International Energy

It's early in the year but analysts already have high hopes for oil prices. Traders predict crude and gasoline prices will keep climbing. Prices jumped 15 percent toward the end of 2010, and industry experts say it’s just the beginning of an...

For the first time since the summer of 2008, gasoline prices in Chicago have climbed over the $4 mark. The BP station at Lawrence Avenue and Marine Drive in Uptown is charging $4.09 for a gallon of regular this morning. $4.29 for premium. "It's crazy...

A couple years ago before the Great Recession settled in, motorists had to pay at least $4 a gallon for gasoline. The spike in price reduced disposable incomes for everyone who had to drive to work and every business who had to pay extra shipping and...

Re your article "Demand, not speculation, cited for rising oil prices" (May 8), while demand is a factor in rising oil prices, multiple factors must be included to get the entire picture of why prices are rising. International Energy Agency chief...

Oil prices rose more than 3% Wednesday to close at their highest level since Nov. 11, driven by unexpectedly strong private sector job gains in the U.S. and a seven-month high in Chinese factory activity. Crude oil futures for January......

Heads up contractors. The Gloucester County Building Inspections Department will be hosting on Thursday a session to inform contractors about updates in the Virginia Statewide Uniform Building Code. The state codes go into effect March 1.The 2009...

Hiba Abdelgader, 19, a sophomore at the University of Southern California whose family moved back to Tripoli earlier this year, was struggling to reach relatives who feared for their own safety Monday in the embattled capital and the eastern city......

U.S. crude oil prices tumbled from their highs Thursday as some speculators apparently backed off from bets that Middle East unrest would worsen. The market also may have been calmed after Saudi Arabian officials reiterated their intent to replace any.......

U.S. oil prices stabilized Monday for a third day after Saudi Arabia said it was making up for lost Libyan crude production. The stock market was trying to rally, but key indexes were mixed after early gains. All in all,......

U.S. oil prices rose to new 2 1/2-year highs Wednesday amid continued heavy fighting between Libyan rebels and forces loyal to strongman Moammar Kadafi. But Wall Street seemed relatively unruffled by the latest climb, after a sharp sell-off on Tuesday.......

Commodity prices are getting hammered Tuesday as investors dump risky assets across the board, fearing worse to come in Japan and in the Middle East. The ThomsonReuters/Jefferies CRB index of 19 major commodities was down 2.9% to 340.47 at about......

Oil prices led a broad decline in commodities Tuesday on growing doubts that the global economy can handle energy costs at these levels. But the slump in raw-materials prices also did a number on the stock market by dragging down......