... because Iraq's oil industry is too dilapidated to quickly ramp up production. "The question will be what happens if oil stays depressed going into 2010 and even beyond," U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker said Thursday. "This country is and will ...

... looking at alternatives, but in the past, gas has always gone back down. There will be some investment opportunities if oil stays high. With our free market system, we're very resilient and innovative." Prices pushed sharply higher Friday after ...

... the pump should slip below the $4 mark over the weekend and could drop by at least another 25 cents by Labor Day, if oil stays on its downward path. However, analysts said it was too early to tell whether the decline was here to stay. At the ...