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    20080706
    POLITICIAN News. POLITICAL News.
    JOHN MCCAIN News.John McCainKARL ROVE News. Republican Politician Karl Rove News.Karl RoveMONEY News. ECONOMY News.MoneyOIL News. ENERGY News.OilHEALTH CARE News.Health CareUS AMERICAN News.USIRAQ News.IraqAFGHANISTAN News.AfghanistanMILITARY News.MilitaryTERRORISM News.Terrorism2008 ELECTION News2008 ElectionMASSACHUSETTS News.Massachusetts
    "Kerry: McCain's Judgment Is Dangerous." ... "[Massachusetts Democratic Senator] Sen. John Kerry believes that the presumptive Republican nominee for president is adhering to the [Republican President] Bush Administration orthodoxy in ways that call into question his carefully-nurtured image as a political maverick." ... ""John McCain has changed in profound and fundamental ways that I find personally really surprising, and frankly upsetting," the Democratic Senator from Massachusetts said on CBS' Face The Nation." ... ""This is a different John McCain. This is not the Senator John McCain; this is want-to-be president John McCain." ... ""And the result is that John McCain has flip-flopped on more issues than I was even ever accused possibly of thinking about! I mean, this is extraordinary what he's done: He's changed on taxes; he's now in favor of the Bush tax cut. If you like the Bush economy, if you like the Bush tax cut and what it's done to our economy, making wealthier people wealthier and the average middle class struggle harder, then John McCain is going to give you a third term of George Bush and Karl Rove." ... ""If you like what has happened to oil prices, John McCain is going to continue that policy. If you like what you see about health care, John McCain has no health care plan." ... ""I would have at least expected the John McCain that I knew back then to realize what almost every person in the Pentagon has admitted. There are very few who walk around and say, 'Going into Iraq was the right thing to do, and we should have done it, or do it again if I have the chance.' John McCain does." ... ""I'm challenging Senator McCain's judgment," Kerry said, "that says, 'There's no violent history between Sunni and Shia.' That's wrong. His judgment that says, 'This is going to increase the stability of the Middle East.' It hasn't, it's made it less stable. The judgment that says, quote, 'This will be the best thing for America and the world in a long time. It's the worst thing that we've done in a long time. And he's turned his [focus] away from Afghanistan and al Qaeda and made America less safe. That's dangerous for our country."" -FaceTheNation -CBSNews
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    20080616
    CONSUMER News. CUSTOMERS News.
    ELECTRICITY News. ENERGY News. POWER News. Electric Companies News.ElectricityMARKET News. COMPANY News. MONEY News. FINANCIAL News. BUSINESS News.MarketLAW News.LawLAW ENFORCEMENT News.EnforcementTEXAS News.Texas
    "Power firms’ treatment angers Texans." ... "Prices aren’t the only thing skyrocketing in the state’s deregulated electricity market." ... "Amid continuing company failures — and the resulting forced transfer of tens of thousands of ratepayers to default electric companies — Texans in growing numbers are griping about their ill treatment by power companies." ... "According to the Texas Public Utility Commission, complaints related to the electric market jumped from 704 in January to 1,123 in May. Complaints against three of the four recently failed electric companies jumped about 2,400 percent, from about 20 at the beginning of the year to 508 in May." ... "E-mails and phone calls also continue streaming into the Star-Telegram. Frustrated consumers tell stories of poor treatment by their regular electric competitors, confusing PUC rules, uninformed marketers and the near impossibility of obtaining reliable information about the financial status of companies seeking their business." ... "One company has collected payments from customers but not delivered any electricity, according to some complaints." -By R.A. Dyer -Star-Telegram.com
    20080611
    LAW News.
