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Gas rises again even as signs point to slow demand
Associated Press NEW YORK — Gas prices rose for the 22nd straight day on Wednesday, even as evidence grew that drivers are using less fuel. Drivers nationwide are now paying an average of $3....
Mar 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dow closes above 13K, 1st time since ’08
The Dow Jones industrial average rode a surge of confidence in the economy Tuesday to close above 13,000, a threshold it last crossed four months before the financial crisis of 2008 and the darkest...
Feb 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Automakers race to keep up sales
DETROIT — Auto sales are growing so fast that Detroit can barely keep up. Three years after the U.S. auto industry nearly collapsed, sales of cars and trucks are surging. Sales could exceed 14 m...
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Close but not quite for the Dow in push for 13,000
The Dow Jones industrial average narrowly missed 13,000. Again. A burst of selling at the closing bell drove the Dow lower after it hovered around the milestone for most of the afternoon. The av...
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Sales contracts for homes rose in January
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes rose in January to the highest level in nearly two years, supporting the view that the housing market is gradually coming back...
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Buffett says newspapers need to charge online
OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett says newspapers need to stop giving away their product for free online, but they will have a decent future if they continue delivering information that can’t be found e...
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Oil prices fall after surge
NEW YORK — Oil prices took a breather on Monday, falling slightly as investors booked some profits after a seven-day surge. Retail gasoline prices continued to climb, adding five cents over the wee...
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FAA wants to boost airline pilot qualifications
WASHINGTON — Airline co-pilots would have to meet the same experience threshold required of captains — the first boost in four decades — under regulations proposed Monday by the Federal Aviation Ad...
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Associated Press Fire boat response crews spray water on the burning remnants of BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. The gargantuan legal bill for the 2010 catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is coming due for BP as a federal trial opens on Monday to determine the company's liability for the blowout of its Macondo well.
Gulf oil spill trial delayed for settlement talks
NEW ORLEANS — A judge has delayed the federal trial over the nation’s worst offshore oil disaster by a week, saying Sunday that BP PLC was making some progress in settlement talks with a committee ...
Feb 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Texas’ Permian Basin experiencing oil boon
DALLAS — The Permian Basin of West Texas is experiencing an oil boom, leading some of the region’s top oilmen to predict that Texas oil production will double within five to seven years. Oil dri...
Feb 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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