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Monday, April 2, 2012 (Reuters) - China's economy is on track to grow between 8 and 9 percent this year, with a more mode » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/02/china-economy-growth-idUSL3E8F24OO20120402
Monday, April 2, 2012 LONDON, April 2 (Reuters) - Oil held near $123 a barrel on Monday, supported by signs of an improvi » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/02/markets-oil-idUSL6E8F21SL20120402
Monday, April 2, 2012 Rising interest rates aren't threatening the U.S. economic recovery. But a sudden spike or sustaine » http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303816504577309811956886518.html
Monday, April 2, 2012 (Reuters) - China's big factories were surprisingly busy in March as a stream of new orders lifted » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/01/us-china-economy-pmi-idUSBRE83001420120401
Monday, April 2, 2012 Canada's national economic output expanded in January, although at a slower pace than the month bef » http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/03/30/canada-gdp-january.html
Monday, April 2, 2012 Japan’s industrial production unexpectedly dropped in February, undercutting signs of an economic r » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-30/japan-production-decline-undercuts-signs-of-recovery-economy.html
Monday, April 2, 2012 South Korea’s industrial production rose at a slower pace in February and the nation’s economy expa » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-29/s-korea-output-growth-slows-economy-expands-less-than-estimated.html
Monday, April 2, 2012 SAO PAULO, April 2 (Reuters) - Economists lowered their forecasts for economic growth and inflation » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/02/brazil-economy-survey-idUSL2E8F26AG20120402
Monday, April 2, 2012 WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending increased by the most in seven months in Fe » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/30/usa-economy-idUSL2E8EU2VI20120330
Monday, April 2, 2012 The ambitious nine million tone HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL) promoted Bathinda oil refinery would » http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Bathinda-oil-refinery-to-be-inaugurated-in-April-Sukhbir/SP-Article1-83255...
Monday, April 2, 2012 PetroChina Co. (857), surpassing Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) and OAO Rosneft as the world’s biggest pub » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-29/petrochina-annual-profit-misses-estimates-after-refining-losses.html
Monday, April 2, 2012 NEW DELHI – Bharat Petroleum Corp. (500547.BY) said Friday it will spend INR142.25 billion ($2.8 b » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/03/30/bharat-petroleum-to-invest-28-billion-on-kochi-refinery-expansion/
Monday, April 2, 2012 NEW YORK, March 30 (Reuters) - Oil rose on Friday to post the biggest quarterly gain since the begi » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/30/markets-oil-idUSL3E8EU2A20120330
Monday, April 2, 2012 NEW DELHI – Refinery runs at Indian Oil Corp. (530965.BY) rose 4.9% to 1.11 million barrels a day » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/04/02/indian-oil-refinery-runs-up-4-in-fy12/
Monday, April 2, 2012 (Reuters) - Tesoro Corp's 97,000-barrels-per-day (bpd) Los Angeles-area refinery in Wilmington, Cal » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/30/refinery-operations-tesoro-losangeles-idUSH5E8D9O2L20120330
Monday, April 2, 2012 (Reuters) - India's state-run Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd has raised capacity of its » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/30/india-mrpl-idUSI8E8EE01820120330
Monday, April 2, 2012 (Reuters) - Japan's top oil refiner JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp plans to refine 6.10 million kiloli » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/30/energy-japan-jx-idUST9E8EM00020120330
Monday, April 2, 2012 Mar 30 (Reuters) - Russian refinery runs rose in February by 1.0 percent on a daily basis from Janu » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/30/russia-energy-runs-idUSL6E8EU1CT20120330
Monday, April 2, 2012 The largest ever refinery expansion in U.S. history is nearing completion in Port Arthur, Texas. Wh » http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/on-energy/2012/03/29/largest-us-refinery-expansion-not-likely-to-lower-gas-prices
Thursday, March 29, 2012 The end of four decades of aluminium smelting in Northumberland will begin later, when the power is » http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-17545827
Thursday, March 29, 2012 March 29 (Reuters) - Following is a table of customs-cleared coking coal imports for February relea » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/29/coal-japan-coking-idUSL3E8ET1KA20120329
Thursday, March 29, 2012 German unemployment fell more than forecast in March, adding to evidence that growth in Europe’s bi » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-03-29/german-jobless-fell-in-march-as-economy-showed-resilience
Thursday, March 29, 2012 PARIS—The economies of Europe and North America will diverge in the first half of this year, with E » http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303816504577311043529851790.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Thursday, March 29, 2012 A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Wednesday: » http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-03/D9TPL7EG0.htm
Thursday, March 29, 2012 (Reuters) - The economy expanded as expected in the fourth quarter while personal income grew at a » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/29/us-usa-economy-gdp-idUSBRE82S0M420120329
Thursday, March 29, 2012 PARIS, March 29 (Reuters) - Following are updated forecasts from the Organisation for Economic Coop » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/29/oecd-economy-idUSL9E7JB01220120329
Thursday, March 29, 2012 (Reuters) - Oil traders still grappling with an unprecedented pipeline bottleneck in the U.S. Midwe » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/29/us-oil-idUSBRE82S04P20120329
Thursday, March 29, 2012 LONDON, March 28 (Reuters) - Diesel and jet fuel premiums in northwest Europe rose on Wednesday, su » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/28/markets-europe-distillates-idUSL6E8ESAAG20120328
Thursday, March 29, 2012 China will let oil companies set fuel prices according to government-guided rates, the official Xin » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-28/china-may-let-oil-refiners-set-fuel-prices-sinopec-says.html
Thursday, March 29, 2012 (RTTNews.com) - Essar Oil Ltd. announced that it had completed the Rs.8,300 crore Phase-I expansion » http://www.nasdaq.com/article/essar-oil-completes-expansion-of-vadinar-refinery-project-20120329-00299
Thursday, March 29, 2012 Rising gasoline prices have become a source of finger-pointing and political rhetoric - yet the eco » http://www.chron.com/business/article/For-some-refiners-the-price-of-gasoline-is-too-3442626.php
Thursday, March 29, 2012 Western Canada Select oil weakened after a March 26 fire struck a process unit at Exxon Mobil Corp. » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-28/heavy-canadian-oil-weakens-after-exxon-montana-refinery-fire.html
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Rio Tinto has seen “quite a lot” of interest in aluminium operations earmarked for sale last year, » http://www.iol.co.za/business/international/buyers-eye-rio-tinto-aluminium-assets-1.1265662
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 MILAN, March 27 (Reuters) - Alcoa has agreed to keep its Italian smelter running past the planned c » http://af.reuters.com/article/metalsNews/idAFL6E8ERANT20120327
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says that without faster economic growth, i » http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gm_xo_nXo_X2_T9nIUzhxuDI7jFw?docId=e9e81b4c440240e696c34bd2256639df
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