FPI Overnight Brief Scoop Thursday, 12 August 2010, 4:12 pm | Press Release: Foreign Policy Initiative | FPI Overnight Brief | August 11, 2010 | Iraq | As the last U.S. combat troops prepare to leave Iraq this month, the State Department is struggling to implement an expanded...
Peak oil review Energy Bulletin | 1. Oil and the Global Economy | On Monday and Tuesday oil prices climbed from $79 to nearly $83 a barrel, then fell to close at $80.70 on Friday as multiple negative factors weighed on markets. The week’s early surge came on the usual factors of ...
High-octane politics The Guardian | If Iran's leaders were really so dictatorial, they would have the courage to cut the country's absurd petrol subsidies Traffic builds up on Tehran's Poonzayeh-Khordad street. Photograph: Corbis | The first taste of Iran is almost always the petrol ...
R.B.S. to Cut 3,500 Jobs in Britain The New York Times | LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank controlled by the British government, said Thursday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs and close 10 offices in Britain to reduce costs. | The job cuts, which represent about 2 percent of the remaining workforce, would affect staff working in its technology department and in administration. They foll...
