…  Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the departments of Treasury, Energy and Agriculture. The task force will examine …  commodity prices are posing a significant strain on U.S. households, and the (new) interagency task force will aid public and regulatory …

…  briefly pushed past the psychologically important $1,000 mark Thursday, as investors …  futures all trading higher. Crude oil hit a trading record of $111 but fluctuated between gains and losses, while copper futures …  between gains and losses, in part because of a Commerce Department report showing an unexpected fall in retail sales last month …

…  mean hundreds of new jobs. His claims are denied by industry representatives and some federal scientists, who say a link between …  for it,” said Richard Opper, director of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality. “It’s definitely a wake-up call when you …

…  mean hundreds of new jobs. His claims are denied by industry representatives and some federal scientists, who say a link between …  for it,” said Richard Opper, director of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality. “It’s definitely a wake-up …

…  mean hundreds of new jobs. His claims are denied by industry representatives and some federal scientists, who say a link between …  for it,” said Richard Opper, director of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality. “It’s definitely a wake-up …

…  there will not be enough grain to go around. Industry insiders expect farmers to plant significant new corn acreage in the …  percent in 2005 and 46 percent in 2004, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics. Niebur said he expected that uptake to …

…  BioFuels LLC of Dallas, Texas, plans to build three ethanol plants in …  the announcement will add to concerns that the ethanol industry is in danger of being overbuilt. The demand for corn for ethanol has …  produced 2.05 billion bushels of corn, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates. …

…  plant will produce. “I know there’s going to be enormous amounts of slag and I don’t know how they’re going to get rid of it,” Mahanoy Township …  which are not hazardous, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s draft environmental impact statement for the Gilberton …

…  a decade amid strong demand for ethanol and feed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Monday. Average corn prices for the year were forecast at $2.90 to $3.30 a bushel, up 10 cents from last month’s estimate, according to the monthly crop …

…  ethanol industry’s growing appetite for corn has pushed prices for the grain to …  grain alcohol to become fuel. With a growing amount of corn being diverted from food products and livestock feed toward ethanol …  any kind of a windfall by any means.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s current estimate for 2006’s average …