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Homeowners warm up to alternative fuels
Associated PressMark Bancroft's new pellet-burning furnace hasn't been installed, but he's already counting how much money he'll save after dropping his old oil-fired burner. Instead of paying $5,000 for 1,100 gallons of heating oil in the coming year based on today's...Tags: Major League Baseball, Heavy Engineering, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, American Skiing Company, Petroleum Industry
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As Financial Crises Go, This One Is Personal
Are things really that bad? Is this the worst situation we've faced since the Great Depression? Is there any way out? Those questions must be asked thousands of times a day in private and public conversations about the financial system and the economy....Tags: 401K, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Freddie Mac, Government, Federal Reserve
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Stocks rally on economic reports
Wall Street ended a volatile week with a moderate gain Friday after better-than-expected economic data placated a market pummeled a day earlier by concerns about housing and the financial sector. Financials fell on continued worries about souring loans,...Tags: University of Michigan, Petroleum Industry, Stock Activities, Stocks, Financial Markets
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Some good news, some not half bad
After weeks of one negative report after another, the economy finally got some news Friday that wasn't half bad.
Wall Street, which suffered a stomach-churning drop Thursday, managed a modest gain. Oil prices hit their lowest since early June, and gas...Tags: Michigan, Labor Day, Homes, Tickets, Stock Activities
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Crude oil, gasoline prices drop to lowest in 7 weeks
From Chicago Tribune news servicesOil prices sank to their lowest point in seven weeks Friday, and prices at the pump fell. Auto club AAA said a gallon of gas could cost as much as 25 cents less by Labor Day. Light, sweet crude for September delivery fell $2.23 to settle at $123.26 a...Tags: Energy KD, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Prices, Public Holidays, Petroleum Industry
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We think: Restricting oil speculators isn't the solution to the nation's energy problems
America's energy predicament -- its dependence on high-priced oil, most of it imported -- reflects years of bad choices from policymakers in Washington, D.C. It'll take years of better choices to get out of it. But many members of Congress, feeling the...Tags: Florida, Conservation, Energy KD, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, National Government
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Sen. Cantwell Blocks Nominations To Federal Agency
The Associated PressSenator Maria Cantwell has blocked three nominations to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission - including the President's choice to lead the panel. The Washington state Democrat says the federal agency has failed to regulate oil markets even as the...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Maria Cantwell, National Government, Energy Saving, Government
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Oil gains ground; natural gas fizzles
Energy market investors managed to win back modest oil gains Thursday, after crude's big drop a day earlier. But they again drove natural gas prices sharply lower as a three-week sell-off of that fuel continued unabated.
Light, sweet crude for...Tags: Natural Gas, Energy Resources, Natural Resources, Petroleum Industry, Wright Express Corporation
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Southwest Airlines will soon be No. 1 at four of five area airports
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSouthwest Airlines Co. this fall is on track to become the busiest carrier at Los Angeles International Airport and at three of the four regional airports in Southern California as high fuel prices force its main competitors to cut flights. The low-...Tags: JetBlue, John Wayne, Boeing Co., Prices, Gary Kelly
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U.S. claims Optiver influenced oil prices
Chicago Tribune ReporterFederal regulators Thursday accused a trading firm with operations in Chicago of manipulating oil prices, although the charges are unlikely to prove congressional suspicions that speculation fueled oil's climb to as high as $145 a barrel. The alleged...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, New York, Byron Dorgan, Petroleum Industry, Prosecution
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