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Drones over U.S. may pose security risks
NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The price of light, sweet crude fell under $78 per barrel Friday as equities stayed flat in New York on news unemployment rose to 10.2 percent in October.
The jump in joblessness from 9.8 percent was unexpected and undermines a cornerstone of economic activity: the ability of consumers to spend.
Crude oil prices dropped $1.97 Friday to $77.65 per barrel. Heating oil prices lost 0.0478 cents to $2.0098 per gallon. Reformulated blendstock gasoline prices dropped 0.0581 cents to $1.9296 per gallon. Natural gas prices lost 0.18 cents to $4.602 per million British thermal units.
At the pump, the retail price for unleaded gasoline fell to a nation average of $2.679 per gallon from Thursday's $2.682, AAA said.
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VIENNA, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
Oil prices were expected to trend higher as an improved U.S. economy and geopolitical risk in the Middle East weigh on markets, OPEC said.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
The last three of 18 new and upgraded F-16 fighter jets from the United States arrived in Pakistan, a report by the Indo-Asian News Service said.
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For the first time since the condo crash of 2007, Florida median existing condo prices came roaring back 2011, rising by a hefty 5 percent on a quarter-to-quarter basis....
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Doubts about the euro are not subsiding, new leadership or not, rescue plan or not.
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