ReutersOil hits eight-month high on disruptions, Chinese demandReutersLONDON Oil prices jumped to their highest level in eight months on Wednesday, rising for a third consecutive session on supply disruptions in Nigeria and strong Chinese demand data. Ther …

ReutersOil surges to eight-month high on supply disruptions, firm Chinese demandReutersOil Minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu said output had dropped to between 1.5-1.6 million barrels per day (bpd), down from 2.2 million bpd at the start of the year. At the s …

Wall Street JournalUnlikely Oil TycoonsWall Street JournalAs late as the 1880s, John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil commanded fully 80% of the world's petroleum market. The most serious threats to his hegemony were already in his boardroom, having c …

Wall Street JournalThe Feed: Where Olive Oil StarsWall Street JournalMany Italian restaurants make a point of using quality olive oil. But at Sant Andrea Café, a dining spot at Central Park South opening Sunday, the oil itself is something of the star attr …

Financial TimesMP Evans could regret corralling its interests solely in palm oilFinancial TimesIf that smacks of sacrilege in the week that Queen Elizabeth celebrates her 90th birthday, consider MP Evans, the 146-year old palm oil agribusiness. When the Qu …

Sydney Morning Herald`Full-Scale Cash Crisis' in Oil SectorSydney Morning HeraldThe head of the world's largest provider of services to oilfields has warned of a "full-scale crisis" as the industry is lashed by an unprecedented slump in t …

Reuters UKInvestors look beyond Big Oil's worst quarter yetReuters UKLONDON The world's top oil companies are set to report their worst quarterly results yet in the current downturn but a recent recovery in crude prices is raising hopes the market …

The QuietusReverse Engineering: Danny Hyde On Coil, Backwards & NINThe QuietusExtensive experience of engineering and producing in some of the largest of London's studios throughout the eighties lent him unique insights into the evolving technology …

EconoTimesStanford Bitcoin Engineering MOOC ProposediProgrammerDan Boneh is now Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University and has been part of the Computer Science MOOC scene over the past 5 years. His Cryptography I w …

Financial TimesMitsui on the prowl for distressed oil assetsFinancial TimesMitsui, Japan's second-biggest trading house by market value, is stepping up efforts to scoop up distressed oil assets, according to its chief executive, as it puts behind it a …