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Oil rises to near $107 ahead of key US jobs report
Mar 9th, 2012
Oil prices rose slightly to near $107 a barrel Friday in Asia ahead of a key U.S. employment report that will give insight into the strength of the world's No. 1 economy and demand for crude. (Source: Associated Press) -
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumer sentiment rebounded in early May to the highest level in nearly six years as Americans felt better about their financial and economic prospects, particularly among upper-income households, a survey released on Friday showed. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's preliminary reading on the overall index on c... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of the country's biggest bank, faces a key test this week: His shareholders are voting on whether to let him keep both jobs. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's deep, six-year recession is likely to end in 2014, but unemployment will remain above 20 percent for another three years, the European Commission said Friday in a report. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian government forces pushed deeper into a strategic rebel-held town near the Lebanese border, battling rebels in fierce street fighting, Syrian state-media said Monday. An activist group said at least 23 elite fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group have been killed in the clashes. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]