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Consumer Corner: Foreclosure settlement no magic bullet for economy

NEW YORK, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices fell Friday on the New York Mercantile Exchange in spite of a Turkish incursion into Iraq, which was said not to disrupt oil production.
Crude oil prices dropped to $97.01 per barrel, a decline of $1.61.
Heating oil gained 1.8 cents to $2.777 per gallon.
The price of reformulated blendstock gasoline gained 3.22 cents to $2.54 per gallon.
Natural gas prices were up 28 cents to $9.171 per million British thermal units.
The national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline climbed Friday, reaching $3.115, up from Thursday's average of $3.086 per gallon, the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report said.
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SYDNEY, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Researchers in Australia are developing a solar roof system that uses wasted energy to warm air and water.
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WASGHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Defense industries are weighing the potential impact of proposed defense cuts running into tens of billions of dollars over the next 10 years.
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Local markets will probably not be swamped by waves of foreclosures following the multi-state mortgage settlement announced yesterday. Rather, the huge inventory of one to two million foreclosures will enter markets gradually....
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Investors will not have the distraction of financial reports to look forward to this week. They will have to look at the spot news headlines instead.
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