Oil nears 8-week high on weak dollar

Oil rallied to an eight-week peak above $82 a barrel on Monday, near its highest this year, buoyed by a weaker dollar and signs of an economic recovery in top oil consumer

World housing markets mostly recovering

… but the situation is patchy The world’s housing markets are recovering, according to the Global Property Guide’s latest survey of residential property time-series. During the last quarter of 2009, house prices