Oil below $79 as Ida weakens to tropical storm
AP - Tue Nov 10, 7:26 am ETAP - Oil prices swung around $79 a barrel Tuesday, as a storm threatening oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico weakened and investors eyed a volatile dollar.
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Oil prices fall as Ida fades, dollar climbs; settles at $79.05
The Trucker - 1 minute agoOil prices fell Tuesday as workers headed back to deep sea platforms that were bypassed by a rapidly weakening storm in the Gulf of Mexico. Ida, once a Category 1 hurricane, was downgraded to a tropical storm Monday and then lost even that status Tuesday as its winds lost their punch.
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Hike takes in âNonsenseâ Revolutionary War site
Morris NewsBee - 2 minutes agoMORRISTOWN – Legend has it Fort Nonsense earned its name because even though it had been ordered built by Gen George Washington on high ground above what is now the Morris County Courthouse to stand as a look out over the Watchung Mountains, it was really no more than a tedious make-work project that never had any real reason for existing.
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Oil prices fall as Ida fades, dollar climbs
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 3 minutes agoOil prices fell Tuesday as workers headed back to deep sea platforms that were bypassed by a rapidly weakening storm in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Stocks zigzag after rally as the dollar rises
AP via Yahoo! Finance - 5 minutes agoInvestors cooled their buying of stocks and commodities, pausing from a surge that's carried major stock indexes to their highest levels in more than a year.
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Chemical leak closes section of Va. highway
WRIC 8 News Richmond - 7 minutes agoAssociated Press - November 10, 2009 3:35 PM ET LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) - Authorities closed a section of highway in Rockbridge County for more than nine hours because of a chemical leak.
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UPDATE: EIA: 4Q US Oil Use Seen At 18.86M B/D, -2.3% Vs Yr
The Forex Market - 10 minutes agoNEW YORK (Dow Jones)--U.S. oil demand in the fourth quarter is expected average 18.86 million barrels a day, down 2.3% from a year earlier, but is expected to rebound in the 2010 first quarter, to 18.97 million barrels a day, a 0.7% rise from a year earlier, government forecasters said Tuesday.
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Jacksonville Urban League Recognizes Crowley with Equal Opportunity Award for Company's Diversity Efforts
Journal of Commerce Online - 13 minutes ago(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.: Nov. 10, 2009) Crowley was recently recognized by the Jacksonville Urban League for the company's significant efforts in the areas of diversity and equal opportunity in the workplace at the 36th Annual Equal Opportunity Luncheon held at the Hyatt Regency Riverfront Hotel in Jacksonville.
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OGX to Drill More Wells After Raising Oil Estimates (Update2)
Bloomberg - 13 minutes agoNov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA , the oil company controlled by billionaire Eike Batista , said it will drill more wells in Brazil than previously announced after it boosted potential reserve estimates.
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Transcat Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)
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Are You Ready To Raise Gas Taxes To Promote Electric Car Adoption?
Auto Spies - 20 minutes agoElectrification of the automobile brings with it some significant tax implications. For one thing since costs of early models will be high, there is a government $7500 tax credit that buyers of the Volt will be eligible for.
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Exxon Sees Major Cost Savings on Abu Dhabi Oil Field
Rigzone - 20 minutes agoExxon Mobil Corp. expects to save billions of dollars at its massive Upper Zakum oil field development in Abu Dhabi from building artificial islands instead of steel platforms for drilling, a senior company executive said Monday.
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Giant Food store evacuated after 14 fall ill
WTOP Radio Washington, DC - 21 minutes agoA Giant Food grocery store has been evacuated in Bethesda after 14 people fell ill and complained of a strange odor in the store.
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Sweetwater man charged with arson in fires
The Maryville Daily Times - 21 minutes agoSWEETWATER -- A Sweetwater man was charged with arson in connection with fires that destroyed two buildings in the Glenlock community. Tim Mitchell, 22, of County Road 340, Sweetwater, reportedly confessed to his role in the fires. Mitchell was charged with aggravated arson and arson.
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Gas prices dip in Reno area, rise statewide, AAA survey shows
Mason Valley News - 23 minutes agoThe average price of gasoline dipped slightly across the Reno-Carson City region but is up statewide on an 8-cent spike in the Las Vegas area, today’s AAA Nevada monthly survey shows.
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LOOP Shut; Chevron Plant Not Affected, Police Say (Update2)
Bloomberg - 25 minutes agoNov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, used by import tankers too large for U.S. harbors, remained closed for a third day by high seas as the storm Ida was downgraded and all warnings were discontinued.
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Quantum Ships Diesel Hybrid Vehicles to Army
Automotive Fleet - 29 minutes agoIRVINE, CA --- Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. said it is developing and shipping diesel hybrid vehicles to the U.S. Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center's national automotive center.
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Plutonic Power Issues Progress Update and Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
Marketwire - 30 minutes agoVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 10, 2009) - Plutonic Power Corporation (the Company) (TSX:PCC) announced today a progress update and its financial results in Canadian Dollars for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. UPDATES On October 28, 2009, as part of its commitment to reduce greenhouse gases and become a clean energy powerhouse, the British Columbia (BC) Provincial ...
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Repsol YPF chooses ABB cpmPlus Smart Client To Improve Operational Efficiency
ChemicalOnline - 33 minutes agoRepsol YPF, a leading worldwide Oil and Gas company, recently purchased ABB's cpmPlus Smart Client to improve operational efficiency at its Lube Oil Blending plant at the La Plata Refinery in Argentina
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