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Platts editors look at the factors that are giving the polypropylene market a boost, the impact of a PP surplus in South Asia, and the slowing demand in China.

Shell has become the first major to take proper advantage of the low oil price, taking out a company that it has long been interested in buying, and the reason is a good one, says William Powell.

(Mon, 13 Apr 2015) Households in different regions of the United States have similar average combined spending on gasoline and public transit, but the composition of that spending varies significantly across regions. In 2013, the most recent year of data from the Labor Department's Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES), the average household spent $3,148 annually on gasoline and public transit.

WASHINGTON, April 13 (Reuters) - As the United States and Iran come closer to a historic nuclear deal, many U.S.

* But analysts warn that oil fundamentals remain weak (Adds comment, strike option data)

BEIJING, April 13 (Reuters) - China's imports rose 14 percent in March from a year ago, customs data showed on Monday, as domestic oil production has remained flat and demand for refined fuel products held at near-record levels in recent months.

CAIMANES, Chile, April 12 (Reuters) - Alvaro Badillo remembers a time when his dad would take him fishing in the stream just a stone's throw away from the dusty streets of their small hometown of Caimanes in central Chile.

* Q1 shipments plummet 41.5 pct on tepid demand, tighter checks

BEIJING, April 13 (Reuters) - China imported 80.34 million tonnes of crude oil in the first quarter of 2015, amounting to 6.52 million barrels per day (bpd) and up 7.5 percent compared to the same period of last year, the country's customs authority said on Monday.

LONDON, April 13 (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband will seek to allay concerns about his party's economic competence by unveiling a manifesto on Monday that pledges to protect the national finances and end tax avoidance by the rich.

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