New York Mercantile Exchange

In recent years, the natural gas industry has experienced swings in the price of natural gas.   Bernie Witherow, energy specialist with Stand Energy Corp., said the historical New York Mercantile Exchange futures averaged $2.591 for natural gas in 1996....

SAN DIEGO -- The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose Sunday for the 10th consecutive day, increasing 1.4 cents to $3.782. The average price has increased 10.6 cents over the past 10 days, including 1.3...

The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in California fell by another 5 cents over the last week, to $3.591, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report. But the refrain remains the same: Americans are continuing to pay record high prices for this...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tropical Storm Irene unleashed furious wind and rain on New York on Sunday and sent seawater surging into the Manhattan streets. But the city appeared to escape the worst fears of urban disaster — vast power outages, hurricane-...

Stripped of hurricane rank, Tropical Storm Irene spent the last of its fury Sunday, leaving treacherous flooding and millions without power — but an unfazed New York and relief that it was nothing like the nightmare authorities feared. Slowly,...

NEW YORK — The storm that had been Hurricane Irene crossed into Canada overnight but wasn't yet through with the U.S., where flood waters threatened Vermont towns and New Yorkers who returned to work had to make do with a slowly reopening transit...

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stocks fell Tuesday, dragged down by sharp losses in European markets the day before as fears mounted of a worsening global economy. Oil slid to below $84 a barrel amid expectations that continued weakness in developed...

Royal Dutch Shell Plc's 145,000 barrel per day (bpd) Anacortes, Washington, refinery plans to shut its crude unit on Friday, Sept. 23, for a planned overhaul expected to last until early November, according to a notice filed with Washington state...

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil topped $100 per barrel for the first time since early June as European leaders discussed more financial aid for Greece. The new rescue package, which is being hammered out Thursday at an emergency summit in Brussels, propped...