Crude

MARKET REPORT: Crude surge helps shares shrug off jobless gloom

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For the second week in a row, markets were braced for a leap in US unemployment figures.  And for the second week in a row, jaw-dropping numbers outstripped even the most dire predictions.  A record 6.65m Americans filed for help from the US Government last week, up from the previous record of 3.3m the week … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Oil firms take a beating as crude falls below $30

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Oil companies were hammered as the price of crude slumped below $30 a barrel.  Shares in Shell and BP – two of the largest firms listed on the London Stock Exchange – slid as oil prices edged towards lows they last touched during a major commodity crisis four years ago.  The oil market had already … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: Crude threats like this show the BBC truly has got its head in the sand 

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The outgoing director general of the BBC, Tony Hall, wrote a piece in this newspaper last week in which he claimed the Corporation was eager to have a public debate about its future. To those of us who cherish the best parts of the Beeb, but believe it needs fundamental reform if it is to … Read more

Caitlyn Jenner, 70, makes a VERY crude joke about gender reassignment surgery

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Caitlyn Jenner, 70, makes a VERY crude joke about gender reassignment surgery as she makes guest appearance on All Round Mrs Browns’s By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 00:52 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 01:14 GMT, 12 March 2020 Caitlyn Jenner makes a guest appearance on Brendan O’Carroll’s All Round To Mrs Browns’s BBC … Read more

Crude prices dive 10% as pact between Opec and Russia ends in acrimony

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Crude prices dive by 10% as three-year pact between Opec and Russia ends in acrimony By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2020 The oil price fell 10 per cent as a row between producers added to fears over the impact of coronavirus. … Read more