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Community Market pushes gas prices higher

Market pushes gas prices higher

Thursday, 22 January 2009 06:50 Last Updated on Friday, 06 March 2009 16:30 Written by Ken Garner

Gas prices are climbing after reaching lows around $1.60 a gallon in 2008, but forces beyond any local retailers’ control are driving the increase.

1_22_gas_text.jpgFighting between Israeli and Palestinian forces in the Gaza Strip, a stronger dollar and investors’ optimism for renewed economic growth in 2009 all contributed to rising gas prices, according to published reports by Geoff Sundstrom, public relations director for AAA.

 

For more on this story, see the Jan. 22 issue of the Navarre Press or subscribe online.

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