Breaking World Business & Financial News from a London Perspective - thebusiness.co.uk
As the price of crude hits new highs, Sylvia Pfeifer looks behind the scenes to discover where the market will end up once the speculative froth has washed away Some of the City's biggest hitters made their way to Buckingham Palace last Tuesday. The occasion: a state banquet in honour of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. On the royal guest list were Jeroen van der Veer, the chief executive of oil giant Royal Dutch Shell, Sir Michael Bishop of BMI and Dick Olver of BAE Systems, the defence giant. Business was off the agenda but the first state visit to Britain