    OIL News. OIL COMPANIES News. OIL MARKETS News. GASOLINE News. ENERGY News. CRUDE OIL PRICE News. Winde, Solar, Alternative Energy News. Energy Conservation News.OilCOMPANIES News. MARKETS News. PRICE News. MONEY News.CorporationFEDERAL GOVERNMENT News.GovernmentPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.Politicians
    "Republicans Block Extra Taxes On Oil Companies." ... "Senate Republicans blocked a proposal Tuesday to tax the windfall profits of the largest oil companies, despite pleas by Democratic leaders to use the measure to address America's anger over $4 a gallon gasoline." ... "The Democratic energy package would have imposed a tax on any "unreasonable" profits of the five largest [United States] U.S. oil companies and given the federal government more power to address oil market speculation that the bill's supporters argue has added to the crude oil price surge." ... "The Democrats failed, 51-43, to get the 60 votes needed to overcome a GOP [GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican] filibuster and bring the energy package up for consideration." ... "The oil companies could have avoided the tax if they invested the money in alternative energy projects or refinery expansion. It also would have rescinded oil company tax breaks _ worth $17 billion over the next 10 years _ with the revenue to be used for tax incentives to producers of wind, solar and other alternative energy sources as well as for energy conservation." -By H. Josef Hebert -AP via -HuffingtonPost.com
    20080608
    POLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.
    BARACK OBAMA News.Barack ObamaJOHN MCCAIN News.John McCainHILLARY CLINTON News.Hillary Clinton2008 ELECTION News2008 ElectionNORTH CAROLINA News.North CarolinaMISSOURI News.MissouriMONTANA News.MontanaVIRGINIA News.VirginiaILLINOIS NewsIllinoisARIZONA News.ArizonaNEW YORK News.New YorkECONOMY News.EconomyHISTORY News.HistoryGASOLINE News. GASOLINE PRICES News.GasolineUNEMPLOYMENT News.Unemployment
    "Obama Maps a Nationwide Push in G.O.P. Strongholds." ... "[2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and Illinois] Senator Barack Obama’s general election plan calls for broadening the electoral map by challenging [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate and Arizona] Senator John McCain in typically Republican states — from North Carolina to Missouri to Montana — as Mr. Obama seeks to take advantage of voter turnout operations built in nearly 50 states in the long Democratic nomination battle, aides said." ... "On Monday, Mr. Obama will travel to North Carolina — a state that has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate in 32 years — to start a two-week tour of speeches, town hall forums and other appearances intended to highlight differences with Mr. McCain on the economy. From there, he heads to Missouri, which last voted for a Democrat in 1996. His first campaign swing after securing the Democratic presidential nomination last week was to Virginia, which last voted Democratic in 1964." ... "With [New York] Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton now having formally bowed out of the race and thrown her backing to him, Mr. Obama wants to define the faltering economy as the paramount issue facing the country, a task probably made easier by ever-rising gasoline prices and the sharp rise in unemployment the government reported on Friday." (1, 2) -By Adam Nagourney and Jeff Zeleny with contributions by Jim Rutenberg -NYTimes
    20080605
    POLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.
    MITCH McCONNELL News. Kentucky Republican Addison Mitchell Mitch McConnell News.Mitch McConnellJAMES INHOFE News. Oklahoma Republican James Mountain ''Jim'' Inhofe News.James Inhofe -GAS News.GasCARBON EMISSIONS News. AIR News.EmissionsGLOBAL News.Global -CLIMATE News.ClimateENVIRONMENT News.EnvironmentNEVADA News.NevadaKENTUCKY News.KentuckyOKLAHOMA News.OklahomaUS AMERICAN NewsUSLAW News.Law
    "Republicans stall climate change bill to punish Reid." ... "When [Nevada Democratic Senator] Sen. Harry Reid rose to become the majority leader in 2007, many believed he had met his match in the Republicans’ new Senate leader, [Kentucky Republican Senator] Mitch McConnell of Kentucky." ... "Shrewd parliamentarians both, they brought the prospect of each trying to outsmart the other on the Senate floor, promising good viewing." ... "Those skills were on display Wednesday when McConnell brought the Senate to a standstill." ... "Just as the chamber was about to begin a feisty debate on the most sweeping effort yet to address climate change, McConnell shut down the Senate by forcing full reading of the 491-page bill." ... "Rather than hearing a spirited battle over carbon emissions, gas prices and new fees for polluters, one lonely clerk after another read page after page of minutia to a nearly empty chamber." ... "In his own statement, Reid said: “Republicans are yet again doing everything in their power to slow, stop and stall. These petty, partisan tactics waste the American people’s time, and ignoring the crisis of global warming endangers all of us.”" ... "By early evening, with a few remaining tourists in the gallery watching the nearly empty floor, Republican [Oklahoma Senator] Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, the chamber’s leading global warming skeptic, sat in waiting, prepared to object should Democrats ask for the hours-long reading to end." -LasVegasSun.com
    20080516
    ENERGY News. Department of Energy News. Energy Policy News. Electric Utilities News. Nuclear-Power Plants News.
