jeudi 22 mai 2008

Breaking The Oil Addiction: Oil And Water Do Mix In India

Breaking The Oil Addiction: Oil And Water Do Mix In India: "Emulsified fuel combines water and diesel oil. A privately held “special sauce” of additives is included in the mix to keep water and oil from separating like they normally would. Srinivasan Gopalakrishnan of Hydrodrive Systems and Controls said his molecular engineering process uses 25 percent water and 75 percent diesel fuel, better than several European emulsified fuels now on the market. They have no more than 20 percent water. A fuel that requires more diesel costs more."

mardi 13 mai 2008

JPMorgan Chase CEO: Recession Just Beginning

JPMorgan Chase CEO: Recession Just Beginning: "NEW YORK -- JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s chief executive said Monday that while the crisis in the credit markets appears to be three-quarters over, he believes a U.S. recession is just beginning.

'Even if the capital markets crisis resolves, it does not mean that this country will not go into a bad recession,' said CEO James Dimon, whose bank saw its first-quarter profit fall by half due to the recent collapse of the U.S. mortgage market. 'The recession just started.'"

lundi 12 mai 2008

Dollar, not supply, causes record oil - Iran offical - Yahoo! India News

Dollar, not supply, causes record oil - Iran offical - Yahoo! India News: "TEHRAN (Reuters) - The weak U.S. dollar is the main reason behind oil prices rising to record levels, not demand or supply factors, an Iranian Oil Ministry official was quoted as saying on Saturday."

vendredi 2 mai 2008

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide: "May 1 (Bloomberg) -- Gulf states are considering dropping their pegs to the dollar after the U.S. currency's decline stoked inflation across the region, Kuwaiti Finance Minister Mustafa al- Shimali said."