What the press is saying about petrol, LPG, diesel, crude oil, biofuel etc.
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BP Quarterly Results - Profit up by 83%
29-10-2008 Other. BP, Europe's second biggest oil producer behind Royal Dutch Shell, posted a net profit of $8.049 billion for the July to September quarter, up from $4.406 billion in the same period a year earlier.
Over the 9 months from January - September profit increased to $24,501 Billion, up from $16,446 Billion the same period in 2007, an increase of 49%.
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Xstrata Suspends A$ 586 million of Expenditure.
Aussie Dollar Climbs From 10-Month Low Amid Intervention Talk
Fortescue Metals puts $17.5bn projects on hold to review super tax
Rio Tinto to review new Australia investment over tax
Xstrata suspends $30 million exploration in light of the Government’s super profits tax
Rates rise - Again
Backflip on "the Greatest Moral Challenge of our time"
Caltex Australia agrees to purchase Mobil service stations
Perth Motorists Ripped-Off
Jobs at risk after Bushmaster exclusion
Volunteer Sacked For Swearing
Gross Domestic Product shows first negative result in 8 years
Victorian Bushfires
RBA rate drop to 3.25%
Victoria: No power, No Trains, No Water
Shell profit 2009
Back to School
“Green Holden” update
$149 Million to build green Holden
Tax Cut for Small Business - Smoke and Mirrors
Surplus Virtually Gone
Government Stimulus Payments
Elective Surgery Summer Break
Fuel tax will inflate grocery bill
NSW hospitals are full, try Queensland
FuelWatch dead and buried
Excrement found in Dessert
OPEC agrees to cut output by 1.5 million bpd
Crude oil below $80 per barrel
RBA cuts rates by 1% to 6.0%
Crude Oil below $100 - Petrol higher
Big Parties Big Losers this weekend.
BP profits jump thanks to oil prices
Ambulance strike with a difference
PM Rudd: G8 made progress on climate talks
G-8 endorses halving global emissions by 2050
Prof Garnaut calls for urgent climate action
Changes to NSW Road Rules
Labor's $70 million hybrid gift to Toyota
Rates blamed for house price dive