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...powerful in theory, but for the moment they're taking a backseat to fear. If Yukos dries up (the Russian titan produces 2% of world supply) or insurgents hit oil installations in Iraq, Nigeria or - whisper it - Saudi Arabia, then $40 per bbl. might start to look almost cheap. Back Down To Earth A mixed week for British Airways: the carrier cheered first-quarter profits of $128 million after a loss last year, but risks legal action after ignoring Italy's demand to stop undercutting struggling Alitalia's fares on competing long-haul routes. BA asked the European Commission...
Beyond hemoglobin, there are totally synthetic blood substitutes like perfluorocarbon (PFC), a cheap, inert molecule with an enormous capacity to carry oxygen. Those fluids behave like an additional reservoir of oxygen for the body to utilize during exercise. However, because PFC has a short half-life and is effective only when individuals breathe abnormally high concentrations of oxygen, it will probably remain a very difficult technology to abuse...
...occasions with my husband and young children. Las Vegas is an elegant and entertaining city of great hotels and restaurants, wonderful shows and child-friendly arcades. But the pictures of strip clubs in your story were off-putting. You even made the Mandalay Bay's casino look seedy and cheap. What did you intend to do, keep middle-class people from visiting? MONICA STEVENS Farmington, Mich...
...former top Yukos executive. A Moscow court last Friday overruled the Kremlin's seizure of Yukos' core production unit. The government's strategy is to "play a cat-and-mouse game with the company" to drive down its market value and hope to buy its oil assets on the cheap, asserts Mikhail Krutikhin, an analyst at consultant RusEnergy. Oil users across the globe are trapped in the game...
Soaring oil prices have renewed concerns about U.S. dependence on foreign oil. The warnings weren't heeded back in 1986, when crude dipped below $10 a barrel and CHEAP OIL was a TIME cover topic...