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Oil Prices Fall Below $60 a Barrel

Oil prices fall below $60 a barrel as markets recoil from last week's stock market drop

Read more : CBS News Business: 06.03.2007 05:34:00

Standoff in Iran Sends Oil to Six-Month High

Tensions over the fate of 15 British sailors and marines captured by Iran in the Persian Gulf last week helped drive crude oil prices to a six-month high yesterday, threatening to boost gasoline prices just two months before the start of the summer driving season.

Read more : Washingtonpost Oil and Gas Prices: 30.03.2007 11:00:00

As Gas Prices Rise Again, Democrats Blame Big Oil

A week after US gasoline prices hit a near-record $3.05 a gallon, Democrats in Congress are promoting legislation taking aim at the big oil companies, although industry experts say that the efforts aren't likely to have any effect.

Read more : Washingtonpost Oil and Gas Prices: 11.05.2007 11:00:00

Glittering and Gushing

You missed the wild ride on Cyclone Gonu? Oil traders rode that financial roller coaster for several days this month when the cyclone briefly pummeled the energy-producing Persian Gulf state of Oman. Crude prices shot above $71 a barrel at Gonu's worst, only to recede to below $69 a barrel over t...

Read more : Washingtonpost Oil and Gas Prices: 24.06.2007 11:00:00

Glittering, Gushing Commodities

You missed the wild ride on Cyclone Gonu? Oil traders rode that financial roller coaster for several days this month when the cyclone briefly pummeled the energy-producing Persian Gulf state of Oman. Crude prices shot above $71 a barrel at Gonu's worst, only to recede to below $69 a barrel over the...

Read more : Washingtonpost Oil and Gas Prices: 28.06.2007 11:00:00

Rationing Fuels Discontent In Iran

TEHRAN, June 30 -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who swept to power promising that every family would benefit from the nation's oil wealth, now faces growing domestic discontent over newly imposed fuel rationing and skyrocketing consumer prices.

Read more : Washingtonpost Oil and Gas Prices: 01.07.2007 11:00:00

Inflation as a State of Mind

The steep rise in oil prices in recent years has not triggered either high inflation or a recession, in large part because consumers and businesses expect price increases to remain tame, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said yesterday.

Read more : Washingtonpost Oil and Gas Prices: 11.07.2007 11:00:00

Relief at the Pump

Gas prices drop as oil refineries stabilize after maintenance.

Read more : ABC News Video Money & Business: 08.08.2007 09:16:00

Bet for Uneven Seas: Try Oil

Crude-oil prices could stay relatively high even as the credit and stock markets swoon, traders say, as tight supply could pull oil back up by year's end.

Read more : Wall Street Journal Heard on the Street: 20.08.2007 14:43:00

Oil Market Evades Storm, but Prices Stay Firm

Hurricane Dean spares the refineries, but it's clear we're in a $70 crude world.

Read more : TheStreet Chris Edmonds: 20.08.2007 22:18:00

No '06 Gas-Price Gouging Found

As gasoline prices broke through the $3-a-gallon level 16 months ago, a bipartisan chorus of congressional leaders and President Bush demanded that the Federal Trade Commission investigate whether the big oil companies were engaged in price gouging.

Read more : Washingtonpost Oil and Gas Prices: 31.08.2007 11:00:00

A Crude Reality For Consumers?

With the economy slowing, you might expect energy demand to ease and put downward pressure on prices. But crude oil, heating oil and gasoline prices are marching higher.

Read more : Wall Street Journal Ahead of the Tape: 12.09.2007 08:57:00

Rising Oil Prices and Dollar's Decline Dampen Enthusiasm Ahead of Fed Meeting

NEW YORK, Sept. 12 -- Wall Street finished essentially flat Wednesday, with investors still confident the Federal Reserve will lower rates next week but treading cautiously as oil prices crossed $80 a barrel for the first time and the dollar extended its decline.

Read more : Washingtonpost Main: 13.09.2007 11:00:00

Oil Prices Briefly Move Past $80

Crude oil prices hit a record yesterday, briefly topping $80 a barrel as the Energy Department reported an unexpectedly sharp drop in US inventories, a hurricane warning closed the Houston Ship Channel and oil traders discounted the significance of OPEC's announced plan to slightly raise its ou...

Read more : Washingtonpost Oil and Gas Prices: 13.09.2007 11:00:00

Could The Electric Car Save Us?

Gasoline-powered cars pollute, they keep us dependent on foreign oil, and when gas prices go up, they cost a fortune to drive. But can we build a cars that doesn't take a sip of gas? Well, someone has.

Read more : CBS News Sunday Morning: 17.09.2007 02:30:00

Stocks Take a Timeout From Their Two-Day Rally

NEW YORK, Sept. 20 -- Stocks retreated Thursday as Wall Street took a breather from this week's rally, sobered a bit by mixed earnings reports, a tumbling dollar and surging oil prices.

Read more : Washingtonpost Main: 21.09.2007 11:00:00

Taking Cues From Fed, Speculators Bid Up Oil

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke may have cooled off the credit crisis by cutting interest rates, but he may also have heated up oil prices this week.

Read more : Washingtonpost Oil and Gas Prices: 22.09.2007 11:00:00

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