Reuters: Oil hits record near $130 as supply fears grow

New York, NY (Reuters): Crude oil prices scaled a new peak near $130 a barrel on Tuesday amid deepening worries over tight global stockpiles and signals from OPEC that no additional supplies are forthcoming to ease the crunch.
Billionaire investor T. Boone Pickens said Tuesday he expected oil to hit $150 a barrel this year. The [...]

FT: Saudi to increase Oil Output

London, UK (FT.com): Saudi Arabia said on Friday that it was increasing its oil production to its highest level in two years, bowing to intense US pressure after the price surged to a fresh record of almost $128 a ­barrel.
The announcement of a boost to output by about 300,000 barrels a day came after a [...]

Oil Prices Surge as Bush meets with Saudi King

London, UK (FT.com): Crude oil prices on Friday hit a fresh record high of almost $128 a barrel boosted by a bullish forecast from Goldman Sachs and as US President George W. Bush asked Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil producer, for help to lower skyrocketing energy prices.
Bush, on his second visit to Saudi Arabia [...]

Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop?

Eroding confidence stings bank shares
By Carter Dougherty

Monday, March 17, 2008
FRANKFURT:
Volatile markets and worried policy makers on Monday offered clear evidence that the months-long financial crisis linked to the U.S. mortgage market has turned into an acute crisis of confidence in the global banking system.
Stunned over the weekend by the emergency [...]