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A woman wearing a mask passes the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, June 30, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic.
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AP News
June 30, 2020 - 6:46 pm

Outstanding Quarter For Wall Street

Stocks close out best quarter since 1998 with more gains
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Pump jack silhouette and hard hat workers against a sunset sky with deliberate lens flare and copy space. These jacks can extract between 5 to 40 liters of crude oil and water emulsion at each stroke.
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AP News
June 06, 2020 - 4:07 pm

Oil Nations To Maintain Cuts

OPEC, allied nations extend nearly 10M barrel cut by a month
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FILE- In this Wednesday, June 8, 2011 file photo, sun sets behind an oil pump in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. The global benchmark for crude oil rose above $70 a barrel on Monday. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)
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AP News
January 06, 2020 - 9:24 am

Oil Price Keeps Rising as Industry Eyes Iran-U.S. Conflict

MATT O'BRIEN Associated Press Eds: UPDATES: Adds new photo. PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) — The global benchmark for crude oil rose above $70 a barrel on Monday for the first time in over three months, with jitters rising over the escalating military tensions between Iran and the United States. The...
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This Nov. 19, 2015 file photo, shows a general view of a petrochemical complex in the South Pars gas field in Asalouyeh, Iran, on the northern coast of Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
AP News
January 03, 2020 - 6:45 am

Oil Price Jumps on Fear of Iranian Retaliation Against U.S.

By CARLO PIOVANO Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The price of oil surged Friday as global investors were gripped with uncertainty over the potential repercussions after the United States killed Iran's top general. News that Gen. Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, was killed in an air...
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AP News
September 18, 2019 - 5:16 pm

Oil Price Shrugs Off Gulf Impact

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices retreated for a second day Wednesday even as the Saudi military blamed Iran for recent attacks to critical oil infrastructure and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the strike an "act of war." Benchmark U.S. crude fell 2% to...
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June 22, 2018 - 2:54 pm

Opec Will Pump More

By KIYOKO METZLER , Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The countries of the OPEC cartel agreed on Friday to pump 1 million barrels more crude oil per day, a move that should help contain the recent rise in global energy prices. Questions remain, however, over the ability of some OPEC nations — Iran and...
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