Energy
The changing premium for premium gasoline
In late 2012, the difference between the U.S. average retail prices for premium gasoline and regular gasoline reached 30 cents per gallon for the first time, a level at which it has remained for most of 2013.
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Brent drops below $99; demand worries persist
Brent crude fell below $99 per barrel on Wednesday, weighed by the prospect of sluggish fuel demand in top consumers the United States and China and rising stockpiles of U.S. crude.
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Brent falls under $100 for first time since July 2012
Brent crude fell below $100 a barrel for the first time in nine months in heavy trading on Tuesday, extending losses triggered by data from China and the United States that suggested little growth in global oil demand.
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Brent drops below $100 for first time since July 2012
Brent crude sank below $100 a barrel for the first time in nine months on Tuesday, extending a rout triggered by data from China and the United States that weakened the outlook for demand.
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Brent tumbles below $101, weak data hits demand outlook
Brent crude oil sank below $101 a barrel on Monday to a nine-month low after bleak Chinese and U.S. data stoked worries of a slowdown in economic growth in the world's top oil consumers.
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Oil hits 9-month low near $101, bounces on spread trade
Brent crude oil fell to a nine-month low near $101 a barrel on Friday as a broad investor sell-off in commodities triggered a fall as much as $3 a barrel, but the global oil benchmark pared losses in afternoon New York trade as bargain hunters emerged.
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Oil falls to 8-month low; demand growth falters
Brent crude oil sank to an eight-month low under $103 a barrel on Friday as the outlook for global oil demand growth dimmed, although an improvement in U.S. jobs data put a floor under prices.
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Oil settles lower as demand view dims, inventory rises
Oil prices settled lower on Thursday after the International Energy Agency (IEA) trimmed its forecast for energy demand growth this year, the third of the world's top forecasters to do so at a time of growing supplies.
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Gas prices expected to average $3.63 per gallon during summer
The U.S. average retail price for a gallon of regular gasoline has fallen for six consecutive weeks since hitting its 2013 year-to-date peak of $3.78 per gallon in late February.
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Oil steadies below $106 as demand growth falls
Brent crude oil steadied below $106 per barrel on Thursday, not far above an eight-month low, after U.S. crude oil stocks hit their highest level in more than two decades and analysts cut forecasts for global oil demand growth.
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Oil prices uneven on strong equities; rise in oil stocks
Brent crude oil prices fell and U.S. crude oil prices rose in light trading on Wednesday, after a report of rising U.S. crude oil and gasoline inventories reinforced concerns about the oil demand outlook in the world's top petroleum consumer.
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- Drier weather to give big boost to U.S. corn plantings
- Domestic ethanol production starts to grow again
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