  • JOHN MCCAIN News.John McCainMONEY News.MoneyPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.PoliticsFEDERAL GOVERNMENT News.GovernmentMYANMAR News.MyanmarMILITARY News.MilitaryARIZONA News.ArizonaUS AMERICAN News.US2008 ELECTION News2008 Election - "McCain axes energy advisor." ... "[2008 Election] Republican presidential contender John McCain on Thursday fired an energy policy advisor who lobbies the federal government on behalf of energy clients, citing a new policy that seeks to quash influence peddling." ... "''The campaign recently severed ties with Eric Burgeson due to a new campaign policy that prohibits any registered lobbyist from participating in any policy discussions on the subjects in which they work,'' said McCain spokesman Jeff Sadosky." ... "The policy was developed following the recent dismissals of two campaign aides whose lobbying firm represented the military junta that runs Myanmar, widely condemned for thwarting rescue efforts after a deadly cyclone." ... "McCain's former energy advisor joined the firm of Barbour Griffith & Rogers [lobbyist firm] in Washington in 2006 after serving as the chief of staff at the Department of Energy. Burgeson's energy clients include Southern Company, which operates electric utilities and nuclear-power plants in the Southeast." ... "''Eric leads the firm's energy practice utilizing his domestic and international energy policy expertise and network of policy decision makers,'' the firm's website states." -By Beth Reinhard -MiamiHerald
  • 20080514
    NOTEWORTHY News.
  • JOHN MCCAIN News. 2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain News. Arizona Republican Senator John Sidney McCain III News.John McCainMYANMAR News.MyanmarSUDAN News.SudanOIL News. OIL & NATURAL GAS News.OilCORPORATION News. INVESTMENT News. MUTUAL FUND News. CORP News. MONEY News.CorporationPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsARIZONA News.ArizonaUS AMERICAN NewsUS2008 ELECTION News2008 Election - "McCain On Wife's Sudan-Related Investment." ... "[2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John] McCain, whose wife has come under fire for refusing to disclose her tax return documents, fielded tough questions about her investment in a mutual fund that deals in Sudan, as well as about the resignation of two McCain aides over their involvement in lobbying deals with the Myanmar junta." ... "The Arizona senator said that he was not aware of his wife's investment in two mutual funds that include holdings in Oil & Natural Gas Corp. [Corporation], which in turn does business in the genocide-ridden African nation. " -By Carrie Dann -NationalJournal
    COMPANIES News. BUSINESS News. MONEY News. INVESTMENTS News. FINANCIAL News CORP News..
  • JOHN MCCAIN News. 2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John Sidney McCain III News.John McCainSUDANESE News. SUDAN News.SudanCHINA NewsChinaINDIA News.IndiaOIL News. OIL & NATURAL GAS News.OilPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsINTERNATIONAL News.InternationalUS AMERICAN NewsUS2008 ELECTION News2008 Election - "McCain's wife sells Sudan investments." ... "The wife of [2008 Election] Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has been a critic of the violence in Sudan, sold off more than $2 million in mutual funds whose holdings include companies that do business in the African nation." ... "The sale on Wednesday came after The Associated Press questioned Cindy McCain's investments in light of calls by her husband for international financial sanctions against the Sudanese leadership." ... "According to McCain's personal financial disclosure, Cindy McCain's investments include two mutual funds — American Funds Europacific Growth fund and American Funds Capital World Growth and Income fund — that are listed by the Sudan Divestment Task Force as targets for divestment." ... "Both funds have holdings in Oil & Natural Gas Corp. [Corporation], an India-based company that does business in Sudan. The American Funds Capital World Growth & Income Fund also has holdings in Petrochina, a Chinese government-owned oil company with vast investments in Sudan." -AP via -USATODAY 
  • 20080510
    POLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.
