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top storiesHouston jobless rate jumps to 9 percent State's seasonally adjusted rate for June is also up. Caterpillar leaves markets with mixed finish Caterpillar fell almost 6 percentafter its second-quarter results came in below analysts' expectations. SEC watchdog probes oversight of Stanford receiver Inspector General H. David Kotz said today he is reviewing the SEC's oversight of the receiver, Ralph Janvey, after getting a complaint that the bulk of recovered funds has been used to cover legal bills. Court rejects SEC rule on board nominees The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable, a trade group of CEOs for the nation's largest companies, had challenged the rule, which was mandated under the financial overhaul passed by Congress last year latest from the associated pressBLOGS FuelFix: News and analysis on energyChances of pump price breaks slim, Texas prices rise Average gasoline prices across Texas are up 4 cents from last week to average of $3.61 for regular unleaded, but Houston's price are a few cents lower than that. Public meetings planned for proposed Keystone XL pipeline The U.S. State Department still plans to decide sometime this year whether to allow TransCanada to build its Keystone XL pipeline that would carry oil across the Plains to refineries near the Gulf of Mexico.  Pipeline rupture wont affect Wyoming gas exports A dramatic rupture that has crippled one of Wyoming's newest big gas pipelines won't affect the state's gas exports. Hot weather may boost natural gas demands Natural gas futures advanced for the first time in three days in New York on forecasts of above- normal temperatures across much of the U.S. that may boost air- conditioning demand through the first week of August. Feds speed up well abandonment permits, La. lawmaker says Rep. Jeff Landry, R-La., has been worried about a backlog in government processing of permits to plug abandoned wells, but today he reported new progress on the issue.
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