alive in the world cup or heads home. u.s. coach bob bradley wants to put slovenia behind them. back to you. there s several big new developments this morning in the oil disaster in the gulf as we reach day 61. for the first time, bp s oil containment system is approaching peak capacity. bp says it hopes that by tend of the month, it will capture 90% of the oil spewing from that busted well. and a parade of fishing boats are popping up on florida s pensacola beach. the coast guard has hired about 2,000 privately owned boats to be deployed to 5 miles off the shore to skim oil off the surface. and several companies have offered help with the disaster, but the generosity comes with a price tag. the state department says each
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unleaded stands up more than ten cents than a month ago and nearly 80 cents from a year ago, but u.s. consumption a said to be down and refiners below capacity, what s the deal with the price hike? bulls and bears anchor brenda buttner had some answers. harris, it should be fuel for lower oil prices. demand from drivers, flat or falling. refiners working a lot less than peak capacity. unemployment near double digits plus, plenty of supply of black gold. plenty of reasons why oil should be far from a boil. why then is oil hitting a 18-month high last week, passing $85 a barrel with the next stop 90. why have oil prices gushed nearly 24% from early february? look right here to wall street. investors view oil as a good investment and are buying up contracts.
keep that plane into peak capacity. i don t think you can. and so the responsibility for maintenance is metro jet or this irish company? it s metro jet but generally the irish company who holds the plane would enforce very demanding maintenance standards on metro jet. they d say if you re going to lease that plane from us, you ve to the to do a, b, c, d in coordination with their standards. teams from all but one camp isn t negotiators to suburban d.c. to hammer out their demands for future debates. it was moderated by attorney ben