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A sharp rise in Chinese car sales hasn't been reflected in nationwide gasoline consumption this year, an anomaly that has some analysts scratching their heads. But Standard Chartered analysts have a theory.
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washingtonpost.com - Washington D.C. Area Crime News:
A Montgomery County landscaper was sentenced to life in prison Monday for forcing his way into an elderly Wheaton woman's home and murdering her by slamming her head repeatedly against furniture, dousing her with gasoline and (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Rising oil prices and slack demand for gasoline add up to difficult times in the refining business, as energy-industry analysts see more investment opportunity in the production of oil itself than in the process of making and (Read More)
National Review Online:
The West’s standoff with the Iranian regime over its illicit nuclear activities simultaneously grows simpler and more vexatious. It grows simpler as we reach a more and more certain judgment about the regime’s intentions vis- (Read More)
National Review Online:
The core of the tumult in current public discussion is the whipsaw between those who dread inflation and those who fear a relapse into economic decline and are aroused about health care. It took the former administration (but (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Crude futures fell Friday for a second session, reducing their weekly gains as a rebounding dollar and weaker stock markets continued to weigh on commodities trading. Crude for December delivery, whi (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Marathon Oil [S: mro] said Thursday it expects 2009 production growth of 6% over the year-ago period. The New York-based energy company said it'll pare back spending on refining and marketing of gaso (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Crude-oil futures traded slightly higher, paring strong early gains on a decline in oil and gasoline inventories as the focus switched to continued weakness in U.S. oil demand. (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Oil and Gas Prices:
The nation's largest producer of corn-based ethanol said it has slashed the cost of producing cellulosic ethanol from corn cobs and that it will be able to compete with gasoline in two years.
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Wall Street Journal:
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures remained higher Wednesday after government data showed a modest decline in U.S. crude inventories as imports fell and demand ticked up. Crude inventories fell 900,000 barrels in the (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. said Wednesday that its fiscal third-quarter profit fell to $17.7 million, or 32 cents a share, from $28.2 million, or 48 cents, a year earlier. Sales in the quarter ended O (Read More)
National Review Online:
The liberal writ was that a strutting “bring ’em on” George W. Bush for eight years did what he pleased on the international scene. His “unilateral” America supposedly did not consult with either allies or international organ (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Brazil's state-run oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro late Friday said third-quarter net earnings fell 26% to 7.3 billion reals ($4.24 billion)from 9.84 billion reals in the year-ago period. The decli (Read More)
New York Times:
Baghdad’s first trade fair since the invasion six years ago attracted 396 companies, but only a few from the United States. (Read More)
New York Times:
Baghdad’s first trade fair since the invasion six years ago attracted 396 companies, but only a few from the United States.
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Wall Street Journal:
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Crude futures fell Thursday after government data showed U.S. crude inventories rose last week as demand weakened. Crude stockpiles rose by 1.8 million barrels in the week ended Nov. 6, the Energy In (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
China’s decision to raise prices for gasoline and diesel fuel by up to 7.2%, in line with rising global crude-oil prices, boost shares of state-owned refiners such as Sinopec and PetroChina.
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FOXNews.com:
Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., called Monday for an international coalition to block gasoline deliveries to Iran because of its rejection of a U.N. plan to curb its enriched uranium stockpile. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. gasoline prices stand at their highest levels in more than a year -- and they may still have room to rise against a backdrop of high crude-oil prices.
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