Oil eases as Fed's Jackson Hole meeting gets underway
Added: 22.08.2019 20:06 | 21 views | 0 comments
 Oil prices weakened on Thursday on worries about the global economy and as equity markets were on edge over the uncertain outlook for U.S. interest rate cuts.
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[Ticker] Gibraltar judge: Iranian ship should be released
Added: 22.08.2019 19:18 | 2 views | 0 comments
 A court in Gibraltar has ruled that an Iranian oil tanker, the Grace 1, should be released despite a request by the US department of justice to keep it in custody. The vessel had been seized on its way to Syria in order to provide it with 2.3m barrels of Iranian oil in contravention of EU sanctions.
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Rhode Island portable toilet explosions probed by bomb squad, $5G reward offered
Added: 22.08.2019 19:11 | 7 views | 0 comments
 Authorities in Rhode Island are trying to figure out who set off explosives inside a pair of portable toilets over the weekend, leaving the thrones blown to pieces in two towns.
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Stena Bulk tanker seized by Iran could be released soon: Sweden's SVT broadcaster
Added: 22.08.2019 18:33 | 3 views | 0 comments
 Sweden has received "very strong indications" that a British oil tanker seized last month by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz is to be released soon, Swedish public service broadcaster SVT reported on Thursday, citing sources within Sweden's foreign ministry.
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Scientists successfully innoculate, grow crops in salt-damaged soil
Added: 22.08.2019 17:48 | 25 views | 0 comments
 Researchers may have found a way to reverse falling crop yields caused by increasingly salty farmlands throughout the world. Scientists have used bacteria found in the roots of salt-tolerant plants to successfully inoculate alfalfa plants against overly salty soil.
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Oil eases as Jackson Hole meeting gets underway
Added: 22.08.2019 17:17 | 14 views | 0 comments
 Oil prices weakened on Thursday as worries about the global economy weighed and equity markets were under pressure as uncertainty over the outlook for U.S. interest rate cuts left investors on edge.
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U.S. lawmakers say tariffs on EU olive oil pit Trump trade policy against demand
Added: 22.08.2019 17:17 | 13 views | 0 comments
 (This August 21 story corrects in 9th paragraph to show that tariffs have not been imposed and that the North American Olive Oil Association has, and continues to, oppose proposed tariffs on olive oil.)
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Trump set to discuss biofuels Thursday with USDA, EPA: sources
Added: 22.08.2019 16:44 | 3 views | 0 comments
 President Donald Trump, faced with mounting anger in the farm belt over policies that allowed oil refineries to use less corn-based ethanol, is set to meet with cabinet members on Thursday to discuss ways to boost biofuel demand, four sources familiar with the matter said.
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