  • BARACK OBAMA News. 2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama News.Barack ObamaJOHN MCCAIN News. 2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John Sidney McCain III News.John McCain2008 ELECTION News2008 ElectionOREGON News.OregonSOLAR ENERGY News.EnergyTECHNOLOGY News.TechnologyUS AMERICAN News.USIRAQ News.IraqMILITARY News.MilitaryHEALTH CARE News.Health Care - "Obama eager to campaign with McCain." ... "Acting even more like he has clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate] Barack Obama said on Saturday he would be willing to campaign jointly with Republican [2008 Election Presidential Candidate] John McCain and acknowledged he needed to better introduce himself to Americans." ... "After a stop at a solar technology company in this central Oregon town [Bend, Oregon], Obama was asked if he supported a suggestion that he campaign with McCain and hold joint town hall meetings in the run-up to the November [2008] general election." ... ""I think that's a great idea. Obviously we'd have to think through the logistics on this," Obama said. "Should I be the nominee, if I have the opportunity to debate substantive issues before the voters with John McCain, that's something I'm going to welcome."" ... "Obama, who took a commanding lead in the Democratic race last week, said he looked forward to pointing out his differences with McCain, including views on the energy crisis, the Iraq war and health care." ... ""We haven't finished this primary yet so it's premature to start projecting how the general election's going to play out," he said at the news conference." (1, 2, 3) -By Deborah Charles wtih contributions by by Chris Baltimore and Todd Eastham -Reuters 
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  • JOHN MCCAIN News. 2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John Sidney McCain III News.John McCainBURMA News. MYANMAR News.Burma [Myanmar]MILITARY News.MilitaryMONEY News. CORPORATION News.MoneyPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsDCI GROUP News.DCI GroupMARKETING News.MarketingHUMAN RIGHTS News.Human RightsOIL News. ExxonMobil News.OilARIZONAN News. ARIZONA News.ArizonaUS AMERICAN News.US2008 ELECTION News2008 ElectionSAINT PAUL News. St Paul Minnesota News. Minnesota State Capital: St Paul, MN News. Saint Paul, Minn News.Saint PaulMINN News: MINNESOTA News.Minn - "McCain's Convention Chair Worked for Burma's Military Junta." ... "John McCain's choice to manage the GOP convention this summer is lobbyist Doug Goodyear, whose firm once represented Burma's repressive regime." ... "After [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] John McCain nailed down the Republican nomination in March, his campaign began wrestling with a sensitive personnel issue: who would manage this summer's GOP convention in St. Paul, Minn. [Minnesota]? The campaign recently tapped Doug Goodyear for the job, a veteran operative and Arizonan who was chosen for his "management experience and expertise," according to McCain press secretary Jill Hazelbaker. But some allies worry that Goodyear's selection could fuel perceptions that McCain—who has portrayed himself as a crusader against special interests—is surrounded by lobbyists. Goodyear is CEO of DCI Group, a consulting firm that earned $3 million last year lobbying for ExxonMobil [oil corporation], General Motors and other clients." ... "Potentially more problematic: the firm was paid $348,000 in 2002 to represent Burma's military junta, which had been strongly condemned by the State Department for its human-rights record and remains in power today. Justice Department lobbying records show DCI pushed to "begin a dialogue of political reconciliation" with the regime. It also led a PR [public relations] campaign to burnish the junta's image, drafting releases praising Burma's efforts to curb the drug trade and denouncing "falsehoods" by the [Republican President] Bush administration that the regime engaged in rape and other abuses. " -By Michael Isikoff -Newsweek
  • 20080509
    PRICE News. DOLLAR News. MONEY News. FISCAL News. BANKS News.
