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*President has launched biggest offensive yet on Islamists. MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, May 26- Nuradin Mohammed used to resent and fear the troops who swept past his fish stall in this northeast Nigerian city on the trail of Islamist insurgents Boko Haram.
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*President has launched biggest offensive yet on Islamists. MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, May 26- Nuradin Mohammed used to resent and fear the troops who swept past his fish stall in this northeast Nigerian city on the trail of Islamist insurgents Boko Haram.
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Mad Money host Jim Cramer expresses the power of having confidence in your investments. "Start small," he says.
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NEW YORK, May 24- Brent oil prices crept higher on Friday, as traders exited short positions ahead of a long holiday weekend in the United States, but the weekly percentage drop was still the biggest in more than a month. Brent crude oil futures settled 20 cents higher at $102.64 per barrel, after trading between $101.65 and $102.79.
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The State Department posted about 100,000 comments late on Thursday and plans to release sets of a similar number each week, a process that will take about three months. "This marks the first time the Department has made all individual comments on a Presidential permit application available to the public," a State Department release said.
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NEW YORK, May 24- Oil prices rose in late afternoon trading in New York on Friday after a report of a gasoline unit shutdown at a refinery, and as traders bought contracts to cover short positions ahead of a long holiday weekend in the United States.
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Harry Tchilinguirian, head of commodities market strategy at BNP Paribas, tells CNBC that continued QE by the US Fed, a pickup in the Chinese economy and a continued squeeze on Iranian production will drive oil up.
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PHOENIX-- Gasoline prices at the pump this Memorial Day holiday weekend will be at their lowest level in three years around Arizona. Tucson has the lowest average gasoline price in Arizona at $3.18 a gallon while Flagstaff has the highest at $3.67.
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With the world's largest economy suddenly awash in oil and gas, might the U.S. dollar join the ranks of the dollars of Canada and Australia as a "commodity currency"?
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BILLINGS, Mont.-- A dispute over greenhouse gases from oil and gas drilling will head to federal court in Montana as attorneys for the government and the industry face off against environmentalists who say too little is being done to reduce emissions that contribute to climate change. In the Montana case, three groups want U.S.
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*Shrinking factory activity in China limits oil demand growth. LONDON, May 24- Oil was poised to post its biggest weekly loss in more than a month, with Brent edging down towards $102 per barrel on Friday- pressured by ample supply and a sluggish economic recovery that could dent demand for fuel.
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HOUSTON-- InterOil and Pacific LNG Group are in exclusive talks with Exxon Mobil about the development of natural gas fields in Papua New Guinea. InterOil has petroleum licenses, an oil refinery and retail and commercial distribution facilities on the island nation just north of Australia.
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*Shrinking factory activity in China limits oil demand growth. SINGAPORE, May 24- Crude futures are set to post their biggest weekly loss in five weeks, with Brent edging down toward $102 per barrel on Friday, as ample supply and a slow global economic recovery fuelled worries that demand for oil would be hit.
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Britain came within six hours of running out of natural gas in March, highlighting the risk of supply shortages amid declining domestic production, the FT reports.
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*Shrinking factory activity in China limits oil demand growth. SINGAPORE, May 24- Crude futures are set to post their biggest weekly loss in five weeks, with Brent edging down toward $102 per barrel on Friday, as ample supply and a slow global economic recovery fuelled worries that demand for oil would be hit.
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*Shrinking factory activity in China limits oil demand growth. SINGAPORE, May 24- Crude futures are set to post their biggest weekly loss in five weeks, with Brent edging down toward $102 per barrel on Friday, as ample supply and a slow global economic recovery fuelled worries that demand for oil would be hit.
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PERTH, May 24- U.S. crude futures dropped to around $94 a barrel on Friday after disappointing China data and on lingering concerns the U.S. July oil futures contract had fallen 9 cents to $94.16 a barrel by 0038 GMT.
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The 238,000 barrel-per-day Bayway refinery is one of several on the East Coast emerging from years of poor margins as they have depended on higher-priced oil from Europe and Africa due to a lack of access to cheaper domestic crude.
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*BP, Shell, Statoil in EU oil price probe. NEW YORK/ CHICAGO May 23- A Chicago- based commodities trading firm has filed suit against three of the world's largest oil companies, accusing them of colluding to fix oil prices after European authorities opened an investigation last week.
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You say the name of a stock, and Mad Money's Jim Cramer tells you whether to buy or sell.
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CNBC's Scott Wapner and the Fast Money traders discuss the day's top trades and the stocks they'll be watching Friday.