Paul Horsnell News
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Paul Horsnell, the head of commodities research at Barclays Plc, has left the company, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.
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Brent crude is poised to trade above $100 a barrel for a third consecutive year in 2013 as tension in the Middle East threatens to disrupt supply and global demand is buoyed by Chinese imports.
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Base metals prices may resume their advance in 2011, with copper the preferred pick, after a period of “consolidation” expected over the second half of this year, according Barclays Capital.
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Oil advanced a seventh day, the longest winning streak since January 2010, on signs of economic recovery from the U.S. to Germany and concern escalating tension with Iran threatens crude supplies.
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Amrita Sen, a commodities analyst at Barclays Plc, left the bank this week, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Barclays Plc cut its 2012 forecast for West Texas Intermediate oil by 8.6 percent and reduced the Brent estimate by 5.8 percent because of price declines in the second quarter.
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The profit from stockpiling North Sea crude, a strategy that helped boost BP Plc’s earnings by $500 million in last year’s first quarter, is evaporating amid rising refiner demand and oil-field maintenance.
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Barclays Plc said it hired Sha Luo from CRU Strategies as a London-based cross-commodities analyst with an additional focus on commodity investing and quantitative analysis.
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Crude oil volatility is falling to the lowest level in almost three years as brimming stockpiles and rising OPEC investment in production capacity eases concern of shortages.
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Crude oil climbed to the highest price in three weeks on signs of economic growth in the U.S. and China, the world’s two biggest oil consumers.
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