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  • U.S. weighs release of oil reserves, world frets about Iran (Turbo TaxCheat Timmy says on CNBC)

    02/24/2012 11:38:10 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 20 replies · 1+ views
    Yahoo ^ | 2/24/12 | Rachelle Younglai and Jeff Mason - Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering a release from its strategic oil reserves, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Friday, acknowledging the harm that supply disruptions from Iran could have on the global economy. Rising tensions between Iran and the West .. have fueled a rise in oil prices, pushing benchmark Brent crude above $125 a barrel on Friday. "There is a case for the use of the reserve in some circumstances and we will continue to look at those and evaluate that carefully," Geithner said on CNBC television. "Obviously Iran can do a lot of damage to...
  • In speech to grads, Obama frets about end of American dream

    06/02/2010 7:58:48 PM PDT · by Nachum · 30 replies · 736+ views
    wash. examiner ^ | 6/2/10 | Julie Mason
    President Obama, in a downbeat and at times pessimistic speech on the economy, acknowledged a "sense that the American dream might slowly be slipping away." "The anxiety that's out there today isn't new," Obama said at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Read more at the Washington Examiner: