The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has warned tehran of serious consequences after the Iranian Revolutionary guard seized a british flagged oil tanker in the gulf last night. The government has advised uk ships to stay out of the area of the strait of hormuz for an interim period, after a meeting of the emergency committee, cobra, late last night. State media in tehran say the tanker, the stena impero, had violated International Maritime rules. But the ships owner, the Swedish Company stena bulkt says the tanker was in full compliance with all navigation and international regulations. The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, said the seizure was unacceptable and britains response would be considered but robust. Our correspondent simonjones reports. Seized in a major escalation of tensions, the stena impero, a british flagged tanker and its 23 crew members from india, russia, latvia and the philippines now in the hands of iran after it was surrounded by four boats and a helicopter. This is
Direction of Interest Rates whei he tes on capitol hill tomorrow. In the meantime, a relativ calm has settled over wall street. The dow industrials today fell just 22 points to 26,783. The nasdaq was up 43 and the s p added three points, but that calm could leado volatility when Jerome Powell starts speaking. As usual, a fed chief faces a tough task. He is under pressure from the administration to cut Interest Rates, but he has said thatne ry policy should not be influenced by shortterm political one thing is clear though. The economy may be growing, but that growth is slowing. Today some of the pieces to the economic puzzle fell into place. And the first piece came from pepsi. The Company Reported higher quarterly profit and sales. Now, part of that was pepsi specific, tied to its new products and higher pricing, but the company also said its results were helped by a strong consumer, which accou ts for mon twothirds of economic activity. Sarah eisen has more. Eporter consumers are inl
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