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Oil up as supplies drop and stimulus speculation grows

Oil is trading slightly higher today due to the sharp decrease in crude oil supply last week.

The Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration reported that oil inventories dropped by 7.3 million barrels last week, way more than the 1 million …

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Oil hit $89 a barrel on supply concerns

Oil is up by more than $3 a barrel today on expectations that the storms in the Gulf of Mexico will slow down oil production in that region.

Commodity traders and analysts believe that the U.S. will see stockpiles drop …

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