Oil hits record $100 a barrel
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Oil vaulted to a record $100 a barrel on Wednesday as geopolitical turmoil, tight energy stockpiles in consumer countries, and a weak dollar triggered a flood of speculative buying, dealers said.
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Oil eased below $99 a barrel on Friday as investors took profits from a record rally that swept prices above $100 a barrel and heightened concern over the world's economic wellbeing.
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Oil hit a record high above $79 a barrel  on Wednesday, propelled by an unexpectedly large drop in U.S.  crude oil stocks that coincided with only a small output  increase from OPEC ahead of peak winter demand.
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Oil prices reach a fresh high above $98 a barrel but fall back on higher-than-expected US crude supply figures.
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Oil surged nearly 5 percent on Tuesday to hit a record over $100 a barrel on expectations OPEC will not hike output to ease high prices next month despite the economic woes of top consumer the United States.
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Oil prices hit a new record of 50.47 US dollars a barrel on Tuesday as rebels in Nigeria threatened oil output and hurricane Ivan slashed production in the Gulf of Mexico, despite Saudi Arabian pledge to increase output.
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SINGAPORE - Crude oil prices surged past an unprecedented $55 per barrel Monday as uncertainty swirls over production, high demand and tight global supplies ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter.    Crude for November delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $55.33 per barrel around noon in Asia, up 40 cents from its Friday settlement price...
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Oil rallied to a fresh record high above $92 a barrel on Friday as the dollar tumbled to a record low, Washington imposed new sanctions on Iran and gunmen shut more oil production in Nigeria.
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PARIS The price of oil, which has been inexorably rising for the past two years, finally broke through the $50-a-barrel mark Tuesday, reaching a new milestone as some analysts warned that there was nothing to stop prices from rising even further.
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Oil surged beyond $90 to a new peak on Friday as tight fuel stocks ahead of winter and a softening dollar spurred investor buying.
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Oil surges to a record of nearly $79, despite Opec saying it will boost oil output to ease cost pressures.
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Oil jumped to a record high near $94 a barrel on Monday as stormy weather disrupted supplies from giant exporter Mexico and the dollar wallowed near record lows.
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Oil's record-breaking rally lifted U.S.  crude beyond $52 a barrel on Wednesday, fueled by the impact of  Hurricane Ivan on U.S. winter inventories.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Oil futures hit a record $100 a barrel in futures trading this week, after attacks in Nigeria, Africa's leading oil producer. But most analysts expect that prices will decline from the current spike. A Reuters poll of 37 energy analysts' expectations yielded an average prediction of $74 a barrel for this year, compared with about $70 a barrel this past year.
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Business & money: US crude oil prices hit the psychological barrier of $100 a barrel for the first time today
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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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NEW YORK - Oil prices surged yesterday, rising to a record near $90 a barrel, as the falling dollar drew new foreign investors and speculators to dollar-denominated energy futures.