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Consumer Corner: Foreclosure settlement no magic bullet for economy
NEW YORK, July 17 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices jumped to more than $63 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange Friday in response to a five day run in stock markets.
Prices gained $1.56 to $63.54 per barrel Friday. Heating oil prices added 0.0431 cents to $1.6371. Reformulated gasoline prices rose 0.0505 cents to $1.765. Natural gas prices rose 0.022 cents to $3.656 per million British thermal units.
At the pump, the average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline was $2.481 per gallon Friday, down from Thursday's $2.492, AAA said.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
U.S. environmental activists said they gathered more than 500,000 signatures expressing opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline.
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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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