Robert Campbell

Position: Journalist

Articles

Mexico FDI plunges 37 pct in first 9 months of 2009 November 21, 02:40am EST 

MEXICO CITY, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Foreign direct investment in Mexico plunged 37 percent in the first nine months of 2009 as the world financial crisis bit into capital flows, according to data released by the government on Friday.  Full Article 

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CFTC takes a mulligan on oil speculator numbers

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has quietly bumped up the proportion of oil futures it thinks are held by speculators after going over its data. The agency now thinks speculators held 48 percent ...  Full Article 

Pawnbroker, massage clinic, Hooters, among SemGroup creditors

Massage clinics, McDonald's restaurants, Hooters, funeral homes and a Canadian pawnbroker specializing in gold jewelry are among the hundreds of companies listed as creditors by failed U.S. energy trader ...  Full Article | Comments [1] 

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Growth in oil futures outpaces oil consumption

Here's a look at the average daily volume of oil futures on the NYMEX expressed in terms of global consumption of oil. As the chart makes clear, the number of paper barrels traded every day on the NYMEX ...  Full Article | Comments [16]