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Insurers face shock hurricane bills rise

20.10.08
Insurance: Insurers will have to pay out many billions of pounds more than expected for claims from the last hurricane season, two leading players warned... more

Shell finds only minor storm damage

05.09.08
Shell Oil expects to restart most of its operations in the Gulf of Mexico over the next few days following their shutdown ahead of Hurricane Gustav last week... more

Bush: He's the man to lead us through dangerous times

03.09.08
President George Bush declared John McCain ready to lead America as a man with "courage and vision" - but pointedly did not travel to Minneapolis to address the Republican convention... more

Insurers tot up a £5.5 billion bill as Gustav blow itself out

02.09.08
Oil: The oil price plummeted and US shares shot up after Hurricane Gustav passed with no reports of major damage to refineries and platforms... more

Hurricane highs and lows for the insurers

02.09.08
The oil price ticked up as Hurricane Gustav headed for the oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico. Now it appears to be losing strength and passing through without inflicting anything like the damage we saw in 2005 when Katrina flooded New Orleans, prices seem to be sliding down again... more

Millions flee New Orleans as Gustav bears down

01.09.08
New Orleans is a rain-lashed ghost city, with just a handful of remaining citizens hiding in their homes as they await Hurricane Gustav... more

Oil price drops on relief as Gustav spares the platforms

01.09.08
The price of oil fell as Hurricane Gustav swept quickly through the Gulf of Mexico's offshore oil platforms without developing into a Hurricane Katrina-sized Category 5 storm... more

Oil price is powered by fears of a hurricane

29.08.08
The oil price shot up again amid fears of hurricane damage to oil platforms and refineries in the Gulf of Mexico... more

Gustav keeps oil price on the rise

28.08.08
Oil prices rose for a fourth day in a row as New Orleans braced itself to take a possible hit from Tropical Storm Gustav, now heading for the Gulf of Mexico coast... more

Market report: Sainsbury soaring on buzz over bid by Qatar

28.08.08
The UK's third-biggest supermarket chain J Sainsbury put in a late spurt this afternoon as speculative buying pushed the price 14¼p higher to 333p... more

Gulf of Mexico storm lifts oil

26.08.08
Oil prices edge above $115 a barrel on concerns that Tropical Storm Gustav may strengthen and disrupt oil operations in the Gulf of Mexico... more

Greenland may be hot - Cairn

26.08.08
Cairn energy is investigating potential new sources of crude in Greenland, where Sir Bill Gammell reckons there could be 50 billion barrels waiting... more

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