NEW YORK — Oil prices climbed to near $100 per barrel Tuesday following a series of positive reports about the U.S. economy. In midday trading benchmark crude rose 36 cents to $98.50 per barrel in New York. Crude jumped as ...

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NEW YORK — Oil dropped more than 2 percent Monday as the dollar strengthened and an energy research group said it expected growth in Chinese demand for oil to slow later this year. At the pump, gas prices continued to ...

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NEW YORK — The crisis in Libya is again pushing oil higher as the New York Mercantile Exchange opens for trading. Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for April delivery gained 83 cents Monday at $105.25 a barrel on the Nymex. The ...

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Oil prices eased to around $88 a barrel on Wednesday as traders locked in profits after crude rose above $90 for the first time in more than two years. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for January delivery was ...

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Getting home for the holidays could involve paying the year’s highest price for gasoline. The national average for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline on Monday was just 3 cents shy $2.92 a gallon, the high set back in May. ...

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LONDON — Oil prices dropped below $75 a barrel Friday amid mounting concerns over the pace of the U.S. economic recovery, following another batch of downbeat economic data. Benchmark crude for October delivery was down 19 cents at $74.24 a ...

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