Oil eases after surge to $100
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Oil prices dipped on Thursday after leaping to a lifetime high of $100 the day before amid a new-year rush of investor demand fuelled by expectations of thinning U.S. stockpiles, the falling U.S. dollar and geopolitical risks.
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Oil prices eased but held over $76 on  Monday, as expectations OPEC will maintain supply curbs on  Tuesday countered weak U.S. jobs data that raised concerns of a  recession in the world&#39;s top consumer.
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Oil extended a retreat from record highs on Monday, sliding towards $78 a barrel after tropical storm Ingrid faded in the Atlantic and eased fears it could hit rigs and refineries in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Oil prices eased on Tuesday as milder  weather in the immediate term quelled concerns about thin fuel  stocks, though the market remained nervous about possible  supply disruption in the Middle East and Russia.
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Oil eased on Thursday after a surge to one-month highs in the previous session following Turkey's raid on Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq.
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Oil prices slid on Thursday after a bigger-than-expected rise in U.S. fuel inventories soothed some worries of a winter squeeze, but the fall was limited by an upcoming OPEC meeting and Iraqi elections.
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Oil prices eased on Wednesday ahead of  weekly U.S. inventory data that is expected to show the first  build in distillate fuel supplies for 10 weeks.
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Oil prices drop back from a new record above $100, but fears high energy prices could stoke inflation hit stocks.
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Oil prices eased on Thursday, trimming gains from a $1 rally the previous day following President George W. Bush&#39;s US.election victory.
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Oil vaulted to a record $100 a barrel on Wednesday as violence in Nigeria, tight energy stockpiles and a weaker dollar triggered a surge of speculative buying, dealers said.
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Oil eased on Thursday after crude stocks piled up in top consumer the United States and weighed on already well-supplied markets.
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Oil held near its lifetime high of $100 a barrel on Thursday, fuelled by expectations of another fall in U.S. fuel stocks and a struggling U.S. dollar.
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High-flying oil prices paused in their  ascent on Thursday as the U.S. government considered whether to  loan out crude from its strategic petroleum reserve after  Hurricane Ivan sliced into supplies.
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Oil prices slid on Thursday after a  bigger-than-expected rise in U.S. fuel inventories soothed some  worries of a winter squeeze.
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Oil retreated further from the $100 a barrel mark on Friday as gloomy U.S. jobs data heightened concern over the health of the U.S. economy.
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Oil hovered above $95 a barrel on Monday, as investors weighed the effects of a slowing U.S. economy against an escalating row between OPEC member Venezuela and oil major Exxon Mobil .
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U.S. News & World Report - If you write about energy, apparently nothing can fill up your E-mail inbox like oil briefly hitting the $100-per-barrel mark for the first time. Here is a sampling of the reactions to the crude oil price run-up that I've been urged to note: