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CNN
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When Heather Staples' 6-year-old daughter, Sophia, fell and cut her eyebrow, Staples knew her daughter might need stitches. But instead of running straight to an emergency room, Staples took a few minutes to compare prices at nearby emergency rooms...
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SF Gate
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United Airlines said Wednesday that it's cutting up to 1,100 more jobs, removing an additional 70 fuel-guzzling airplanes from its fleet and slashing domestic capacity as it tries to cope with spiraling fuel prices.
The nation's No. 2 carrier said it p..
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MSNBC
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The World Bank estimates that higher food prices are pushing 30 million Africans into poverty. Zoellick said African leaders wanted action, not words.
“It would be unfortunate if (bio-energy) becomes the sole point of debate, because then we would no..
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BBC News
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Oil prices hit a record high above $135 a barrel on Thursday, having rocketed by more than $4 a barrel on Wednesday.
US light, sweet crude for July delivery reached $135.09, taking its gain for the year so far above 40%.
The main driver was the US c..
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BBC News
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The amount of money being spent globally on importing food is set to top $1 trillion (�528bn) in 2008, an influential report estimates.
Soaring food prices are the cause of the huge bill - likely to be up 26% on the 2007 total - said the UN's Food an..
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SF Gate
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The House and Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to temporarily stop filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a response to public anger over rising oil prices as the average price of regular unleaded gasoline nationwide hit a new high of $3.73 per gallo..
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MSNBC
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With two of the three presidential candidates proposing a gasoline tax “holiday,” some readers are wondering: Why can’t the government do more to cut gas prices?
If the feds can help with cutting interest rates why can't they do something that re..
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MSNBC
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No place demonstrates the competing demands on corn better than Iowa, one of the two biggest corn-exporting states. Iowa is home to 28 ethanol plants, which consume more than a quarter of its corn crop; two dozen others are under construction or in planni..
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BBC News
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Food prices have risen 21% in China so far this year, fuelling concerns about inflation in the economy and the affordability of basic staple goods.
The surge was confirmed by the National Bureau of Statistics, which also revealed that economic growth e..
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CNN
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The dollar sank to an all-time low against the euro Wednesday with U.S. inflation coming in three times as high as expected in March, on top of escalating food and energy prices. Inflation also rose overseas and the euro reached $1.5966 after the EU's sta..
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BBC News
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Rice prices are set to keep rising as demand for the staple is outstripping production, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has said.
The Philippines-based body said in its Rice Today publication that more research was needed in how to inc..
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BusinessWeek
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High gas prices and the housing bust combine to drive pickup truck sales down to their second lowest level since 2000
By any measure, March was a lousy month for the car business. But for Detroit, it was truly dreadful.
Pickup trucks are taking a re..
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CNN
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Oil prices are at an all new trading high, reflecting an anemic dollar that continues to plunge. Light, sweet crude for April delivery has surged to $109.20 in midday European electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange before falling back to $..
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CNN
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Oil prices briefly surpassed $103 a barrel for the first time Friday as persistent weakness in the U.S. dollar and the prospect of lower interest rates attracted fresh money to the oil market. Light, sweet crude for April delivery on the New York Mercanti..
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BusinessWeek
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A surge in commodity prices derailed the market's advance Tuesday and raised fresh questions about the economy's health
Equity investors may have been able to shrug off more problems in the banking sector Tuesday, but a spike in oil prices to $100 per..
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MSNBC
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, said Tuesday its focus on low prices paid off with a 4 percent rise in profit for its fourth quarter. International growth also helped boost profit and sales.
Wal-Mart said net income in the quarter..
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CNN
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French oil giant Total said Wednesday net profit for the fourth quarter of 2007 rose 62 percent as oil prices surged and new projects in Angola and Qatar boosted production. The world's fourth-largest oil and gas company said net profit rose to €3.6 bil..
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BusinessWeek
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Why home prices could drop 25% more on average before the market finally hits bottom
As Washington policymakers struggle to keep the U.S. out of recession, the swirling confusion over the housing market is making their job a lot tougher. Will American..
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CNN
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President Bush urged OPEC nations on Tuesday to put more oil on the world market and warned that soaring prices could cause an economic slowdown in the United States. "High energy prices can damage consuming economies," the president told a small group of..
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MSNBC
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Which is worse: Recession or inflation?
Those two economic ills, the Federal Reserve’s primary concerns, call for opposite policies. Despite recent inflation pressure from higher food and energy prices, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thur..
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