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Oil drops to near $104 on global growth concerns

Anchorage Daily News online -- The Associated Press

Published: April 29th, 2012 09:31 PM
Last Modified: April 30th, 2012 03:30 AM

LONDON (AP) - Oil prices fell toward $104 a barrel Monday on expectations that slowing economic growth in the U.S. and China and ongoing debt problems in Europe will undermine demand for crude.

Benchmark oil for June delivery was down 72 cents to $104.21 a barrel by midday European time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 38 cents to settle at $104.93 in New York on Friday.

Brent crude for June delivery was down 71 cents at $119.10 per barrel in London.

The Commerce Department said Friday that the U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2.2 percent in the January-March quarter, compared with 3 percent in the final quarter of 2011. Earlier this

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WalRus49 Champion Author Boston Posts:4,085 Points:870,815 Joined:Nov 2010	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 11:16:32 PM Ignore WalRus49 Report Abuse Just more organized mayhem and pillage..............
PathfinderSC Champion Author South Carolina Posts:9,531 Points:1,833,565 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 7:09:54 PM Ignore PathfinderSC Report Abuse Oil should be around $60.00 a barrel.
Wanda127 Champion Author Florida Posts:2,499 Points:916,755 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 3:12:23 PM Ignore Wanda127 Report Abuse It needs to drop a lot more. It's still way too HIGH!
md11capt Champion Author Denver Posts:3,558 Points:711,630 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 2:00:05 PM Ignore md11capt Report Abuse WHAT??!! The globe is grownin?
dh0770 Champion Author Colorado Posts:6,987 Points:672,460 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 1:24:02 PM Ignore dh0770 Report Abuse Drops??? What a joke!
gbs1 Champion Author Minnesota Posts:2,011 Points:744,550 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 12:39:00 PM Ignore gbs1 Report Abuse High oil prices=slow growth or no growth. Makes sense to me.
mladha All-Star Author Ontario Posts:903 Points:314,310 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 12:02:49 PM Ignore mladha Report Abuse Good
qwerty17 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:3,660 Points:1,119,625 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 11:39:14 AM Ignore qwerty17 Report Abuse i like drop.
Ticoman54 Champion Author Miami Posts:7,051 Points:1,494,495 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 11:23:23 AM Ignore Ticoman54 Report Abuse Keep dropping. Outrageously overpriced.
kzrooster Champion Author Kalamazoo Posts:2,395 Points:518,700 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 10:59:43 AM Ignore kzrooster Report Abuse Crude may drop but gas still is going up. It takes forever to see a drop in crude at the pump, but just moments when it goes up.
asog75 All-Star Author Indiana Posts:836 Points:278,405 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 10:56:32 AM Ignore asog75 Report Abuse still over priced by $35.00 a barrel
OTISFL Champion Author Pensacola Posts:4,620 Points:867,765 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 10:52:43 AM Ignore OTISFL Report Abuse Continue to drop---as in around $2.00 per gallon!!! Election won't mean jack diddly now with Romeney who is about the same as Bummer Bama.
peakkeller Champion Author Colorado Springs Posts:1,696 Points:779,075 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 10:49:58 AM Ignore peakkeller Report Abuse Good
jakessoccermom Sophomore Author Wisconsin Posts:199 Points:620,170 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 10:29:46 AM Ignore jakessoccermom Report Abuse Oil prices and global growth are joined at the hip. You can't have global growth without oil and if oil supply continues to be a problem (when is it not) then we can expect global growth to backslide.
WildmanMick Veteran Author North Carolina Posts:426 Points:316,540 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 9:57:00 AM Ignore WildmanMick Report Abuse If " oil prices" were really worried about "global growth concerns", they would be around $50/barrel. "Oil prices" is the major enemy of "global growth"...
vcsuksu21 Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:2,478 Points:708,280 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 9:54:10 AM Ignore vcsuksu21 Report Abuse good, the free market is working
tatker Champion Author Asheville Posts:1,976 Points:561,780 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 9:49:11 AM Ignore tatker Report Abuse Thanks Obama... sacrasm.
MustangRacing Champion Author Virginia Posts:1,853 Points:651,410 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 9:37:23 AM Ignore MustangRacing Report Abuse Need it down around $70
bluebird1 Champion Author Toronto Posts:15,745 Points:3,110,075 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 9:35:46 AM Ignore bluebird1 Report Abuse But not dropping much based on stockpiles - plus look at the spread!!!
amoshins Champion Author Trenton Posts:2,205 Points:643,595 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 9:33:05 AM Ignore amoshins Report Abuse 2.2% economic growth Jan-MAr with rising fuel prices is not sustainable
FPLREP Champion Author Virginia Posts:8,274 Points:2,451,135 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 9:22:00 AM Ignore FPLREP Report Abuse Is anyone out there seeing that high "fuel' prices are collapsing economies everywhere?
DYSKYPILOT Champion Author Fort Worth Posts:2,912 Points:627,655 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 9:21:51 AM Ignore DYSKYPILOT Report Abuse Needs to drop more.