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Fed's Bullard Wants Evidence of Inflation Returning to Target Before Tapering

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  • XTO Energy to Buy Hunt Petroleum for $4.2 Billion Tuesday, 10 Jun 2008 | 1:51 PM ET

    XTO Energy said Tuesday it would buy crude oil and natural gas producer Hunt Petroleum for $4.186 billion in cash and stock.

  • Saudis to Host Oil Producers, Consumers to Talk Prices Tuesday, 10 Jun 2008 | 1:41 PM ET

    Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of oil producers and consumers on June 22 to discuss record-high prices that are unbearable, OPEC's Secretary General said on Tuesday.

  • Russia's Gazprom, the supplier of a quarter of Europe's natural gas, expects the price of crude oil to almost double as the decade draws to a close...

  • Gazprom Aims for $1 Trillion Market Cap Tuesday, 10 Jun 2008 | 11:46 AM ET

    Russian gas utility Gazprom aims to become the world's biggest company with market capitalisation of $1 trillion within 7 to 10 years, chief executive Alexei Miller told a press conference in Deauville, northern France.

  • John Kilduff

    The International Energy Agency released its monthly oil report this morning. News headlines trumpeted the agency’s forecast of reduced demand for the fifth consecutive month. However, the market has jumped all over a forecasted decline in Non-OPEC oil production of 300,000 barrels per day.

  • Saudis Boost Oil Output: Ministry Sources Tuesday, 10 Jun 2008 | 9:42 AM ET

    Saudi Arabia's oil output increase by almost 500,000 barrels a day this quarter, to 9.54 million barrels, CNBC has learned from sources in the Saudi Oil Ministry.

  • Ford, Chrysler "Power" Rides Face Difficult Road Ahead Tuesday, 10 Jun 2008 | 9:39 AM ET
    2008 Dodge Challenger

    Chrysler is not playing up the Challenger's HEMI engine as the classic muscle car returns. Who can blame them. The HEMI was a hot selling point a few years ago when gas was cheap and buyers clamored for power.

  • Voters Say ‘Drill’ But Neither Candidate Gets It Tuesday, 10 Jun 2008 | 8:51 AM ET

    Public worry number one is now oil, jobs, and the economy, with the inflationary woes of the U.S. dollar right underneath. The candidate who can connect with these issues will win in November. But so far neither Obama nor McCain are dealing with the new political reality.

  • High Margins Squeezing Out Small Oil Players Tuesday, 10 Jun 2008 | 8:39 AM ET

    As the dollar amounts involved in just one trade in oil soar, commodity exchanges are demanding increasing margins to protect themselves in the event of a default.

  • Trade Gap Widens to $60.9 Billion as Oil Prices Surge Tuesday, 10 Jun 2008 | 8:36 AM ET
    Shipping containers lay stacked on a cargo ship docked at the Ensenada International Terminal port facility on Wednesday, March 8, 2006 in Ensenada, Mexico. In March 2005, the facility acquired two additional cargo cranes, seen in the background, bringing the total to four. Mexico and some of the world's largest retailers and shipping interests are bolstering Pacific ports south of the border, hoping to catch future runoff as an increasing tide of Asian cargo sails toward already clogged ports i

    The U.S. trade deficit widened more than expected in April as the price of imported oil hit a record, pushing overall imports to an all-time high, a Commerce Department report showed Tuesday.

  • IEA Cuts World Oil Demand Forecast Tuesday, 10 Jun 2008 | 8:13 AM ET

    World oil demand will rise at its slowest pace in six years during 2008 as a raft of fuel subsidy cuts in Asia erodes consumption, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday.

  • Bubble, Bubble, Oil Is Trouble … Tuesday, 10 Jun 2008 | 4:11 AM ET

    Is the world running out of oil? Or gold, or wheat, or almost any other commodity you care to name? What are the factors driving crude oil's ascent to new peak prices? Charting Asia takes a look at the technicals.

  • The Difference Between Piggybacks and Copycats Monday, 9 Jun 2008 | 7:25 PM ET

    There's nothing wrong with riding the coattails of big shots like Carl Icahn – but only if you've done your homework first.

  • The Importance of Investing Themes on Mad Money Monday, 9 Jun 2008 | 7:09 PM ET

    Despite what you heard, this show is not just about stock picks. Find out what you should really be taking away from Cramer's recommendations.

  • Mad Mail: Is the Future Dark for First Solar? Monday, 9 Jun 2008 | 6:28 PM ET

    Plus, are scooters the play on rising gas prices?

  • Lehman Plunges; Weighs On Markets Monday, 9 Jun 2008 | 6:13 PM ET

    The Dow ended with modest gains after Lehman Brothers weighed down stocks by announcing its first quarterly loss since being spun off by American Express in 1994. What's the "Word on the Street?"

  • Profit Off Your Pain at the Pump Monday, 9 Jun 2008 | 6:07 PM ET

    Sure, you can cry about high gas prices. But Cramer has a better idea.

  • Oil/Dollar Updates Monday, 9 Jun 2008 | 3:59 PM ET

    Skyrocketing oil and gas pump prices have become public enemy number one on the economics front, and politically priority number one out on the campaign trail. (Though neither Obama nor McCain have really connected with the public’s desire to drill and produce more oil as a way of getting gas prices down.)

  • High prices mean these, and other key producing countries, don’t need the incremental revenue. They are getting plenty of revenue through price, they don’t need to get it through volume.

  • Oil prices are likely to hit $150 a barrel this summer season, the global head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs said on Monday...