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Oil prices inch back up after 3-day decline
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Prices at the pump pulled back from record highs yesterday as another slide in the price of oil capped crude's biggest one-week drop in more than three years. (article 9)
Drivers could see gasoline prices below $4 by Labor Day, and even a nickel decline within days, after oil prices fell again Friday. (article 7)
In the last four days, oil prices have dropped more than $16 a barrel, as the market looked optimistically at calm weather, U.S.-Iran negotiations, failing bank rescues and lower demand for gasoline. (article 7)
Oil prices saw a fourth consecutive losing session on Friday as crude finished a week that saw it tumble more than $16 US a barrel. (article 10)
Oil prices rebounded modestly Friday as news of an output cut in Nigeria helped end a sharp decline that began three days ago. (article 3)
Crude futures were also bolstered by traders who saw an opportunity to buy into the market after prices fell nearly 11 per cent earlier in the week. (article 3)
Concerns about a slowing economy and rising inflation pushed oil prices down sharply for a second day on Wednesday, an unusual dip in the oil price rally that began more than six years ago. (article 5)
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- Platinum falls to 5-month low on slowing economy (Washington Post, 07/18/2008, 423 words)
- Soybeans rally on concerns of falling stockpiles (Washington Post, 07/18/2008, 489 words)
- Oil prices inch back up after 3-day decline (cbc.ca, 07/18/2008, 334 words)
- Oil price drop in volatile market (BBC News, 07/19/2008, 295 words)
- Economic Fears Slice Oil Prices for Second Day (nytimes.com, 07/17/2008, 956 words)
- Seattle Times Newspaper (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/18/2008, 458 words)
- Gas under $4? It may be closer than you think... (suntimes.com, 07/19/2008, 317 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > U.S. (FOX News, 07/19/2008, 631 words)
- Prices at the pump pulled back from record highs y... (baltimoresun.com, 07/19/2008, 629 words)
- Oil falls for fourth straight session (cbc.ca, 07/18/2008, 210 words)
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