  • OIL: CRUDE OIL News, HEATING OIL News. GASOLINE News. ENERGY News.OilGOVERNMENT News. FED News. FEDERAL News.GovernmentNEW YORK News.New YorkMISSOURI News.MissouriUS AMERICAN News.USEURO News. EUROPEAN UNION News.EuroHISTORY News.History - "Oil Climbs Above $126 to Record as Dollar Weakens Against Euro." ... "Crude oil for June delivery rose $2.27, or 1.8 percent, to a record closing price of $125.96 a barrel at 2:55 p.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract surged to $126.27 today, the highest since futures began trading in 1983. Prices are up 8.3 percent this week, the biggest weekly gain in more than a year. Futures have more than doubled in the past year." ... "The dollar fell 9.6 percent since Sept. 18, when the Federal Reserve began cutting rates to ease financial-market strains and stave off a recession. The U.S. [United States] central bank cut rates seven times while the ECB [European Central Bank] has left rates unchanged. The dollar fell 0.6 percent to $1.5483 per euro at 3:27 p.m. in New York." ... "``Fed policy is accommodating the rise in energy prices,'' said Bill O'Grady, director of fundamental futures research at Wachovia Securities in St. Louis [Missouri]. ``The Fed and federal government are putting more liquidity in people's pockets, which is being spent on expensive oil.''" ... "The U.S. government started sending $117 billion in tax rebate checks last week as part of its fiscal stimulus plan." ... "Heating oil for June delivery climbed 12.62 cents, or 3.6 percent, to close at a record $3.636 a gallon in New York." ... "Gasoline futures for June delivery rose 6.34 cents, or 2 percent, to $3.2012 a gallon in New York after reaching a record $3.2038 today." ... "Regular gasoline, averaged nationwide, rose 2.6 cents to a record $3.671 a gallon, AAA, the nation's largest motorist organization, said today." -By Mark Shenk -Bloomberg 
  • 20080508
    LAW News. LAWSUITS News.
  • OIL News. OIL COMPANIES News. GASOLINE News. MTBE News: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether News.OilCORPORATION News. CORP News. COMPANIES News. MONEY News.CorporationsAIR News.AirENVIRONMENT News.EnvironmentGROUND News. EARTH News. UNDERGOUND AQUIFERS NewsGroundGROUND WATER News. WATER News. RAINFALL News.WaterSAFETY News.SafetyHEALTH News.HealthSCIENCE News.SciencePOLITICS News.Politics - "Chevron, 11 Oil Companies to Pay $423 Million in MTBE Lawsuits." ... "Water suppliers in 17 states will collect $423 million from Chevron Corp. [Corporation], BP Plc [Public limited company] and 10 other oil companies as part of a settlement of contamination claims involving the gasoline additive MTBE." ... "The suits claim the oil companies contaminated wells and underground aquifers across the country by adding methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE, to gasoline as a way to reduce air pollution. They claim the oil companies hid information showing MTBE would cause ``massive'' contamination." ... "The settlement was filed yesterday with U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin in New York, who is presiding over the 59 settled lawsuits brought by 153 municipalities. The six oil companies and refineries that didn't settle include Exxon Mobil Corp. [Corporation], the world's biggest publicly traded oil company, according to Robert Gordon, a lawyer for the plaintiffs." ... "The municipalities ``will use the money to continue to treat water so that it is safe and pure,'' Gordon said in a phone interview." ... "MTBE reduces air pollution by making gasoline burn more completely in a car's engine. MTBE discharged into the air contaminates groundwater through rainfall. The additive has been banned in many states." ... "Estimates of the cost to treat contaminated water in the U.S. have reached $30 billion." ... "Scheindlin denied a request by the oil companies to dismiss the suits in 2005." ... "``Innocent water providers -- and ultimately innocent water users -- should not be denied relief from the contamination of their water supply if defendants breached a duty to avoid an unreasonable risk of harm from their products,'' Scheindlin said at the time." ... "The case is In Re: MTBE, 00-cv-1898, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan). " -By David Glovin -Bloomberg
  • 20080503
    ENERGY News.
