NATURAL GAS: Natural gas rose 16 cents to $3.454 per 1,000 cubic feet on Sept. 15, 2009 during morning energy trading. During Sept. 4, 2009, natural gas prices fell to $2.409 being a seven-year low, on the eve of the heating season.

CRUDE OIL: Benchmark crude for October delivery was up 69 cents at $69.55 a barrel in electronic morning trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange on Sept. 15, 2009.

Economy News:
Worst Recession Since 1930s Is "very likely over" according To Bernanke
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday morning, Sept. 15, 2009, that the worst recession since the 1930s is very likely over.
Let's hope it is....