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OPEC has set unofficial target price of 70 usd per barrel for oil ...  -  28 Aug 2007
Forbes,PARIS (Thomson Financial) - OPEC has set an unofficial target oil price of around 70 usd per barrel, which could weigh on growth, said Claude Mandil,

Oil prices rise on US refinery concerns, fuel stocks data  -  28 Aug 2007
International Herald Tribune,Light, sweet crude for October delivery added 13 cents to fetch US$72.10 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by midday in

Hurricane relief and pork-barrel politics  -  28 Aug 2007
Jamaica Observer,If ever there was a time when a government felt justified in indulging in pork-barrel politics, this is it. Before the hurricane, there was a great deal of

OVER THE BARREL: FOCUS ON HEATING OIL  -  28 Aug 2007
Inside Futures,The 2 Oil crack, which shows the relationship of heating oil to crude on a per barrel basis, has begun to find support basis January.

EEOC, Cracker Barrel settle discrimination suit  -  28 Aug 2007
KOB.com,The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Monday it reached the settlement with the Cracker Barrel restaurant. The EEOC filed a lawsuit last

Oil prices up on US supply worries  -  28 Aug 2007
Economic Times,The price of Brent North Sea crude for October delivery gained nine cents to $71.04 per barrel from Friday's close. New York's main futures contract,

Sweetwater Cracker Barrel destined to be just a memory  -  28 Aug 2007
Knoxville News Sentinel,Landscape worker Carl Jon Jeramella prepares an area for plantings at the new Athens Cracker Barrel restaurant Thursday. SWEETWATER, Tenn.

SCSU football: Looking down the barrel of the 'gun  -  28 Aug 2007
St. Cloud Times,It's only a matter of one player out of 11 standing five yards farther back than he normally would, but for St. Cloud State, those five yards make a world

Oil falls towards $71 on economy jitters  -  28 Aug 2007
Reuters Canada,US crude fell 63 cents to $71.33 a barrel by 11:05 EDT, reversing a modest rise to $72.25 earlier in the day. London Brent dropped by 67 cents to $70.28.

Pump prices in state fall 7.1 cents  -  28 Aug 2007
Los Angeles Times,That, coupled with the news of problems at Citgo's 156000-barrel-a-day refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, and at Chevron Corp.'s 330000-barrel-a-day

Oil prices higher in Asian trade as credit worries ease  -  28 Aug 2007
Forbes,At 10.01 am (0201 GMT), New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in October, was 23 cents higher at 72.20 dollars a barrel from

Indian Oil Corp buys 80KT kerosene for Sept/Oct  -  28 Aug 2007
Reuters India,The premium for both parcels was around $4.50-$5.00 a barrel to the IOC price formula, cost and freight basis. "Indian demand will add to the strength of

RPT: Indonesian lower house approves wider 2007 budget deficit  -  28 Aug 2007
Forbes,It has lowered its forecast of the average price of oil to 60 US dollars per barrel from 63 dollars per barrel. And it now forecasts that the volume of oil

Crude drops 27 cents in New York  -  28 Aug 2007
OIL Marketer,October contracts for West Texas Intermediate on the New York Mercantile Exchange dropped 27 cents near the close of floor trade to $71.70 per barrel,

Loosen those belts  -  28 Aug 2007
Times Record News,The new Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurant here will open on Labor Day, Sept. 3, according to corporate media director Julie Davis.

How Weak Dollar Affects OPEC  -  28 Aug 2007
theTrumpet.com,Today, even when the price-per-barrel goes up for Americans, opec makes less of a killing than it has in the past because the real value of the dollar is

Oil Closes Modestly Lower Although Well Off Its Lows []  -  28 Aug 2007
RTT News,Crude for October delivery closed down $0.24 at $71.73 a barrel, although it ended the session well off its lowest level of the day.

Republicans would rather save face than save lives  -  28 Aug 2007
UNM Daily Lobo (subscription),I thought the Grand Old Party had sunk to the bottom of the mucky, mucky barrel when it continued to support the administration's unjustified invasion and

Crude down on Gulf Shore questions  -  28 Aug 2007
Resource Investor,By Nathan Becker Light, sweet crude was down 52 cents a barrel to trade at $71.45 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, Brent crude saw a 41-cent

Restaurant settles discrimination suit  -  28 Aug 2007
BusinessWeekThe US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Monday it has reached a settlement with Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants on behalf of five

Slightly Stoopid - Chronchitis  -  28 Aug 2007
Punknews.org...their self-titled debut, the band went on to craft one of the best California reggae/punk albums of the last decade in 1999's The Longest Barrel Ride.

Oil falls below $71 a barrel  -  Aug 27, 2007
Reuters.uk,US crude tumbled 65 cents to $70.44 a barrel by 10:48 am EDT, after jumping $1.26 on Friday. London Brent shed 82 cents to $69.80 a barrel.

Oil Starts Week Below $71 a Barrel  -  Aug 27, 2007
Wall Street JournalCrude oil for October delivery dropped 68 cents, or 1%, to $70.41 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. "With the stock market being lower,

MSNBC Scrapes Bottom Of `Predator' Barrel; How Others See Americans  -  Aug 27, 2007
Hartford Courant,At a time when the methods used in the "To Catch a Predator" segments of NBC's "Dateline" have been questioned in recent issues of Rolling Stone,

‘Where does unreleased pork barrel go?’--Sen. Pia Cayetano  -  Aug 24, 2007
INQ7.net,At a press conference, Cayetano said the last time she received a portion of her P200-million share of what is more commonly called the pork barrel was in

Boy, 15, killed after gas barrel erupts in flames  -  Aug 26, 2007
Sun.Star,A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD boy died last Friday while his father and six-year-old brother suffered burns after a barrel of gasoline caught fire in Barangay Dakit,

Oil steady near $70 a barrel  -  Aug 24, 2007
Irish Times,Light, sweet crude for October delivery dropped 17 cents to $69.66 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by midday in Europe.