  • BARACK OBAMA News.Barack ObamaHILLARY CLINTON News.Hillary ClintonGAS News. OIL News.GasPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.Politics2008 ELECTION News2008 ElectionNEW YORK News.New YorkILLINOIS NewsIllinoisINDIANA News.IndianaNORTH CAROLINA News.North CarolinaUS AMERICAN NewsUSGUAM News. US GUAM News. United States Guam News.Guam - "Obama rips Clinton's gas tax plan." ... "Broadening his attack, [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and Illinois Senator] Sen. Barack Obama said Saturday that [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and New York Senator] Sen. Hillary Clinton's support for a summertime break from the federal gasoline tax symbolizes a candidacy consisting of "phony ideas, calculated to win elections instead of actually solving problems."" ... "Locked in a Democratic presidential race for the ages, Clinton and Obama campaigned across Indiana and North Carolina at the same time they competed in Guam's caucuses and added to their convention delegate totals in several states." ... "In all, four delegates were at stake in Guam half a world away from the U.S. [United States] mainland. But given the closeness of the race, both candidates made an effort to win." -CNN
  • 20080502
    NOTEWORTHY News.
  • JOHN MCCAIN News. 2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John Sidney McCain III News.John McCainCORPORATE News.CorporateOIL News. ENERGY News.OilPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsFOREIGN News. COUNTRY News.ForeignUS AMERICAN News.USIRAQ News.IraqMILITARY News.Military2008 ELECTION News2008 ElectionDENVER News. Denver Colorado News. Colorado State Capital: Denver, CO News. Denver, Colo News.DenverCOLORADO News.Colorado - "McCain Suggests Iraq War Is About Oil." ... "At the conclusion of a town hall held this morning outside in Devner [sic, correction: Denver, Colorado], [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] John McCain decided to toss in a plug for his upcoming energy policy rollout. But as McCain decried the dangers of Americans reliance on foreign oil, he also seemed to suggest that this reliance caused the current struggle in Iraq." ... ""My friends, I will have an energy policy that we will be talking about, which will eliminate our dependence on oil from the Middle East that will - that will then prevent us - that will prevent us from having ever to send our young men and women into conflict again in the Middle East," McCain said." ... "This comment was initially prompted by a compliment from a military veteran who stated that he hoped a group called "Swift Boats for McCain come out and help" the GOP [GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican] nominee. " ... "Of note -- McCain didn't object to the audience member's suggestion that a so-called 'swift boat' group help him win the presidency. Instead, he thanked the man for his good wishes and his military service." -By Adam Aigner-Treworgy -NationalJournal
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    COMPANIES News. MONEY News. PRICES News. ECONOMISTS News.
  • HILLARY CLINTON News.Hillary ClintonJOHN MCCAIN News.John McCainGAS News. OIL COMPANIES News. OIL PRICES News.GasPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.PoliticsCONSUMER NewsConsumerMEMORIAL DAY News. MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY News.Memorial DayLABOR DAY News. Labor Day Holiday News.Labor_DayNEW YORK News.New York2008 ELECTION News2008 Election - "Clinton, McCain Push Gas Tax Break Economists Panned (Update1)." ... "[2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate] Hillary Clinton and [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] John McCain are both pushing a ``gas-tax holiday'' to give consumers an 18.4- cent-a-gallon price break. Clinton says the plan will take excess profits from oil companies. McCain says it will help families buy school supplies." ... "Economists have a different take: They say the oil companies may end up the biggest beneficiaries, while the aid to families wouldn't be enough to buy a $35 backpack." ... "The trouble with the plan, they say, is that oil prices are rising because of low supplies, and companies will continue to charge the average $3.60 a gallon and just pocket the money that would have gone to federal taxes." ... "``That's $10 billion, and it's going into the pockets of oil refiners,'' said Leonard Burman of the Tax Policy Center in Washington. ``The last time I checked, they didn't need it.''" ... "Ethan Harris, chief U.S. [United States] economist at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., said families would save only about $18 a month. Burman estimated the total savings from Memorial Day to Labor Day at $28." ... "New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the proposal was ``about the dumbest thing I've heard in a long time from an economic point of view.''" -By Alison Fitzgerald -Bloomberg
  • 20080430
    FOOD News. CORN and PALM OIL News. GRAIN STOCKS News. MEAT News. CORN BELT News.
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