We take a look at the view from across the pond where American businesses are fretting over the eurozone debt crisis. We then head to Canada where the oil industry is turning to China as the Unites States spurns the offer of a joint pipeline. Finally, we see how a good American football performance on a Friday night can lead to fame and future in Texas.
Iranian lawmakers vowed Tuesday to ban crude oil exports to European nations, a day after US officials announced new sanctions aimed at disrupting financial transactions by Iran's central bank and other institutions.
Apple overtook ExxonMobil once again to become the largest US company in market capitalisation Wednesday after its share price skyrocketed on quarterly gains. Apple shares were up 6.83% to $449.12 in early Wall Street trading.
With the EU agreeing to slap an embargo on Iran’s oil exports and Iran threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz, Melissa Bell talks to Karim Sadjadpour about the risk of military confrontation.
Europe is weaning itself off Iranian crude after the EU adopted an embargo on oil coming from the Islamic Republic. It now has to find other sources to meet its energy needs. Next, Egypt commemorates one year since the January 25th mass protests that kicked off its revolution. Finally, he was just a maths professor but now he has become a target. Our reporters meet with a Syrian activist who fled his country after receiving death threats.
Will EU sanctions on crude oil bring Tehran to the bargaining table or push the West and Iran closer to military confrontation? François Picard’s panel ponders the potential for escalation in an election year.
Will EU sanctions on crude oil bring Tehran to the bargaining table or push the West and Iran closer to military confrontation? François Picard’s panel ponders the potential for escalation in an election year.
A Royal Navy frigate and a French ship joined the USS Abraham Lincoln (pictured) in sailing through the Strait of Hormuz, Britain's Ministry of Defence said Monday. Iran has threatened to close the strategic waterway in response to Western sanctions.
Divers scouring Italy’s wrecked Costa Concordia found a woman’s body on board Saturday, raising the death toll to 12. Searchers also recovered a hard disk with possible security footage that could shed light on the captain’s role in the accident.
South Sudan has said it will shut down oil production within two weeks in a row over sharing oil revenues with its northern neighbour Sudan, which has begun seizing southern oil as compensation for unpaid transit fees.
