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Crude Oil at $122 Is Good News for Refiners Valero, Sunoco, Holly

Aug 1st, 2008 | By J. Christoph Amberger | Category: Financial News, Oil Investment & Alternative Energy

Refiners Valero (VLO), Sunoco (SUN), Holly (HCO) are up on falling crude oil prices. If predictions of OPEC’s president come to pass, we could see oil back at $70 — and U.S. refiners in the green!



Riots in Haiti… Unrest in Egypt… and Food Rationing in New England and California?

Apr 21st, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Featured, Financial News

Rice has now shot up 75% in the last two months alone. Corn is up 30% this year. Wheat has managed 120% gains over the past 12 months.

With staple foods racing to record high prices, the world’s poor are feeling the pinch of the global food crisis. But the effects are not limited to the third world. Costco stores in northern California are imposing limits on buying of oil, flour, and rice reported a recent article in the NY Sun.