Reports that n President Vladimir Putin had ordered "peacekeeping" forces into the two ian regions of Lugansk and Donetsk prompted a sharp jump in oil prices today. Brent crude topped $99 per barrel, and West Texas Intermediate was over $96 per barrel following the news. Brent later retreated below $99. Yesterday, after the n parliament voted in favor of a proposal to recognize the breakaway regions as independent republics, President Putin signed off on the approval. Soon after, according to the reports, Putin ordered...