crude
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The CMA found that retail prices tended to "rise like a rocket, but fall like a feather" in response to increases or decreases in the cost of crude oil.
From BBC
In global energy markets, the price of crude oil fell more than 5%.
From BBC
The most threatening stockpile is almost 1,000 pounds of uranium enriched to 60%, which without further enrichment could be used to make a crude nuclear weapon.
Mexican crude has taken on a new urgency for Cuba since the U.S. ouster this month of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, whose socialist government was long the major supplier of oil to Cuba.
From Los Angeles Times
That’s no surprise given the risks to the global flow of oil tied Venezuela and Iran, but the world’s supply of crude is still expected to outpace demand this year.
From MarketWatch
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