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Oil Gains Ground But Natural Gas Continues Slide
Associated PressNEW YORK -- Energy market investors managed to win back modest gains Thursday following oil's big drop a day earlier, but again drove natural gas prices sharply lower as a three-week sell-off of that fuel continued unabated. Light, sweet crude for...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Wright Express Corporation, Petroleum Industry, Kerosene, Natural Gas
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Dow Chemical reports decline in 2Q profit
AP Business WriterDow Chemical Co. said Thursday that despite record sales and two double-digit price increases unveiled in the second quarter, its profit for the period fell 27 percent, in large part because of sharply higher costs for energy and raw materials. The...Tags: Material Science, Engineering, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Rohm & Haas Company, Kevin McCarthy
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IN BRIEF
Stocks advanced for the second straight session yesterday as another decline in oil prices and several upbeat profit reports eased some of Wall Street's concerns about the economy. Crude has retreated as oil investors have worried that high prices and a...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Gannett Company Incorporated, Petroleum Industry, New York Mercantile Exchange, Sales
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Changes ahead for McDonald's dollar menu
Chicago Tribune reporterMcDonald's Corp. blew past Wall Street's profit expectations and posted a strong second quarter Wednesday, despite weak consumer confidence and soaring commodity costs. But with ingredient costs expected to remain high—the hamburger giant...Tags: McDonald's Corp., Restaurant and Catering Industry, Foreign Exchange Market, Oak Brook, Consumers
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Lilly 2Q earnings rise 44 pct as sales increase
AP Business WriterDouble-digit sales growth from key drugs helped Eli Lilly and Co. post a 44 percent profit increase Thursday, but investor concern over the fate of potential blockbuster prasugrel held back the stock price. Sales for the antidepressant Cymbalta, Lilly's...Tags: Illnesses, Western Medicines, Lilly Eli & Co, Sales, Heart Disease
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Existing home sales in South Florida continue to slide
Sun-Sentinel.comPrices of existing homes in South Florida fell last month as the housing downturn trudged into its 30th month. Palm Beach County's median price was $334,300, off 12 percent from June 2007, the Florida Association of Realtors said Thursday. Broward's...Tags: Homes, Beach Vacations, Palm Beach County, Sales
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Commodity Price Boom Appears To Be Cooling
A month ago, sizzling commodities prices seemed destined to soar higher, with record-breaking rallies in crude oil and corn. But now the boom appears to be taking a breather, cooled by a weakening economy and milder weather. In just seven trading days,...Tags: Natural Disasters, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Disasters, Commodity Markets, Petroleum Industry
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Oil Prices Lowest Since Early June
Oil prices shed nearly $4 Wednesday, tumbling below $125 a barrel for the first time since early June on growing fears that high prices and the weak economy are destroying demand. Light, sweet crude for September delivery dropped $3.98, to settle at...Tags: Wright Express Corporation, Petroleum Industry, Energy KD, Bankruptcy, Federal Reserve
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Business Briefing - July 24, 2008
AIR PRODUCTS EARNINGS TOP EXPECTATIONS Air Products & Chemicals Inc., the Trexlertown maker of industrial gases, reported quarterly earnings Wednesday that topped analysts' estimates because of higher prices and demand from energy companies. Air...Tags: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Bill Gates, Trexlertown, New York, Michael Bloomberg
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Stock futures mixed ahead of housing data
Associated PressWall Street headed for a mixed open Thursday as investors eyed the release of key data on the troubled housing market and sifted through another stream of earnings reports. A fresh reading on sales of existing homes will likely show sales resumed their...Tags: Washington Mutual Inc., Tropical Storms, Stock Activities, Wachovia Corp., New York Stock Exchange
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