December 11, 2016 archive

Natural Gas, WTI and Brent Crude Settle Higher on Friday

Crude oil and natural gas futures finished higher on Friday as traders monitored the OPEC production cut and forecasts for below-average temperatures bolstered the markets, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, January West Texas Intermediate crude tacked on 66 cents, or 1.3%, to settle at $51.50 a barrel, marking a 2.2% gain …

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Bribery Fight Takes Another Step at Supreme Court Level

The fight over a 1989 bribed Corporation Commission vote took another step late Friday as ATT filed a motion with the State Supreme Court to suppress some 4,000 pages of documents that detail the bribe by a late Southwestern Bell Telephone company attorney of a sitting Corporation Commissioner and of corporation commission staff. ATT filed …

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