Posts Tagged ‘District of Columbia’

Gas falls for 75th day

December 2nd, 2008

By Kenneth Musante, CNNMoney.com staff writer
Price remains above $2 a gallon in only 3 states and the District of Columbia.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Gas prices fell for the 75th consecutive day on Monday, and sold below $2 a gallon in all but three states and the District of Columbia, according to a daily survey of [...]

Govt protection demanded for Aceh abuse witnesses

October 20th, 2008

Dian Kuswandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Challenges await 11 Acehnese villagers who have succeeded in bringing giant company ExxonMobil Corp. to a U.S. Federal Court, with the judge handling the case resigning from his post amid fears that revealing their identities might endanger their lives.
Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) chairman Rafendi Djamin said Friday the plaintiffs [...]

US heating oil up 90 cents from year ago at $3.67 a gallon

October 12th, 2008

United States - By Tom Doggett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. heating season gets underway, the average price that homeowners paid for heating oil was $3.67 per gallon this week, the government said Wednesday.
The nationwide heating oil price is 90 cents higher than a year ago, according the federal Energy Information Administration’s weekly [...]