RENEE MONTAGNE, host: NPR's business starts with the price of oil.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, host: After hitting the symbolic price of $100 a barrel, oil prices slipped back a bit. Still, pressures pushing oil prices to all-time highs remain - soaring demand from China and India, a weak dollar, and political tensions in both the Middle East and Africa's big oil producer, Nigeria.
After hitting the symbolic $100 a barrel mark, oil prices slipped back a bit. Still, pressures pushing oil prices to all-time highs remain: soaring demand from China and India, a weak dollar, and political tensions in both the Middle East and Africa, which are big oil producers.