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An administrative law judge says Minnesota regulators should approve Enbridge Energy's proposal for replacing its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline only if it follows the existing route rather than the company's preferred route

A company based in Taiwan plans a $9.4 billion chemical manufacturing complex in Louisiana and has bought a 2,400-acre site

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The Minnesota Court of Appeals says four protesters can use an unusual "necessity defense" against criminal charges from trying to shut down two Enbridge Energy oil pipelines

Gains for health care and technology companies and retails are taking stocks higher

Asian shares mostly lower, tracking tech sell-off on Wall Street

Kuwait's state-run oil company says it has contained a fire at an onshore oil rig in the country's southwestern oilfields

The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline spiked 9 cents a gallon over the past two weeks to $2.83

Global automakers are showcasing their efforts to create electric cars for China's fast-growing but crowded market at their industry's biggest show of the year

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The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by five this week to 1,013

A steep slide in technology stocks weighed on U.S. stocks Friday, pulling the market lower for the second day in a row

Recalls this week include electrical safety switches, toy xylophones, ski bindings

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a bill prohibiting oil and natural gas drilling in state waters, as well as preventing infrastructure like pipelines that could support drilling in more distant federal waters

President Donald Trump says oil-producing cartel OPEC "is at it again," and that efforts to maintain high prices "will not be accepted!"

Global shares are lower on trade worries and tech outlook after the IMF warned over the potential for trade tensions

Asian shares fall back on trade worries, tech outlook

Two senior U.S. Treasury officials say finance ministers from several Latin American nations as well as the U.S. and Europe have agreed to work jointly to locate and seize assets arising from corruption by Venezuelan government insiders

A Texas company that owns an oil pipeline that spilled along the Santa Barbara coast faces a criminal trial three years after the disaster

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