Widows&Orphans'  Instablog

By Vivianne Rodrigues and Michael Mackenzie in New York

Could the bond boom be turning? Warning signs are flashing as investors demand higher yields even on US bonds issued by the world's largest and safest corporate borrowers. In recent weeks, big investment grade bond issues by the likes of Philip Morris International and UnitedHealth Group have been sold at...

By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

Barack Obama will tap Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency, a decision that experts say signals the president's intent to put global warming at the top of his environmental agenda. Ms McCarthy is a veteran of the environmental agency, having run its air pollution division during Mr Obama's...

By Javier Blas, Commodities Editor

China has overtaken the US as the world's largest net oil importer, a once-in-a-generation shift that will shake up the geopolitics of natural resources. The US has been the world's largest net oil importer since the middle of the 1970s, shaping Washington's foreign policy towards oil-rich hotspots such as Saudi...

By Ajay Makan in London

Europe's second-largest supplier of natural gas has warned that future investment in new production is at risk because of political uncertainty over the role of gas in the continent's power generation sector. Statoil, the oil company majority owned by the Norwegian government, has significantly increased gas sales in Europe in...

By Vivianne Rodrigues and Michael Mackenzie in New York

Could the bond boom be turning? Warning signs are flashing as investors demand higher yields even on US bonds issued by the world's largest and safest corporate borrowers. In recent weeks, big investment grade bond issues by the likes of Philip Morris International and UnitedHealth Group have been sold at...

By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

Barack Obama will tap Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency, a decision that experts say signals the president's intent to put global warming at the top of his environmental agenda. Ms McCarthy is a veteran of the environmental agency, having run its air pollution division during Mr Obama's...

By Javier Blas, Commodities Editor

China has overtaken the US as the world's largest net oil importer, a once-in-a-generation shift that will shake up the geopolitics of natural resources. The US has been the world's largest net oil importer since the middle of the 1970s, shaping Washington's foreign policy towards oil-rich hotspots such as Saudi...

By Ajay Makan in London

Europe's second-largest supplier of natural gas has warned that future investment in new production is at risk because of political uncertainty over the role of gas in the continent's power generation sector. Statoil, the oil company majority owned by the Norwegian government, has significantly increased gas sales in Europe in...

By Vivianne Rodrigues and Michael Mackenzie in New York

Could the bond boom be turning? Warning signs are flashing as investors demand higher yields even on US bonds issued by the world's largest and safest corporate borrowers. In recent weeks, big investment grade bond issues by the likes of Philip Morris International and UnitedHealth Group have been sold at...

By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

Barack Obama will tap Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency, a decision that experts say signals the president's intent to put global warming at the top of his environmental agenda. Ms McCarthy is a veteran of the environmental agency, having run its air pollution division during Mr Obama's...

By Javier Blas, Commodities Editor

China has overtaken the US as the world's largest net oil importer, a once-in-a-generation shift that will shake up the geopolitics of natural resources. The US has been the world's largest net oil importer since the middle of the 1970s, shaping Washington's foreign policy towards oil-rich hotspots such as Saudi...

By Ajay Makan in London

Europe's second-largest supplier of natural gas has warned that future investment in new production is at risk because of political uncertainty over the role of gas in the continent's power generation sector. Statoil, the oil company majority owned by the Norwegian government, has significantly increased gas sales in Europe in...

By Vivianne Rodrigues and Michael Mackenzie in New York

Could the bond boom be turning? Warning signs are flashing as investors demand higher yields even on US bonds issued by the world's largest and safest corporate borrowers. In recent weeks, big investment grade bond issues by the likes of Philip Morris International and UnitedHealth Group have been sold at...

By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

Barack Obama will tap Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency, a decision that experts say signals the president's intent to put global warming at the top of his environmental agenda. Ms McCarthy is a veteran of the environmental agency, having run its air pollution division during Mr Obama's...

By Javier Blas, Commodities Editor

China has overtaken the US as the world's largest net oil importer, a once-in-a-generation shift that will shake up the geopolitics of natural resources. The US has been the world's largest net oil importer since the middle of the 1970s, shaping Washington's foreign policy towards oil-rich hotspots such as Saudi...

By Ajay Makan in London

Europe's second-largest supplier of natural gas has warned that future investment in new production is at risk because of political uncertainty over the role of gas in the continent's power generation sector. Statoil, the oil company majority owned by the Norwegian government, has significantly increased gas sales in Europe in...