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Boomtown Store FLYING IN Workers

AP | JAMES MacPHERSON | Posted 01.29.2013 | Business
Read More: North Dakota, Wisconsin, Unemployment, Oil Patch, U.S. Oil, Menards, Ap, North Dakota Oil Patch, Business News

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Home improvement retailer Menard Inc. says it will hire workers from its home base in Wisconsin and fly them to North Dakota t...

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A Rick Perry Presidency? Get Ready for the Next Gas Spike

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.06.2011 | Politics
Read More: Energy, Bp, Oil Patch, Committee on Energy and Commerce, George W. Bush, Texas, Rep. Joe L. Barton, Opec, Business, Rick Perry, Dick Cheney, George H.W. Bush, Gulf Coast Oil Disaster, Halliburton, Saudi Arabia, Oil, Financial Crisis, King Fahd, Reagan Administration, Politics News
Raymond J. Learsy

Most worrisome about a Rick Perry presidency for those of us who don't live in Texas and are not engaged in the oil business is the prospect of staggeringly higher gasoline prices, and the impact that would have on the nation's economy.

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The Bush Years' Single Accomplishment: Exxon Mobil's Staggering Record Profit

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Dept of Energy, Wall Street, Saudi Arabia, Exxonmobil, Cheney, Oil, Strategic Petroleum Reseve, Oil-Patch, Dept of Interior, King Fahd, Opec, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

In breathtaking example of the manner in which oil has corrupted the Bush administration we have prima facie evidence of the perverted priorities of the last eight years.

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