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A call for production cuts as OPEC members meet in Vienna
The Associated PressThere is too much crude on global oil markets, senior oil officials from Iran and Libya said today, and added that OPEC was reviewing supply levels. Energy officials representing members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries arrived in...Tags: Natural Resources, Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, Hurricane Ike, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Week ahead
Friday brings August producer price index data, and investors will see whether their inflation worries have truly dissipated. Economists are expecting the rate to drop on a month-over-month basis, but to be more than 10 percent higher year over year....Tags: Apple Inc., Sales
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OPEC Considering Cutback In Oil Production
With oil prices off nearly 30 percent from their highs of almost $150 a barrel, OPEC oil ministers are considering what was unthinkable just a few weeks ago — cutting back output to prop up the price of crude. No one is predicting much of a cutback...Tags: Energy Saving, Petroleum Industry, Layoffs and Downsizing, New York Mercantile Exchange, John McCain
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Gas prices may rise as Hurricane Ike heads into Gulf
Sentinel Staff WriterGas prices may climb this week as Hurricane Ike heads into the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico, travel group AAA Auto Club South said in its latest fuel-price report. Motorists have seen prices at the pump drop in the past few weeks. In Florida, the average...Tags: Hurricanes, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Automotive Equipment, Natural Disasters, Meteorological Disasters
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Lovin' those oil speculators
Nothing stokes our anger better than a convenient villain who probably drives a cool car. So it was that, through much of this summer's understandable angst over gasoline prices, flailing politicians tried to help the rest of us—hey, it's an...Tags: Natural Resources, Energy Saving, Energy Resources, Consumers, Petroleum Industry
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Oil prices down -- OPEC thinks cuts
With oil prices off nearly 30 percent from their highs of almost $150 a barrel, OPEC oil ministers are considering what was unthinkable just a few weeks ago: cutting back output to prop up the price of crude. No one is predicting much of a cutback --...Tags: Energy Saving, Hurricane Ike, Tropical Weather, Petroleum Industry, Commodity Markets
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The week ahead
Monday Reports July consumer credit Tuesday Reports July wholesale inventories July pending home sales Earnings Korn/Ferry International Wednesday Earnings Stewart Enterprises Inc. Thursday Reports July trade balance Weekly initial jobless...Tags: Economic Indicator, Sales, Petroleum Industry, Inventories, Stewart Enterprises Incorporated
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Malnutrition: an old stain on the new India
Los Angeles TimesSitting in the basket of a hanging scale, 20-month-old Deep Kumar epitomizes the silent but monumental crisis gripping this country: The needle stops at 14 pounds. A healthy child his age ought to weigh nearly twice as much. But very little about Deep...Tags: Famines, Manmohan Singh, Productivity, Health Treatments, Illnesses
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Jobless rate up, signals 'R' word
Chicago Tribune reporterThe nation's jobless rate jumped to 6.1 percent in August—its highest level in five years—as U.S. employers accelerated workforce cuts in response to weakening economic conditions. The Labor Department reported Friday that employers chopped...Tags: Employment, Labor Markets, Business, Unemployment, Michael Gregory
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Crude Prices Lowest In 5 Months
Associated PressOil prices sank to a five-month low Friday as a jump in the U.S. unemployment rate signaled to traders that Americans might keep paring their energy use to save money. The Labor Department said the unemployment rate spiked to 6.1 percent from 5.7 percent...Tags: Natural Resources, Energy Saving, Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, Layoffs and Downsizing
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
Palin is going to have to essentially take a crash course in foreign affairs before the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate against Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Her best hope may be that Biden says something condescending...Tags: Joe Biden
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The 'real' campaign is starting now
The national conventions are over, so the stage is set for serious politics. The parties have defined their messages, but the conversation now changes. Instead of party members talking to each other, they now must address ''outsiders.'' For...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Medicaid, Government, Michelle Obama, Economic Policy
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