SINGAPORE (AP) -- Asian countries are concerned by the rise of oil prices to record highs and its impact on consumers, Singapore's leader said Wednesday, as crude futures approached $100 a barrel. "For those of us who are not oil exporters and we imp
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. oil supplies fell unexpectedly last week and gasoline stockpiles rose, but at a slower pace than expected, according to government data published Wednesday. For the week ending Nov. 16, crude oil inventories fell by 1.1 millio
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- An energy company intends to spend $1.4 billion constructing a new synfuels plant and coal mine in southwestern North Dakota, state and industry officials say. Chuck Kerr, chief executive officer of Great Northern Power Develop
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australian agribusiness AWB Ltd. on Wednesday said profit fell 53 percent in the fiscal year through September, hit by the country's worst drought in a century. Net profit fell to $27.1 million Australian dollars ($24.1 mi
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada would benefit on many levels from investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy rather than new coal-fired power plants, according to an analysis backed by coal plant foes, environmentalists and alternative en
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A so-called perfect storm of circumstances that led to high prices and shortages of gasoline and diesel fuel in North Dakota also may hit home heating fuel this winter, energy officials say. "I'm worried," said Sen. Byron Dorga
NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices resumed their march toward $100 Tuesday, rising to records over $98 a barrel as futures drew strength from a declining dollar, news of refinery problems and speculation that the Federal Reserve will again cut interest rate
NEW YORK (AP) -- Duke Energy Co. received approval Tuesday from Indiana utility regulators to build a $2 billion coal-burning power plant using technology that could eventually allow the plant's global warming emissions to be captured and stored unde
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Two companies forming a joint venture to produce up to 100 million gallons of biodiesel a year by 2010, primarily with Montana crops, said Tuesday they will be looking to sign up as many as 50 farmers by next year. The companies
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- The lines formed at dawn and remained long throughout the day -- hundreds upon hundreds of Venezuelans waiting to buy scarce milk, chicken and sugar at state-run outdoor markets staffed by soldiers in fatigues. President Hu
CHICAGO (AP) -- Agricultural futures climbed sharply Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade, with a big jump in wheat and soybean prices. Wheat for December delivery rose 17.25 cents to $7.735 a bushel; December corn rose 3.75 cents to $3.8125 a bushe
SOUTHAMPTON, N.J. (AP) -- A fire at one of New Jersey's few hog farms has killed nearly 1,000 pigs that were destined for eventual auction and slaughter. Veterinarians on Tuesday were evaluating the health of the surviving swine as fire inspectors tr
Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, president of Iran, reckons he has pinpointed the soft underbelly of the US: the dollar. He urges Opec to consider pricing crude oil in other currencies. Iran can invoice its oil customers in cowrie shells if it likes, but that w
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- For decades, Nigerian governments were content to let international oil companies do the pumping, merely taking taxes, royalties and a cut of profits. Now with global oil prices surging near $100 a barrel, Africa's leading oil
NEW YORK (AP) -- SunOpta Inc. plans to construct a 10 million-gallon-per-year cellulosic ethanol plant in Minnesota with the Central Minnesota Ethanol Co-op, the company said Tuesday. SunOpta has signed a letter of intent to complete a feasibility st
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·La. Cotton Farms Hope for Dr
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