world
By Thomas P.M. Barnett
Sunday, August 31, 2008

 With American combat troops now slated to depart Iraq by 2011, our intervention moves into its final phase, with the crucial goal being the [...]

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