Monday, January 20, 2025

Oil above $92 a barrel

SINGAPORE - Oil prices rose to above $92 a barrel Friday in Asia, clawing back some of the previous session's big losses as investors mulled the impact of the IEA's release of emergency crude supplies.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Coming soon to the Internet: The .whatever address

SINGAPORE - A quarter-century after the creation of ".com," the agency that assigns Internet addresses is loosening its rules and allowing suffixes named after brands, hobbies, political causes and just about anything else.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Oil rises near $98 as traders eye Libya supply cut

SINGAPORE - Oil prices rose slightly to near $98 a barrel Friday in Asia amid signs the crisis in Libya may have cut crude supplies less that previously estimated.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Oil nears $81 a barrel ahead of key jobs report

SINGAPORE - Oil prices rose to near $81 a barrel Friday in Asia as crude traders followed equity markets higher ahead of a key U.S. jobs report.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Asia stocks drop as Fed hikes emergency loan rate

SINGAPORE - Asian stocks tumbled Friday after the U.S. central bank unexpectedly raised interest rates for emergency bank loans, triggering investor fears that growth could slow in the world's largest economy.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Oil rises to near $50 on 2nd-half recovery hopes

SINGAPORE - Oil prices crept to near $50 a barrel Thursday in Asia as investors brushed off poor economic news from the U.S. and eyed a possible second-half recovery in crude demand.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO