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Simon Quijano, EMEA Chief Economist at ING, tells CNBC there will always be a tug of war with Ukraine between Western Europe and Russia.
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*China official PMI slightly lower than expected. SINGAPORE, Feb 1- Brent crude hovered on Friday above $115 a barrel, its highest level in more than three months, as escalating tension in the Middle East stoked supply worries. Brent had risen 27 cents to $115.82 a barrel by 0552 GMT, after an earlier high of $115.91 marking its highest since mid-October.
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BAMAKO/ TIMBUKTU, Mali- Human rights groups said on Friday a French-led offensive against Islamists in Mali had led to civilian deaths in airstrikes and ethnic reprisals by Malian troops, a day before President Francois Hollande was due to visit the country.
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LONDON, Feb 1- For all the frenetic activity in 2013 so far and in the face of a seemingly endless flood of newly-minted greenbacks, some of the world's biggest investors are already bracing for a rare U.S. dollar renaissance. To look at the 15 percent rise of the dollar against Japan's yen over in just three months, it's tempting to say the revival is already underway.
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*China official PMI slightly lower than expected. SINGAPORE, Feb 1- Brent crude hit its highest in more than three months on Friday and held above $115 a barrel as escalating tension in the Middle East stoked supply worries. But disappointing economic data from China, the world's second largest oil consumer, capped gains.
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Iran's crude exports to its biggest customer, Asia, fell by a quarter in 2012 and shipments this year are expected to drop by at least 12 percent under U.S. sanctions pressure, but ample alternative supplies will keep refiners flush with oil.
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LONDON, Feb 1- From phone bills in Lagos to bulldozers in Beijing, analysts are looking creatively at ways to measure the strength of emerging market economies where official data sometimes comes up short.
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NEW YORK, Jan 31- Is oil like red meat or is it like tobacco? This morality play is being acted out with the greatest intensity in the fight over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would stretch from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast.
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NEW YORK, Jan 31- Brent crude oil futures rose to three-month highs on Thursday, widening its premium over U.S. crude, concerns about rising crude stockpiles in the U.S. Traders cited concerns about stockpiles at the Cushing, Oklahoma delivery point for the U.S. contract, which have pushed to record highs.
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SINGAPORE/ TOKYO, Feb 1- Iran's crude exports to its biggest customer, Asia, fell by a quarter in 2012 and shipments this year are expected to drop by at least 12 percent under U.S. sanctions pressure, but ample alternative supplies will keep refiners flush with oil. From Asia, Iran lost $14 billion worth of oil exports for the year, according to Reuters calculations.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 31- The United States would violate global trade rules and damage its credibility if it decides to subsidize steel, chemical and other manufacturers by restricting exports of liquefied natural gas after years of pressing other countries like China to drop restrictions on natural resource exports, experts said.
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*Syria says Israel bombed military research centre. The foreign ministry summoned the head of the U.N. force in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights to deliver the protest a day after Israel hit what Syria said was a military research centre and diplomats said was a weapons convoy heading for Lebanon.
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*Sees 2013 adjusted EPS $5.32- $5.46, revs $12.8- $13.0 bln. His belief was bolstered by a conversation on Wednesday with Francis Collins, the head of the National Institutes of Health, and by meetings with Republican members of Congress last week.
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NEW YORK, Jan 31- Brent crude oil prices edged higher on Thursday, briefly touching a three-month high, as traders weighed mixed economic data from the United States and Europe. The international benchmark rose to $115.25 a barrel, the highest level since mid-October, before retreating as U.S. crude and gasoline futures sank.
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*Hezbollah, Russia, Iran denounce attack. *Syria says Israel bombed military research centre. Damascus could take "a surprise decision to respond to the aggression of the Israeli warplanes", Syrian ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul-Karim Ali said a day after Israel struck against Syria.
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OSLO, Jan 31- Norway's ruling Labour Party is set to support oil exploration off a pristine northern archipelago, bringing to a head controversy over drilling in the Arctic in the run up to elections this year.
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VIENNA, Jan 31- The two consortiums competing to pipe Azerbaijan's Caspian Sea gas into Western European markets still have an equal chance of success, the Shah Deniz gas field operator BP said on Thursday. "I genuinely believe both pipelines at the moment have an equal chance," said Al Cook, who is in charge of BP's Azeri operations. "
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MOSCOW, Jan 31- The head of Russia's central bank rebuffed a call on Thursday by President Vladimir Putin to ease monetary policy, saying interest rates should only fall as progress is made in bringing down inflation.
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THE HAGUE, Jan 31- Cypriot Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly said on Thursday he expected Russia to extend the maturity of a 2.5 billion euros loan to his euro zone country to 2022 from 2016.. Shiarly appeared in parliament to address questions about a European Union bailout for the island.
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*Diageo seeks to repeat success of Ciroc vodka for tequila. ZURICH, Jan 31- Diageo, the world's biggest spirits group, signalled a more reticent acquisition strategy following a recent buying spree, saying it wants to develop its own tequila brand after ending talks to buy a stake in Jose Cuervo.
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Jan 31- Intel Corp, the world's biggest chipmaker, opened a new front on Thursday in a long and stuttering campaign to get its processors into mobile phones, although it appears to still have a long way to go.