US benchmark crude oil tops $50 a barrel for the first time since October

    Thought it had slipped back to $49.74 as of just after 9 a.m., the price of West Texas Intermediate oil earlier in the morning rose beyond $50 per barrel for the first time in seven months. Gainin…


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