Sasenarine Persaud spends his days working as an analyst for a major banking firm. ...more

February 4, 2009

Free Market Effect Regarding "Columnist Is Naïve" (Letters, July 29): The letter writer claims that "the price of oil futures went down following upon and directly related to President Bush's changing the presidential ban on offshore drilling." He and others who agree are flat out wrong. ...more

August 2, 2008

Jacob Zuma, the new head of the African National Congress, called Saturday for unity in his first major speech as party leader. ...more

January 13, 2008

Back in 2005, in an apparent flight of fancy, analysts at Goldman Sachs predicted a "super-spike" in the oil price to $105 a barrel. In the last few days, the prediction came as close as it ever has to fulfillment. ...more

November 12, 2007

Oil futures rallied to a new record of more than $88 a barrel Tuesday on concerns about disruptions to Middle Eastern crude supplies and a growing view that domestic supplies are not sufficient to meet fourth-quarter demand. ...more

October 17, 2007