Oil rose toward $68 on Friday

Oil rose toward $68 on Friday, scaling a fresh three week high, driven by rallies on global equity markets and gains in gasoline prices. U.S. crude was 47 cents up at $67.63

Cyprus wants to squeeze loan sharks

Cyprus plans to legislate against usury after an apparent spike in cases of people struggling with costly debt from loan sharks profiteering during the financial downturn. Although there is no hard data,