INVENTORIES popularity and INVENTORIES trends

Oil prices are clearly in a rut, falling 15% since the beginning of March. Traders are clearly concerned about recent data showing that the U.S. economy is sputtering and Chinese demand could be softening. Meanwhile, supplies keep growing. Oil inventories rose to their highest level in 22 years, government data released on Wednesday showed. So where should investors go if they want some exposu...

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In the U.S, inventories are piling up

DELAIDE – Top crude exporter Saudi Arabia wants an oil price of around $100 a barrel and would like to see global inventories rise before demand picks up in the second half of the year, Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said on Sunday. International Brent crude settled at $112.26 on Friday, well off a peak of over $128 in March. Brent has mostly traded above $100 since early 2011, keeping fuel ...

U.S. crude inventories have risen to the highest level since 1990.

SINGAPORE (AP) -- Oil prices fell to below $106 a barrel Wednesday in Asia after a report showed U.S. crude supplies grew for a sixth week while gasoline inventories fell....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global oil inventories grew over the last two months despite the loss of further supplies from Iran, according to a U.S. report that gave leeway for the Obama administration to press ahead with sanctions on the OPEC nation.

A growth rate of 2.2% is mediocre, but it’s worse than that once you peel away a few layers — about a fourth of the growth in gross domestic product was accounted for by a buildup in inventories, writes Rex Nutting.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economic growth cooled in the first quarter as businesses cut back on investment and restocked shelves at a slower pace, but stronger demand for automobiles softened the blow.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth likely cooled modestly in the first quarter as replenishing of inventories by businesses slowed, though stronger demand for automobiles and a lift to homebuilding from warm weather blunted the blow.

CNBC is reporting that wine inventories are experiencing an extended shortage which means people will either have to spend more for a quality bottle or go back to drinking Boone's Farm. Yuck. That's not fun for anybody. More »

LONDON  - World oil prices fell sharply on Wednesday following recent gains after figures showed a much larger-than-expected increase in crude inventories in top global consumer the United States. New York’s main contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for delivery in May lost $1.42 to $102.78 while Brent North Sea crude for June dropped $1.70 to $117.08 per barrel in late ...

LONDON  - World oil prices fell sharply on Wednesday following recent gains after figures showed a much larger-than-expected increase in crude inventories in top global consumer the United States. New York’s main contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for delivery in May lost $1.42 to $102.78 while Brent North Sea crude for June dropped $1.70 to $117.08 per barrel in late ...

LONDON  - World oil prices fell sharply on Wednesday following recent gains after figures showed a much larger-than-expected increase in crude inventories in top global consumer the United States. New York’s main contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for delivery in May lost $1.42 to $102.78 while Brent North Sea crude for June dropped $1.70 to $117.08 per barrel in late ...

MATTEL, THE world’s largest toymaker, declined the most in more than three years after North American retailers kept inventories of toys and dolls tight, causing first-quarter sales to trail analysts’ estimates.

Goldman Sachs’s semiconductor analyst James Covello this morning warns Q1 results for chip makers will likely fall below the midpoint of most companies’ forecasts because the wireless equipment market is reducing inventories and because some tablet computer sales are not playing out as expected. Covello’s evidence comes from some weakness cited by Altera (ALTR) and [...]

US wholesale inventories rose more than expected in February as petroleum recorded the biggest increase in a year, but there were little signs of an unwanted piling up of goods amid rising sales.

China’s Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd said on Tuesday that it expects to return to profit, along with the entire industry, in the fourth quarter as prices stabilise on tighter inventories and improving demand.  

Grain futures surged after an unexpected drop in U.S. corn inventories and amid projections that U.S. farmers would plant the largest crop in 75 years.

The price of oil falls as a number of key nations discuss releasing reserves to increase supplies and US inventories jump.

Governments reports will include wholesale trade inventories and the trade deficit for December; companies reporting earnings will include Coca-Cola, Toyota Motor, Disney and Groupon.

Nothing but praise -- after the ship had sailed -- from folks who totally missed the boat  Chart: MacRumors.com A sampling of what Wall Street had to say overnight about Apple's (AAPL) first fiscal quarter earnings report: Barclay's Ben Reitzes: No "Law of Large Numbers" Here. The upside Apple posted for the December quarter was beyond all of our most bullish scenarios, especially for iPhones a...

The management of tropical forests by indigenous communities requires a formal intervention plan based on quantitative inventories, growth studies and permanent monitoring systems. But in our 30 years of experience, few such communities, if any, would be able to produce a plan on their own.

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Iron ore inventories at 25 of China's major sea ports rose to 98.31 million tons in the week ending on Jan 9, up 1.16 million tons from one week earlier, according to the Xinhua-China Iron Ore Price Index released Tuesday.

An attack on inventories could both stabilise prices and turn the tide. The price may be high but could be cheaper than today’s stalemate

A decrease in refinery utilization contributed to higher inventories.

The federal government operates thousands of Web sites, but barely half of its .gov domains are currently active, according to a new report that inventories the government’s Web holdings for the first time. Across the government, 56 federal agencies own at least 1,489 .gov domains and 804 of them are functional, the report said. Another 400 .gov domains redirect to other government Web sites, ...

Statistical databases (SDBs) are collections of data that are used to gather and analyze information from a variety of sources. The data may be derived from sales transactions, customer files, voter registrations, medical records, employee rosters, product inventories, or other compilations of facts and figures.

nk497 writes "The hard disk shortage caused by the flooding in Thailand will cost Intel $1 billion in lost revenue, the company said. It had initially predicted revenue of $14.7bn this quarter, but that will now be $13.7bn, it said. 'Sales of personal computers are expected to be up sequentially in the fourth quarter,' Intel said. 'However, the worldwide PC supply chain is reducing inventories ...

High unemployment still plagues much of the country, but regions such as Ohio and Michigan are actually seeing impressive job gains as manufacturing activity picks up, especially in the auto industry. Those gains may be reversed in upcoming months, though, as high inventories and decreasing demand for transportation equipment slow factory activity. The region with the largest decrease in the u...

The above graphic details the world's 10 most populated cities and their annual carbon emissions. There is currently no standard approach by which cities measure their carbon output. The figures represented within this chart are drawn from cities' own inventories, the methodologies for which vary from city to city.

Oil prices slipped below $98 a barrel Tuesday on worries about slowing economies in Europe, despite expectations that U.S. crude inventories are falling and demand could be increasing....

The Agriculture Department is eliminating dozens of reports on product inventories, including those for catfish, hops and trout, alarming the farmers who depend on the figures.

If you believe the news, the future of the economy is in the hands of President Obama, Chairman Bernanke of the Federal Reserve, Prime Minister...