Stig Östlund

torsdag, december 29, 2011


Oil Prices Predicted to Stay Above $100 a Barrel Through Next Year

Americans have been driving less and buying more fuel-efficient cars, helping lower gas prices.

The United States economy managed to cope this year despite triple-digit prices for barrels of oil. The lessons may come in handy, economists say, because those prices will probably be sticking around.

With Iran threatening to cut off about a fifth of the world’s oil supply by closing the Strait of Hormuz and unrest in Iraq endangering the ability to increase production there, financial analysts say prices for two important oil benchmarks will average from $100 a barrel to $120 a barrel in 2012.
Raed more >> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/29/business/oil-prices-predicted-to-remain-above-100-a-barrel-next-year.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha25

North Korea Declares Kim Jong-un as Supreme Leader

Thousands of North Koreans participated in a memorial service for Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang on Thursday.

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea declared on Thursday the young heir Kim Jong-un as supreme head of the country, as tens of thousands of people rallied in Pyongyang one day after the funeral of his father, Kim Jong-il, to swear their allegiance to the dynastic transfer of power. Read more >> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/30/world/asia/north-korea-declares-kim-jong-un-as-supreme-leader.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha22

Slide Show: The Year in Live Pop
>> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/12/29/arts/music/roundup.html





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