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Oil prices
Looking for meaning in a fractional gas price increase
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jan 27, 2015
For first time in four months, an average gallon goes up – from $2.033 to $2.038.
Oil prices tank, we save billions
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jan 20, 2015
In more than half the states, gas is selling for less than $2 a gallon.
Oil traders are hedging their bets
Jan 20, 2015
One strategy: Buying oil then storing it in tankers until prices go back up.
Texan winks, plays 'let's make a deal' with customers
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jan 12, 2015
Houston furniture dealer ties a tidy potential refund to the price of oil.
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.
For public good, not for profit.
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.