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• Jobless rate reaches highest point since late 1983

  By The Associated Press
  Posted Mar 6th 2009 4:03AM

  HOUSTON — Exxon Mobil Corp. said Thursday it plans to increase spending on capital and exploration projects by ...

• Exxon Mobil plans to invest $29 billion in projects this year

  By John Porretto - The Associated Press
  Posted Mar 6th 2009 4:01AM

  Exxon Mobil chairman and chief executive Rex Tillerson said the company, buoyed by record income in recent years, is ...

• Oil rises above $44 despite grim U.S. corporate news

  By Pablo Gorondi - The Associated Press
  Posted Mar 6th 2009 3:58AM

  Oil prices rose above $44 a barrel Friday on investor optimism that falling U.S. gasoline costs amid the worst recessi...

• Illinois bills would boost fines for idling violations, end collection of truck fee

  By Keith Goble, state legislative editor
  Posted Mar 5th 2009 5:17AM

  A legislative effort in Illinois is likely to make the blood of truckers boil a bit while another bill seems more like...

• DIESEL DROPS another 4.3 cents to average $2.087 nationwide

  By Land Line
  Posted Mar 5th 2009 5:12AM

  Fuel prices continued to drop around the country as the national diesel average dipped another 4.3 cents per gallon to...