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  • It's just that the corporate welfare and government giveaways seem to have gone on a bit past oil's infancy.

    Jed Horne: Senator Vitter Discovers Adam Smith Jed Horne 2011

  • Vitter heaps contempt on Chu for even imagining gas at $7-a-gallon -- the price that could be soon surpassed if the subsidies and tax breaks were set aside and the full cost of oil's environmental degradation were taken into account.

    Jed Horne: Senator Vitter Discovers Adam Smith Jed Horne 2011

  • The Nestle scientists monitored the oil's progress as it gradually went through the system.

    Hungry? Your Stomach Really Does Have a Mind of Its Own Gautam Naik 2011

  • Vitter heaps contempt on Chu for even imagining gas at $7-a-gallon -- the price that could be soon surpassed if the subsidies and tax breaks were set aside and the full cost of oil's environmental degradation were taken into account.

    Jed Horne: Senator Vitter Discovers Adam Smith Jed Horne 2011

  • It's just that the corporate welfare and government giveaways seem to have gone on a bit past oil's infancy.

    Jed Horne: Senator Vitter Discovers Adam Smith Jed Horne 2011

  • NEW YORK—Crude futures topped $112 a barrel for the first time in 2½ years, as a weaker dollar provided the latest spark in oil's unrelenting rise.

    Crude Futures Top $112 A Barrel Jerry A. DiColo 2011

  • Coast Guard Commandant R. J. Rapp Jr. accepted the report last month and promised to focus more attention on reviewing industry's oil-spill plans, preparing for future incidents and studying the use of large amount of chemical dispersants that were used in hoping of minimizing the oil's damage to the coastline.

    Coast Guard Unprepared for Oil Spill Response Russell Gold 2011

  • An important difference between today and 2008 is that, despite oil's strength, airlines should still be profitable this year.

    Fueling the Next Aircraft Boom Liam Denning 2011

  • Paul Vigna, Donna Kardos Yesalavich and Jerry DiColo discuss oil's latest spike toward $112 a barrel and why stocks got off to a mixed start.

    Crude Futures Top $112 A Barrel Jerry A. DiColo 2011

  • It's just that the corporate welfare and government giveaways seem to have gone on a bit past oil's infancy.

    Jed Horne: Senator Vitter Discovers Adam Smith Jed Horne 2011

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