LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman said on Tuesday the United States was not concerned about the debate within OPEC on whether it should seek an alternative to the dollar in pricing oil. Bodman also told reporters that OPEC should i
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Chocolate Manufacturers Association has hired the Podesta Group Inc. to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure form. The firm will lobby on the farm bill, food legislation and cocoa growing and production in We
CHICAGO (AP) -- Agricultural futures finished mostly lower Monday on on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for December delivery rose 6.75 cents to close at $7.5625 a bushel; December corn fell 2 cents to $3.775 a bushel; December oats fell 4.5 cents
Bull markets are demand led. Bear Markets are supply led. Its and old and surprisingly true axiom. Nowhere has it been truer than in crude oil prices. While oil worldwide demand may not be fully to blame for the most recent spike in crude prices, it
NEW YORK (AP) -- With the price of gold reaching levels not seen in 27 years, independent and family jewelry retailers are the first to feel the pinch as the crucial holiday season begins. Gold, platinum, silver and diamond costs have been rising for
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- International Coal Group's small mining equipment business is turning into a potential bright spot for the struggling mining company. Chief Executive Ben Hatfield concedes that ICG's ADDCAR Systems subsidiary hasn't made muc
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) -- Rescuers struggled with flames and fallen rocks in trying to reach more than two dozen miners trapped in a coal mine Monday, a day after a methane blast killed at least 70 others in one of Ukraine's deadliest mining disasters
More than a third of American consumers said they will spend less this holiday season and cited rising energy costs as the main reason, according to a report released Monday. In a survey by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and Credit Union Na
GUIYU, China (AP) -- The air smells acrid from the squat gas burners that sit outside homes, melting wires to recover copper and cooking computer motherboards to release gold. Migrant workers in filthy clothes smash picture tubes by hand to recover g
The price of gasoline has jumped another 13 cents in the last two weeks, close to the all-time high set earlier this year, according to a survey published Sunday. The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular is $3.09, the Lundberg Survey found
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Oil jumped more than $1 to above $95 a barrel on Monday, as the dollar fell and some OPEC members pushed for action to stem their declining purchasing power. U.S. light crude for January delivery (CLc1), the new front-month contra
SINGAPORE (AP) -- Oil prices rose Monday as some OPEC members talked about converting their cash reserves to the euro and away from the "worthless" U.S. dollar. There is also doubt a possible OPEC output hike next month would get more supplies to mar
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks made a cautious advance on Monday following a recovery on Wall Street, with gains for oil prices shoring up demand for energy shares. Oil was helped by dollar weakness, as the greenback dipped against the euro and
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Oil extended gains on Monday, nearing $95 a barrel as the dollar fell and some OPEC members pushed for action to stem their declining purchasing power. U.S. light crude for January delivery the new front month contract, rose 71 ce
RIYADH (Reuters) - An OPEC summit ended on Sunday in sharp political division over whether to take action over the weak dollar, as heads of state vowed to keep providing Western consumers with an "adequate" supply of oil. A fall in the value of the
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·La. Cotton Farms Hope for Dr
·Bunge Lifts 2007 Profit Outl
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