Segments From This Episode

• How rising oil prices make gasoline more expensive

  by Justin Ho

  

  Gas prices are based on oil prices, and traders are getting nervous about a potential ban on imported Russian oil.

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• Why do we import Russian (and other foreign) oil when we have a lot of it in the U.S.?

  by Andy Uhler

  

  The way U.S. oil refineries are set up has a lot to do with it.

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• Ukrainian students in the U.S. face emotional, financial hardships

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  As the end of the school year nears, those students who cant or don’t feel safe returning home will have to find housing and a way to pay for it.

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• What it means to cut off Russia’s economy with sanctions

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  Closing off an economy as large and complicated as Russia’s has far-reaching implications.

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• Ukrainians in the U.S. struggle to send money home as war rages

  by Lily Jamali

  

  In a typical year, they send more than $500 million to family and friends. Now, it’s not easy.

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• After 2 years in the pandemic economy, businesses still face uncertainty

  by Sean McHenry

  

  But it’s not necessarily the pandemic that’s driving it. Three businesses on three continents share what they’re seeing.

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