Popular Thai website closed down for anti-monarchy comments Author : DPA Bangkok – A prominent Thai political website was shut after being “flooded” with harsh comments about the monarchy, the Bangkok Post online reported Sunday. The move came at a time of heightening royalist fervour in the country, following the death Wednesday of the revered [...]

Price of barrel of oil tops $100

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Price of barrel of oil tops $100 By Janis Mara, BUSINESS WRITER Article Last Updated: 01/03/2008 02:56:43 AM PST The price of a barrel of crude oil briefly passed $100 for the first time Wednesday, a potentially worrisome prospect for Bay Area motorists already dogged by high gas prices. Crude oil prices have zoomed upward during [...]

  $100 a Barrel Oil – Price of oil goes up to $100As a futurist, it is my job to look into the future and try to discern what might happen in the months, years and decades ahead. I look at patterns and large dynamics that translate into macro trends that then translate into specific [...]