Posted by julian on January 20, 2009 in
Economy
I would hate to be Mr Putin at the moment or even into the future. With many of his oligarch buddies’ lives in tatters after being previously huge oil speculators and now out of the market, the world (as I have always maintained anyway) is awash with oil and today’s prices are reflecting close to [...]
Tags: Bin Laden, BP, Chevron, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, China, Columbia, Conoco Phillips, Exxon, India, London, Mobil, oil, Pakistan, Putin, Russia, Shell, Total, Venezuela
Posted by julian on December 31, 2008 in
Politics
Many of us think we won the Cold War when President Reagan ordered Mr Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. However in Russia, Mr Putin and his heavies have been able convince the poor dumb populace that thanks to them America has in fact been beaten and is in a rapid state of decay. [...]
Tags: Berlin Wall, BP, Bush, China, Cold War, Europe, Gorbachev, Iran, Mexico, North Korea, oil, Putin, Reagan, Russia
Posted by julian on October 20, 2008 in
Economy,
Politics
No, I am not a rocket scientist. In fact I lasted one term at college and if you had the opportunity to speak to any of my school masters, they will tell you they held little hope for my future once I was cast out into the world. Life for me was and still is [...]
Tags: Bank of America, BHP, BP, Capital Hill, Chevron, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Citibank, Denmark, Exxon, Free Enterprise, JP Morgan, Main Street, McCain, Merck, NY Mecrcantile Exchange, oil, Pfizer, Rio Tinto, Scandinavia, Shell, Socialist, Wall Street, Welfare State, Wells Fargo