Commodity Markets

(Adds strikes detail, chemical arms comments, Golan Heights mortar) * After air strikes, Israel seeks to ease tension with Syria * China urges restraint during Israeli PM's visit * Russia says chance of foreign intervention growing * Oil price rises...

* Astenbeck down 9 pct in April, worst month in nearly a year * Hall's $4.5 billion fund down about 5 pct for 2013 so far By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) - Billionaire commodities trader Andy Hall is resolute that oil prices will rise...

(Adds U.S. senator introducing bill to arm Syrian rebels, paragraphs 26-28) * After strikes, Israel seeks to ease tension with Syria * China urges restraint during Israeli PM's visit * Russia says chance of foreign intervention growing * Oil price...

By Krista Hughes MEXICO CITY, May 6 (Reuters) - Tax breaks for attending "civic values" courses, tax-free sales of second-hand furniture, special treatment for call centers and an informal economy employing six out of 10 workers are all in the line of...

MANAMA (Reuters) - Oman is considering whether to issue a U.S. dollar-denominated sovereign bond, its first international bond since 1997 and its second ever, to facilitate debt sales by its private sector, finance minister Darwish al-Balushi told...

May 5 (Reuters) - The price of a gallon of gasoline rose for the first time in eight weeks in the United States as crude oil prices climbed and profit margins at refiners and gas stations were squeezed, pointing to more increases ahead, according to a...

* High oil prices removed need to issue debt * But budget break-even oil price has been rising * Balushi says issue would create benchmark for corporates * Would be at least $500 mln, details not decided * Could prepare for deficit financing a few...

Remember the 1980s? It was to be the decade of Japanese dominance. A post-Jimmy Carter America would be unable to compete with the efficient Japanese jobs machine. Aging technology, lazy management and high-cost labor would ensure America's rapid demise...

NEW YORK - The price of oil rose more than 3 percent Thursday as the European Central Bank cut its key interest rate to a new low and U.S. unemployment claims dropped. But natural gas was headed for its biggest decline since August after U.S. supplies...

* Q1 net C$213 mln vs C$427 million * Adj. earnings C$0.37/shr vs C$0.42/shr expected * Oil output up 24 pct CALGARY, Alberta, May 2 (Reuters) - Canadian Natural Resources Ltd, Canada's largest independent petroleum producer, said on Thursday its...

* Trading giants part of FSB shadow banking review * Regulators mull new transparency, capital requirements * Rules seen sapping commodity market liquidity * Trading houses may be deemed "systemically important" By Emma Farge GENEVA, May 1 (Reuters)...

* MSCI world stock index slips; U.S. stocks open lower * Dollar down after U.S. private sector jobs data * Fed policy meeting ends later on Wednesday, ECB meets Thursday * Most markets in Asia, Europe shut for Labor Day By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW...