Oil settles above US$81 on US jobs report

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Friday 5th March, 2010 (Source: The Star)

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NEW YORK: The government jobs report for February that came out Friday raised hopes that the U.S.

economy may slowly be healing. It also raised oil and wholesale gasoline prices closer to their highs ... ...

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