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OIL AND GAS PRICES NEWS
U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday promised Gulf Coast residents that his government won't abandon them once efforts to stop the oil spill are finished.
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HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc will get the go-ahead to finish a relief well to finally seal its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico but is doing a last batch of testing and planning first, the top government official overseeing the Gulf of Mexico oil spill said on Saturday.
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Obama: Any Oil Spill Payout Delays By BP 'Unacceptable'
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AP - The first family dashed to the Florida Panhandle on Saturday so President Barack Obama could play pitchman — Gulf Coast beaches are clean and open for business — and assure residents his government won't abandon them now that the busted well has stopped spewing oil.
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PANAMA CITY, Florida (Reuters) - Declaring Gulf Coast beaches "open for business," U.S. President Barack Obama visited Florida on Saturday and pledged to restore the economy and the environment of the region damaged by the BP Plc oil spill.
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PANAMA CITY, Florida (Reuters) - Declaring Gulf Coast beaches "open for business," U.S. President Barack Obama visited Florida on Saturday and pledged to restore the economy and the environment of the region damaged by the BP Plc oil spill.
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Two people were killed as fresh clashes erupted on Saturday between anti-India protesters and security forces in Indian Kashmir, where 57 civilians have died during two months of unrest.The incidents bring to six the number of people killed in two days at the hands of security forces battling a surge of protests against Indian rule in the region.Police used tear gas, batons and in some cases live ammunition to disperse the stone-throwing demonstrators who took to the streets in defiance of strict curfews in the mainly Muslim region.
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AP - President Barack Obama says the oil may have stopped flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, but the government's job in tackling the environmental disaster is far from done.
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AP - The first family dashed to the Florida Panhandle on Saturday for a brief weekend trip — part vacation, part sales pitch — as President Barack Obama sought to boost a tourism industry reeling after the Gulf oil spill.
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Ministers in Wales could take charge of the minimum price of alcohol, as well as licensing hours and drink advertising.
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A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report claims 'a vast majority'of the BP oil spill is completely gone, but some scientists cry foul, saying the report unfairly portrays a 'mission accomplished'Gulf Residents Await Impact of Obama FactorBroken Well Not Dead Yet
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AP - President Barack Obama took his family to the Florida Panhandle on Saturday for a weekend trip billed as part vacation, part sales pitch as he tried to help boost the region's tourism industry reeling after the Gulf oil spill.
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A woman and three children have escaped a fire that destroyed their home at Beauty Point on the New South Wales south coast earlier today.
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President and family travel to Panama City, Fla., as communities try to make economic rebound from the oil spill — but with less than 27 hours on the ground can the trip really make an impact?Gulf Oil Done? Depends How You Define 'Oil'Broken Well Not Dead Yet
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Marijuana legalization proponents can see a day when the marijuana market looks like the alcohol industry. There would a range of quality among the products offered. And there would be taxes assessed -- perhaps even heavy taxes. Continue reading The Business of Buds: Why Marijuana Prices May Head Lower The Business of Buds: Why Marijuana Prices May Head Lower originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:00:00. Filed Under: Columns, People, TaxesPermalink | Tweet this! | Comments
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Grain prices, which have more than doubled since the onset of the Russian drought, have been further supported by a reduction in the global harvest forecast.
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Gunmen attacked a passenger bus and shot dead at least 10 people in insurgency-hit southwest Pakistan, officials said on Saturday.The incident took place in Aab-e-Gum area, 75 kilometres (47 miles) southeast of Quetta, the capital of oil and gas rich Baluchistan province, on Friday night."A group of 30-35 gunmen stopped the bus in Aab-e-Gum area, off-loaded passengers at gunpoint and shot dead 10 of them," top provincial home department official Akbar Hussain Durrani told AFP.
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A bomb found by a gas station near the Ankara Police Department’s riot division on Friday was defused by a bomb squad right before it was set to explode.
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AP - President Barack Obama is taking his family to the Florida Panhandle for a weekend trip billed as part family vacation, part presidential sales pitch, as he looks to boost the region's sagging tourism industry in the aftermath of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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A battered upright piano played by the Beatles and Pink Floyd will be up for sale as part of a memorabilia auction in Chichester, southern England on August 15. The instrument's history is expected to push its sale price up to 235,000 US dollars.
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