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For these students, free tuition doesn’t mean free college

  BUFFALO, NY / DPA They don’t mean to sound ungrateful, but … New York public college students who would stand to gain from the nation’s most ambitious free-tuition proposal are quick to point out a sobering reality from their own meager finances: Free tuition doesn’t mean free college. Take Brooklyn College senior Florencia Salinas, who despite having her tuition ...

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Vitol sees crude rattled as Trump makes market fret

  Bloomberg Donald Trump and global crude producers are set to take prices on a bumpy ride this year, according to the world’s biggest independent oil trader. As investors are kept on tenterhooks over US policies and whether OPEC and other nations will curb output as pledged, global benchmark Brent crude may vacillate between $52 and $62 a barrel, according ...

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Oil’s gain on Iran-US tensions tempered by shale drilling boom

  Bloomberg Oil’s advance to near $54 a barrel amid increased tensions between Iran and the US eased after American drillers expanded the rig count to the highest level since October 2015. Futures rose 0.4 percent in New York after last week capping a third weekly gain. Prices climbed as much as 1.3 percent on Friday after Donald Trump’s administration ...

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