China's Crude Oil Imports Hit A Record High In 2023 By Tom Kool of OilPrice.com China’s crude oil imports hit a record high in 2023, rising by 10% year-over-year and breaking the previous record from 2020 when the world’s top crude oil importer took advantage of the price crash to gorge on cheap crude. Last year, China’s crude oil imports averaged 11.3 million barrels per day (bpd), up by 10% compared to 2022, according to Chinese customs data compiled by Bloomberg and the U.S....
Inflation has made the cost of just about everything in the U.S. more expensive — including retirement. A new study published by Northwestern Mutual found the “magic number” that Americans believe they need in order to retire comfortably hit $1.46 million this year, the highest level on record. The figure represents a nearly 15% jump […]
The levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs last year, growing at near-record fast paces, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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A record 99% of children across the county have been offered a place at one of their top three school preferences
The visitors declared on 620 for three.
Oil prices jumped more than 3% after reports of explosions near the Iranian city of Isfahan.
Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries surged to a record in February, its fifth straight monthly rise, Treasury Department data released on Wednesday showed. Holdings totaled $7.965 trillion, up from a revised $7.945 trillion in January. Treasuries owned by foreigners rose 8.7% from a year earlier.
Cocoa Prices Hit New Record High As Talks In Ghana Suggest Delayed Deliveries Of Beans Cocoa futures jumped to a record high in New York on Thursday morning as traders confronted new supply problems in Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer. Bloomberg reports that the Ghana Cocoa Board, the regulator, is speaking with major commodity traders about delaying the delivery of 150,000 to 250,000 tons of cocoa until the next growing season due to dwindling bean supplies. The...
The yellow metal has repeteadly climbed to all-time highs in recent weeks.
Data released by Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed concerning trend. Long-term sickness accounted for 30.1 per cent of all 16 to 64-year-olds. Being off work for long periods risked 'scarring careers' for younger workers
James McCartney and Sean Ono Lennon, sons of Liverpool band The Beatles' members Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon, have released a single together.