Oil Prices Drop After Mubarak Exit

Oil prices dropped on Friday after Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak handed over power to the military and left Cairo.Benchmark crude for March delivery fell 86 cents to $85.87 in midday trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Traders and investors have been concerned that anti-government protests in Egypt over the past 18 days could spread to o...

Oil prices dropped on Friday after Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak handed over power to the military and left Cairo.Benchmark crude for March delivery fell 86 cents to $85.87 in midday trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Traders and investors have been concerned that anti-government protests in Egypt over the past 18 days could spread to o...