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Saturday, July 27
If you've ever wondered how BP's Whiting refinery affects fuel prices: It is temporarily reducing its ultra-low-sulfur diesel capacity in half, prompting a 9 cent increase in the fuel's local futures market price compared to New York's. In other local commodities news, a weak peanut harvest caused suburban Kraft (and just about everyone else) to increase its peanut butter prices by 40%. So, yeah, stuff's getting more expensive.