Canadian stocks rose, led by oil producers and financial companies, after unemployment claims fell to a 17-month low in the U.S. Cenovus Energy Inc.
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As the first decade of the 21st century comes to a close, the Denver Business Journal is revisiting some of the biggest business-news stories of the last 10 years.
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McMoRan Exploration Co. says the productive section of the Tuscaloosa Trend north of Baton Rouge could extend deep offshore on the Continental Shelf.
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window.document.getElementById(’post-24953′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Telegraph : Finance : The Alternative Investment Market’s vast legion of resource companies helped London’s junior market achieve a mini revival in 2009 following a dreadful 2008.
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window.document.getElementById(’post-24953′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;FOX News : Business : Oil Edges Up To Mark Best Year In Decade
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window.document.getElementById(’post-24953′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;FOX News : Business : Oil rose towards $80 a barrel in thin holiday trade Thursday, poised for the biggest annual climb in a decade, a year after posting huge falls as the global economic crisis sapped demand.
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window.document.getElementById(’post-24953′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;B92 : The Ministry of Economy handed over the shareholder list of Naftna Indutrija Srbija (NIS) to its majority owner, Russia’s Gazprom Neft. The handover completing the last obligation the government had towards the company, the ministry has announced.
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window.document.getElementById(’post-24953′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;BusinessDailyAfrica : The State- owned National Oil Company of Kenya (Nock) has lost a bid to buy a multi-billion shilling oil terminal, owned by former oil magnate turned fugitive, Yagnesh Devani.
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window.document.getElementById(’post-24953′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;The Hindu : International : A judge in the Netherlands has opened the door to a potential avalanche of legal cases against Shell over environmental degradation said to be caused by its oil operations in the Niger Delta. The oil group expressed …
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Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. said Thursday afternoon that flaring at its oil refining facility in Baytown — outside of Houston — is having no impact on the facility’s ability to supply oil. (XOM)
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The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose by 11 this week to 1,189. Houston-based Baker Hughes Inc.
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window.document.getElementById(’post-24953′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Inergy Propane LLC, a subsidiary of Inergy LP, bought out one of its larger competitors in the propane business in Overland Park-based Liberty Propane LP. Kansas City-based Inergy (Nasdaq: NRGY) entered into an equity purchase agreement with a private equity firm to acquire all the capital stock and partnership interests of Liberty […]

window.document.getElementById(’post-24953′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Gas prices in Denver ended their recent downward march in 2009’s final week, according to the American Automobile Association’s Daily Fuel Gauge Report.
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window.document.getElementById(’post-24953′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Radio Free Europe : Russian gas will move via Ukraine without interruption this New Year as the ex-Soviet states have a 10-year supply deal in place, Russia’s monopoly gas exporter said today, easing fears in Europe of a repeat gas war.
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window.document.getElementById(’post-24953′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Rigzone.com : Arab Gulf states may get a boost from higher oil prices in 2010 but the region’s real-estate and banking sectors still face head winds.
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