Rogue broker blamed for oil spike
| PVM Oil Associates, the world's biggest over-the-counter oil brokerage, says it lost nearly $10 million this week because of unauthorized trades that caused a temporary spike in Brent crude markets. 07/03/2009 11:40 (msnbc business) Continue to read news >> |
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Sony's Timing Tricky For God Of War Iii The highly anticipated, big-budget video game debuts today, but the PlayStation 3 console needed to play it on is in short supply. The opening scene for Sony Corp. |
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Frequent Flier: Mr. Superorganized Flier... A business traveler with an impeccable record of efficiency comes clean with an astonishing (but rare) incident of absent-mindedness. |
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Google Appears To Drop Censorship In Chi... Web sites dealing with subjects such as the Tiananmen Square protests could all be accessed through Google's Chinese search engine Tuesday in defiance of Beijing's censor |
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