Hedge fund's $6bn gas price hit
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US hedge-fund Amaranth sees losses reach about $6bn after misplacing a bet on the direction of natural gas prices.
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The International Monetary Fund is to step up its surveillance of hedge funds as part of an attempt by the global community to tackle the speculation that has driven oil prices to $50 a barrel in recent weeks.
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Oil prices made fresh gains on Friday after leaping almost $2 a day earlier the US government said crude stocks sank for the sixth straight week last week and distillate fuels barely grew ahead of winter.
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Amaranth Advisors LLC, the hedge fund firm that stumbled over massive wrong bets on natural gas futures, said late Wednesday that its losses had climbed to more than $6 billion, or 65 percent of the assets it claimed at the end of August.
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London's FTSE 100 shares index has hit 6,000 points as investors seized on strong gains by US and Japanese shares, falling oil prices and a buoyant mining sector.
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The price of crude oil in New York hit a fresh 11-month high point on Thursday, and Brent traded close to its all-time peak, as traders tracked concerns over tight US energy supplies.
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Business & money: Prospect of fresh rise in UK interest rates pushes sterling to $2.0006.
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The effect of high crude oil prices  continued to pinch consumers at the pump, with the average cost  for gasoline rising 4.9 cents to the highest level in 14 months  and diesel fuel soaring 6.3 cents to match the record set two  years ago, the government said on Monday.
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The gas and electric company Dominion Resources said that it would sell some of its operations in the United States for a combined $6.5 billion.
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The biggest jump in gasoline prices in six months helped push inflation at the wholesale level higher in May although inflation outside of energy remained well-behaved.
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TOM ELLIOTT, MM&amp;E CAPITAL: Well, the bid that received the most attention was London-based Xstrata&#39;s offer to buy WMC Resources, the old Western Mining, at $6.
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Households across Britain are facing the prospect of higher fuel bills, with one of the big six gas and electricity suppliers expected to announce price increases today
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Millions of UK homes face higher gas and electricity bills from Monday as the latest price rises from British Gas come into effect.
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San Diego CountyÂs pension fundÂs investments included Amaranth Advisors, the hedge fund that announced Monday it had suffered big losses in natural gas trading.
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc  reported an 11 percent rise in current cost of supply (CCS) net income to $6.7 billion on Thursday, as higher oil prices and one-off gains helped to offset a fall in production.
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Indian shares hit a new six-month closing high on Friday, led by refinery stocks which rallied after a government decision to increase local retail fuel prices.
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LONDON, NOVEMBER 5: Oil slid to a six-week low today, continuing a fund-led selling spree that has knocked 13 per cent from last weekâs record highs as rising stockpiles have eased worries of a winter supply crunch.