Oil rose above $77 a barrel on Tuesday, after a rebound of 1.6 percent in the previous session, as Dubai debt default fears eased and cautious investors cast about for fresh clues to the pace of global economic recovery.
Mathew Holloway, co-founder of Artica Technology, was revealed as the winner of CNBC's The Good Entrepreneur competition Thursday. Holloway will receive a prize fund worth 250,000 euros toward Artica's low-energy alternative to air conditioning.
The International Atomic Energy Agency is expected Friday to vote on whether to demand that Iran freeze uranium enrichment at the plant it hid for years. Elahe Mohtasham, expert on nuclear non-proliferation issues, spoke to CNBC about the outlook.