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North Sea Pipeline Flow Restored, Crude Prices Fall

The price of Brent crude has dropped this morning on news that the leaky Brent pipeline system has been repaired and is flowing again. The Abu Dhabi-based company that owns ...
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Brent Crude Set to Take Over as Global Standard

The long-standing reign of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude as the international benchmark for crude oil pricing has been eroding for a couple of years. Now, there is a virtual ...
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Brent Crude Down To $104

Brent crude traded as low as $104, down from closer to $120 just three months ago. The drop should continue based on data about the faltering economies of India and ...
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High Oil Prices Become Danger, Again

Brent crude was not supposed to rise to $120 again. That was good news, because high oil prices has been viewed as a potential trigger of a global economic slowdown. ...
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Are Diesel Exports Keeping US Gas Prices High? (VLO, MPC)

In the week ended September 16th, the US exported more refined products than it imported. Year-over-year, the US is now exporting 714,000 barrels/day more refined products than it is importing. ...
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Commodities Watch: The Commodities Flush on Crude; Rare Earths Stumble; Russian Wheat Exports to Resume; Sugar Demand to Rise (MCP, REE, AVL, REMX, NOBGY, RDS-A, CZZ)

Today's commodities news centers on the more than -4% drop in WTI crude oil prices which has led to a broad sell-off in most other commodities.  This was a day ...
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Media Digest (4.1.2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

David Sokol's trading in Lubrizol before Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK) bought it may cause regulators to review the transaction. (Reuters) The Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency said ...
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Fed Member–End QE2, Maybe

Charles I. Plosser, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, would like the central bank to get out of the QE2 business as soon as possible. He ...
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Middle East Unrest And European Contagion

Yields on the five-year sovereign debt of Portugal rose over 7% as capital markets investors lost faith once again in the nation's ability to right its economy. Past patterns, if ...
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Brent Crude Near $100

ICE March Brent, the primary world measure of oil prices, rose to $99.63 which is an increase of over 2% for last week. Trouble in Egypt and expectations for a ...
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