7-Eleven drops Citgo gasoline; cites Chavez
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7-Eleven Inc. will drop   Venezuelan-controlled Citgo Petroleum Corp. as its gasoline   supplier, the convenience store operator said on Wednesday, a   week after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called President   Bush "the devil."
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Oil prices have eased as fears of supply disruptions recede following a convincing referendum victory in Venezuela for President Hugo Chavez.
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By The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Mar. 6--Seven people were taken to Valley hospitals Monday night with respiratory problems from a chemical spill at a Costco store in Scottsdale.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday the price of oil should not fall below $60 a barrel, two days after the OPEC country cut its production to stem price declines.
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The parent company of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut said it had temporarily closed several New York City restaurants owned by the franchisee that operated a Manhattan eatery overrun last week by rats.
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A Goldman Sachs announcement that it was reducing its largest commodity indexÂs weighting in gasoline futures may have helped the decline in gas prices.
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US oil giant ConocoPhillips says the cost of quitting operations in Venezuela led to a 95% drop in quarterly profits.
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Honda, Hershey's and other multinational companies temporarily shut down their factories in western Mexico on Wednesday after rebels attacked a key natural gas pipeline.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's left-wing  President, Hugo Chavez, branded the U.S. a "terrorist state" on  Saturday and rejected as meddling Washington's criticism of a  recent arms purchase from Russia.
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A high school banned a caffeine-packed energy drink and 7-Eleven pulled it from Colorado stores after some students said it made them sick and shaky and caused their hearts to race.
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Oil fell 3 percent to $61 a barrel on Monday as healthy fuel inventories in top consumer the United States countered plans by OPEC members Nigeria and Venezuela to trim output.
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7-Eleven Inc. said on Wednesday the war   of words between Venezuela's leftist government and the Bush   administration had no part in its decision to drop gasoline   supplier Citgo Petroleum Corp., which is owned by Venezuela's   state oil company.
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Oil prices eased from record highs on  Monday as victory for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in a  referendum on his rule eased fears that unrest could upset the  country's oil exports.
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There was a stench at the United Nations, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday during his visit there, and President Bush was responsible for it. He wasted no time naming the odor. Eau-du-Satan tainted the lectern where Bush stood the day before, Chavez said. "The devil came here yesterday," he said. Making the sign of the cross, Chavez made another observation: "It smells of sulfur still today."
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The U.S. retail price for gasoline   fell to an average $2.38 a gallon, dropping for the seventh   week in a row, and could decline another 23 cents by   mid-October, the government said on Monday.
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NEW YORK - Crude oil futures in New York have plunged 7.6 per cent in their biggest weekly decline in a year, because of reduced concerns about supply disruptions in Iraq.
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The cartel moves to cut production, which could end recent declines in petroleum prices.