UPDATE 1-Oil price spike clouds corporate profit outlook, puts investors on edge <!-- no image --> <div>Investors are worrying that rising energy costs, due to an escalating conflict between the United States and Iran that has caused a spike in oil prices, will hurt U.S. corporate earnings.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=aDSeHwtO8nY:A13hEgG3TXQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=aDSeHwtO8nY:A13hEgG3TXQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=aDSeHwtO8nY:A13hEgG3TXQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=aDSeHwtO8nY:A13hEgG3TXQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=aDSeHwtO8nY:A13hEgG3TXQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/aDSeHwtO8nY" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters