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Oil prices
An oversupply of oil isn't all good
Dec 9, 2014
Too much oil means prices fall, but also oil companies cutting back.
Russian ruble suffers huge one-day fall
Dec 2, 2014
What’s a country to do as its currency collapses? Russia basically needs to weather the storm.
OPEC is stuck between lots of oil and a hard place
by
David Gura
Nov 27, 2014
With oil prices falling, the group will have to give up market share or profits.
Falling oil won't mean huge savings on home heating
Nov 20, 2014
Winter has got an early grip on the country.
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Crude oil gets cheaper...again
Nov 4, 2014
Why the world’s largest oil exporter cut prices for crude oil sold to the U.S.
When the economy gets a 20 percent discount
by
Scott Tong
Oct 20, 2014
The dip in oil prices is looking like a sustained drop. What are the consequences?
For public good, not for profit.
Weekly Wrap: Conflict in Iraq
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jun 13, 2014
Sudeep Reddy and Nela Richardson sit down with Kai to discuss the week's news.
Global oil prices fall ahead of Iran talks
Nov 20, 2013
Resumption of exports from Libya, rising U.S. stockpiles, and the Iran talks are driving down oil prices.
Oil prices slide, and the search for an explanation is on
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Adriene Hill
Sep 18, 2012
When oil prices fell sharply, the search for an explanation became almost as big a story as the slide itself. Unexplained fluctuations in markets have begun to reveal the anxiety left behind by 2008's financial crisis.
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