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Oil prices
For Europe, cheap oil is all boon and little bust
Jan 7, 2015
Europe has deflation fears, but falling prices caused by cheap oil are a stimulus.
Are low oil prices an opening for a carbon tax?
by
Scott Tong
Jan 5, 2015
If a tax is not imposed on carbon-dioxide emissions, gas is artificially underpriced.
Oil prices shoot sky-high. Olive oil, that is.
Dec 25, 2014
A lousy crop means high prices. At least for the real thing.
Will Venezuela default? Investors think so
Dec 23, 2014
Oil, whose price has halved in the past year, accounts for 95 percent of the country’s exports and 45 percent of the government’s budget.
Is cheaper gas an opening for higher gas taxes?
by
Scott Tong
Dec 22, 2014
Many states are running out of money to maintain highways.
These 6 charts show our love affair with cars could be over
by
Scott Tong
Dec 19, 2014
With gas prices down, we're tilting toward bigger cars but still driving less.
Oilman bets prices will rise – and loses big
by
Scott Tong
Dec 19, 2014
Billionaire oil producer Harold Hamm predicted a "pretty quick" recovery for prices.
For public good, not for profit.
A circular argument: How cheap oil affects tire prices
Dec 18, 2014
If oil prices fall, will tires cost less? The answers are far from black and white.
Farmers feel ripple effects of the oil boom
by
Kai Ryssdal
Dec 18, 2014
Kai Ryssdal talks to commercial grain farmer Curt Mowery.
Who wins and loses as oil prices fall
Dec 9, 2014
The worst-hit countries are small oil producers that depend greatly on the revenue.