Oil prices slide near 16 a barrel on weak demand
Oil prices fell for the third straight day to the $16 a barrel range on the New York Mercantile Exchange as buyers resisted OPEC supplies amid a market glut. April WTI crude traded around $16 after dipping to $16.05 and rebounding to $16.40, with No 2 heating oil and unleaded gasoline also slipping.
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New York
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
New York Mercantile Exchange
West Texas
West Texas Intermediate
Carol Epstein
The
New York Consulting and Publishing
Aydin
Midland Declared Labor Surplus Area in Texas
The Department of Labor designated Midland and Odessa as labor surplus areas following a state list of over 50 such zones. A Texas official notes likely overlaps with county areas and cites about 2,000 U S sites nationwide. designation improves odds for government contract opportunities.
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Department of Labor
Midland
Odessa
John Kruse
Texas Employment Commission
Austin
Kruse
United States
Permian Basin
Winter storm lingers in West another day
A storm burying cars in the West pounded an area from the Southwest to the Dakotas hampering searches for two missing planes and forcing evacuations of scores of Arizona campers. Snow covered central North Dakota Arizona New Mexico southern Colorado and southern California while forecast tracks suggested further spread into Wyoming Nebraska and Kansas.
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Dakotas
Arizona
North Dakota
New Mexico
Colorado
California
Bismarck
N.C
Doctors differ on abuse findings in two examinations
Doctor Robert Bright said his Jan 26 examination of a 2 year old girl differed from Dr. R John Kelley’s Dec 31 report mainly due to a 26 day gap between exams. Prosecutor Augesen, who sought the court order, decided not to pursue felony charges and noted time influenced differing conclusions.
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Kelley
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Bright
Augesen
McAllen area posts nation’s highest unemployment rate
The McAllen Edinburg Mission metro area ends the year with the nation’s top jobless rate at 20.3 percent, with Odessa ranking fifth at 14.9 percent. Other Texas and Louisiana metros follow, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
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Texas
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
Odessa
McAllen-Edinburg
Texas Employment Commission
High Texas Louisiana unemployment share hits 14 of top 25
A government report shows Texas and Louisiana together accounted for 14 of the 25 highest metropolitan unemployment rates in 1986. McAllen Edinburg Mission was the top with 20.3 percent, Odessa 16 percent, Beaumont Port Arthur 12.5 percent, while growth slowed in energy states and some rust belt metros posted improvements.
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Dallas
Texas
Louisiana
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S
Nic Santangelo
BLS
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
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Peter C. Beutel
Elders Futures Inc
Petroleum Analysis Ltd
Jack N. Aydin
Cleveland
McDonald & Co
Ron Hillard
Sandhills
Ector County Coliseum
Bill Barlow
National
Civil Air Patrol
Keith Weber
Pacific
Santa Monica
San Gabriel Mountains
Coast Guard
Ter
Piper
CAP
San Gabriels
Mount Baldy
Arrowhead
Ernie Pearson
California Highway Patrol
Barry Polen
Evan Mecham
Yavapai
Gila
National Guard
Kohls Ranch
Mogollon Rim
Payson
Robert A. Bright
Trict
Eric Augesen
R. John Kelley
Ancy
Ector County
Gary Garrison
McAllen-Edinburg- Mission
Houma-Thibodaux, la
Lafayette
Lake Charles
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