NEWS RELEASE: March 31, 2008 Contact: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or cell: 213-280-0175 Gasoline Prices Hit Records in U.S., 17 States; Congress Prepares to Question Oil Execs Group Calls for Passage of Stalled Renewable…
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Plain Talk on Greed, Gas Price
I ran across an intriguing columnist today who described in plain language (not analyst-speak) the real story of gasoline prices–it’s not market forces, and it’s not global unrest or even demand. The article is in…
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Gas Tax Is State Money Pot
3-26-08 by dugan Most of U.S. price inflation is being driven by oil, and no place is it more evident or harmful than at the pump. Especially in California, where regular is stuck…
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Hole In the Bubble, But…
3-19-08 by dugan It’s not bursting yet but there’s a little hole in the oil bubble today, with prices down more than $4 a barrel (about 10 cents a gallon) for crude oil today,…
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CA Gas Price Tops Hawaii
NEWS RELEASE – Contact: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, x 305 (cell: 213 280-0175), or Jamie Court, x 327 Californians Say Aloha (in the Bye-Bye Sense) to Their Savings — State Gasoline Price Tops Hawaii California’s Record…
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Record Prices Hammer Economy
NEWS RELEASE March 10, 2008 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 Daily Record Prices for Oil, Gasoline Hammer Consumers and U.S. Economy Group Calls for Swift Action to Curb, Regulate…
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Fuel Issue Sizzles in DC, CA
3-06-08 by dugan $4.00 gasoline isn’t a prediction any more, despite the fact that President Bush hadn’t heard a word about it. There are California stations charging up to $3.99 for regular and nearly…
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CA Gas Prices Top Record
NEWS RELEASE March 3, 2008 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, 310-392-0522, ext. 305, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 California Gasoline Price to Top All-Time Record As Speculators Drive Crude Oil Price to Near $104 U.S. Price Also…
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Ben Stein Gets Money for This?
Ben Stein’s popular fame comes from Comedy Central’s "Win Ben Stein’s Money." Or his TV ads pitching Alaskan fish. But the New York Times still takes him to be a serious economist. Stein’s Op-Ed today…
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More for Oil, Nada for Stimulus
02-29-08 by dugan The headline of this column in U.S. News, by Marianne Lavelle, says it all: "Signing Your Economic Stimulus to the Saudis." Or not quite all. She could have added …"and…
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Oil, Inflation … Action?
2-27-08 by dugan If oil were shoes, its price would be sinking today like a 6-inch spike heel on the beach. Oil and gasoline consumption are down nationwide and U.S. stocks of oil…
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Price Spike, in Spades
2-19-08 by dugan Let’s see. Gasoline is up eight cents a gallon in the last week for regular. Oil prices hit $100 a barrel today, ginned up by speculators "worried" about Venezuela, Nigeria,…
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Gamblers Get Their $100 Oil
2-19-08 by dugan If I told you that Venezuela’s crackpot leader Hugo Chavez is responsible for crude oil hitting $100 a barrel in futures trading today, would you believe me? I hope not. But…