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  1. News Summary: Metals, Oil Fall as Cliff Nears

    Fri, 28 Dec 2012

    government spending will kick in if Republicans and Democrats can't reach a budget compromise by midnight Monday. LOSING ENERGY : Prices for energy commodities also fell. Benchmark crude, Brent crude, gasoline and heating oil all finished lower.

  2. Chevron's CEO: Affordable Energy Is Crucial

    Thu, 27 Dec 2012

    around the globe: Governments everywhere find high energy prices much scarier than the threat of global warming. And put pressure on the economy and put pressure on our energy prices , put pressure on manufacturing business, put pressure

  3. Paul Ryan Slams President on Energy Policy, Saying Obama Will 'Keep His War on Coal Going'

    Sat, 20 Oct 2012

    accusing the president of employing policies that would both prevent getting "people back to work and lower(ing) our energy prices ." "He'll keep his war on coal going," Ryan said of Obama. "Over a hundred coal plants are scheduled to close

  4. Investing: Biotech funds leaders in 2012

    Thu, 27 Sep 2012

    surprisingly, funds that bet on a declining market took the biggest hits, falling about 21%. Funds that rise and fall with energy prices also lagged, mainly because of low natural gas prices. Health and biotech funds, however, have produced robust

  5. Across USA, pace of jobs recovery is all over the map

    Thu, 30 Aug 2012

    All these states lost relatively few or no jobs in the downturn and have benefited from a worldwide surge in food and energy prices . North Dakota, for example, grew payrolls through the recession. Unconventional drilling techniques are extracting

  6. Gas prices likely to rise after Isaac

    Mon, 27 Aug 2012

    things are resolved." Francisco Blanch, head of global commodities research for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, says energy prices are already under pressure from low inventories and drought-plagued corn crops, which are pushing up ethanol costs

News

  1. Inflation index is flat in June as energy prices drop

    Tue, 17 Jul 2012

    Inflation stayed cool in June, as the falling price of gasoline outweighed the a slight pickup in the cost of food. The consumer price index was unchanged for the month, the Labor Department reported this morning. That includes a 1.4% drop in the cost of energy and a 0.2% rise in food prices. The

  2. The End of Tax-Free Online Shopping?

    Mon, 9 Jul 2012

    get to the back end of the current quarter." Orlando tells me one reason is the fall in gas prices: "you've got energy prices which peaked in March down about 30 percent or so." Many people with good credit have been refinancing their mortgages

  3. Stocks: Best day of year for S&P 500 as Europe talks unity

    Fri, 29 Jun 2012

    57% late Thursday, as demand decreased for ultra-safe investments and investors raised money to buy stocks. Energy prices rose sharply because a cure for Europe's debt problem would remove a big drag on global economic growth. The

  4. Ask Matt: Is now a buying opportunity for oil stocks?

    Sun, 24 Jun 2012

    Hughes is a stock that's more emblematic of what's hurting the oil and gas industry right now. Not only have lower energy prices hurt Baker Hughes, but there's also the risk of lower levels of drilling outside the U.S. and the rising cost

  5. Going Solar Without Spending a Lot of Dough

    Thu, 24 May 2012

    It's not often that a homeowner looks forward to a bill arriving in the mail. But Chad Tromblee eagerly awaits one bill in particular. "I can't wait to get it and see what the electric bill is," he told ABC News. These days, his electric bill has shrunk as quickly as a puddle on a hot sidewalk. For

  6. So, Drill Already: Obama to Oil Industry

    Thu, 17 May 2012

    in the U.S., cites a more basic reason a lease may be idle: Its oil and gas may be uneconomic to extract. As energy prices fluctuate, and as technology improves, she says, idle leases are brought into production. The most dramatic and

  7. USA's energy gains can fuel your portfolio

    Thu, 10 May 2012

    actively managed energy funds are in the chart. If you need a happy thought while filling your tank, consider that lower energy prices could produce a manufacturing boom in the U.S. — and one that foreign countries may not be able to match. John

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Videos

  1. Roundtable II: This Week in Politics

    Sun, 18 Mar 2012

    Has brought about very high gasoline prices and other energy prices and as correctly there's no silver bullet. When you've just make one point on what governor Barbara salmon. Energy prices and our oil policy. I the truth of the matter is this

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    for three years. Has brought about very high gasoline prices and other energy prices and -- as correctly there's no silver bullet. When you've had three years of terrible policy. Designed to drive up the cost
    Well if -- just make one point on what governor Barbara salmon. Energy prices and our oil policy. I -- the truth of the matter is this administration has expanded. Oil production more than we've seen
  2. Interview with Rick Santorum

    Sun, 26 Feb 2012

    we stayed focused on. On here in Michigan a particular talking about manufacturing jobs about energy and try to get energy prices lower and in the response we've gotten has been absolutely great we've great crowds we've focused on on building

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    particular talking about manufacturing jobs -- about energy and try to get energy prices lower and in -- the response we've gotten has been absolutely great we've -- great crowds we've focused on on building this
  3. Gas Prices on Daily Rise

    Sat, 25 Feb 2012

    Street speculators for driving up the price of oil there's nothing worse the American economy and rising gasoline energy prices rising they are the average cost per gallon has soared from 325. To three dollars and 67 cents since December. Economists

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    price of oil there's nothing worse the American economy and rising gasoline energy prices rising they are the average cost per gallon has soared from 325. To three dollars and 67 cents since December. Economists say
  4. Santorum Wins Alabama

    Tue, 13 Mar 2012

    administration. And we wanted to be here in Lafayette. To say to average folks who are struggling right now because of those energy prices . We will put this down in this region back to work so you can go back to work. And have a better. I finally just

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    say to average folks who are struggling right now because of those energy prices . We will put this down in this region back to work so you can go back to work. And have a better.
  5. Interview with Robert Gibbs

    Sun, 19 Feb 2012

    America is a problem not a good. That we need to have a less energy consumption and one way to do that is to make energy prices higher. His policies have done everything they can to slow down energy energy production. That's the Republican

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    less energy consumption and one way to do that is to make energy prices higher. His policies have done everything they can to slow down energy energy production.
  6. March 19, 2001: Energy Crisis in U.S.

    Wed, 16 Mar 2011

    the secretary of energy weighed in with his view that energy prices are dragging the economy down and so California. And that the last three recessions followed sharp rises in energy prices . At a meeting of the administration's energy policy

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    intertwined. And the secretary of energy weighed in with his view that energy prices are dragging the economy down and so California. And Washington are our first two stops we'll check in first with Brian Rooney
    They're reminding reporters that the last three recessions followed sharp rises in energy prices . At a meeting of the administration's energy policy team the president asked for time in dealing with the nation's energy problems.
  7. Markets Around the World in Flux

    Tue, 9 Aug 2011

    they tumbled down around eighty dollars a barrel on fact right now we're at 81 dollars a barrel. So perhaps lowered energy prices could mean some good news for consumers who have been used to paying that four dollars a gallon in gas a game we're

    Energy Prices found at 2:05

    fact right now we're at 81 dollars a barrel. So perhaps lowered energy prices could mean some good news for consumers who have been used to paying that four dollars a gallon in gas a game
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