Oil Stays Steady Near $70 a Barrel  -  Aug 23, 2007
Forbes,Light, sweet crude for October delivery gained 1 cent to $69.84 a barrel in Asian electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, midmorning in

Police raid home, find guns and ... traffic barrel  -  Aug 26, 2007
Canton Repository (subscription),Police found an orange traffic barrel belonging to the City of Massillon, Massillon City Jail records said. Lamarr L. Williams, 24, of 434 Harmon Pl. NE,

Oil Prices Climb to $69.68 a Barrel  -  Aug 23, 2007
Forbes,By midday in Europe, light, sweet crude for October delivery was up by 42 cents, selling for $69.68 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York

Paggamit ng kongresista sa pork barrel sinilip ng COA  -  Aug 26, 2007
GMA news.tv,Jaime Lopez kaugnay sa kwestyunableng paggamit ng kanyang Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) na mas kilala sa tawag na “pork barrel" fund.

Barrel murder accused want separate trials  -  Aug 23, 2007
Melbourne Herald Sun,TWO people charged over the murder of a NSW couple whose bodies were left to burn in barrels have applied to be tried separately to a third co-accused.

Oil floats below $70 a barrel  -  Aug 23, 2007
CNNMoney.comUS crude was down four cents to $69.22 a barrel. Prices have fallen about 12 percent from their record high $78.77 on Aug. 1.

Sources: Huddle House; Hoover's company reports  -  Aug 27, 2007
Indianapolis Star,Huddle House will compete with breakfast chains like Denny's, Cracker Barrel and Bob Evans. But unlike those restaurants, which seek out larger metropolitan

Cracker Barrel closes restaurant  -  Aug 25, 2007
Montgomery Advertiser,Cracker Barrel Old Country Store closed its restaurant at 1200 East Blvd. this week, but company spokeswoman Julie Davis said the move has been planned

Venezuela & DC — Price Controls From The Barrel Of A Gun  -  Aug 25, 2007
Liberty Papers,Ternium SA, the only maker of flat- steel products in Venezuela, agreed to sell its goods at a discount in the South American country, warding off a

Tullow discovers 800-million barrel oil field  -  Aug 22, 2007
Times Online,Shares in Tullow Oil, the biggest independent oil company in the City, surged today after a “world class discovery�? off the coast of Ghana, west Africa.

Senators blast Palace for holding pork barrel funds  -  Aug 24, 2007
GMA news.tv,Senators on Friday protested the refusal of Malacañang to release their Priority Development Assistance Fund, also known as "pork barrel funds.

Crude Falls More Than $1 a Barrel  -  Aug 20, 2007
Wall Street JournalThe front-month September light, sweet crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange was recently down $1.18, or 1.6%, at $70.80 a barrel.

Area barrel horse racers end year with district finals  -  Aug 24, 2007
Kenai Peninsula Online,At one time relegated to stable duty and supporter for roughly seven years as his wife, Tina, competed in National Barrel Horse Association competitions

Oil prices close over $71 a barrel  -  Aug 24, 2007
United Press International24 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices climbed back over the $71 barrier Friday and gained $1.26 to finish at $71.09 a barrel on the New York Mercantile.

Harpoon Brewery 100 Barrel Series Pêche Voluntary Bottle Recall  -  Aug 24, 2007
TheManRoomHarpoon Brewery has issued a statement warning consumers of a recently identified issue surrounding the bottle of their Harpoon 100 Barrel Series Pêche

US stocks surge following home sales data  -  Aug 25, 2007
Jerusalem Post,Oil prices jumped above $70 a barrel. Gold prices rose solidly, underpinned by a weaker US dollar, while agriculture futures finished in mixed range.

Barrel Racer Stays Involved Locally  -  Aug 23, 2007
Cedar City Review,Mackenzie Olds has been riding horses her whole life and barrel racing since she was about 7 years old. She said her family is very involved with horses,

Bottom of the barrel  -  Aug 24, 2007
Toffeeweb,By Michael Kenrick : 25/08/2007 Well, I have to admit, yesterday was something else. We were innundated at this website, and some of it did not make for

A family affair  -  Aug 27, 2007
Duncan Banner,Bailey, who likes competing in the barrel races, won first place in pole bending, barrel racing, horsemanship and western pleasure.

Work goes on at Glendale med school  -  Aug 26, 2007
Arizona Republic,Student services building: At 16000 square feet, it will add a third wing to the Barrel Student Center and include human resources, university relations,

Lawmakers keep P22-B pork barrel  -  Aug 23, 2007
Philippine Star,By Jess Diaz Senators and congressmen will keep their P22-billion pork barrel in the proposed P1.227-trillion national budget for next year. Albay Rep.

Sensex: The lock, 'stock' & barrel of confusion!  -  Aug 20, 2007
Economic Times,NEW DELHI: In the past few weeks, the Sensex has kept its admirers on tenterhooks - swinging up and swooshing down - touching and missing the 'sweet

UK. Culture Minister defers export of 1688 Royal Navy Chief's long-gun  -  Aug 26, 2007
BYM News (press release),Turkish barrels at this time were generally recognised as being amongst the finest in the world and use of such a barrel in an English gun is both of

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