"The outlook for retail margins remains uncertain with continuing crude and product price volatility, " he said.

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The comic book medium gave birth to our own classical hero because only in a medium that crude, whose end product is that apparently unfinished, can a creator so effectively suggest a concept of such endless potency.

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Mr. VAITHEESWARAN: In fact, the single biggest determinant of gasoline prices is the price of crude oil, the main product that goes into making gasoline.

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Lingering concerns over the recession in the euro zone, an ongoing economic slowdown in China and front and center concerns about the U.S. fiscal cliff are pressuring forecasts for global gross domestic product and demand for crude oil.

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The dollar was firmer off the back of surprisingly strong U.S. gross domestic product figures on Friday, making crude oil and other commodities less attractive.

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