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Oil
Why a rising dollar (sometimes) means cheaper oil
by
Paddy Hirsch
Mar 31, 2015
Dollar up, oil down. Why on earth...?
(Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images)
Big Oil cuts back, but not on dividends
by
Stan Alcorn
Feb 2, 2015
ExxonMobil profits are down 21 percent, so company curtails jobs and investments.
Big Oil's first cut: exploration
by
Gigi Douban
Jan 29, 2015
In response to low oil prices, oil companies may cut back exploration projects.
Gasoline prices are all over the map
Jan 20, 2015
Why does gas costs about 50 percent more in New York than Missouri? It's complicated.
Farmers, big oil fight over railroad access in Dakotas
Jan 12, 2015
"Grain cars were unhooked so the locomotives could hook onto oil," one farmer says. Dakota railroads tell another story.
Wyoming tries to prepare for life beyond oil
Jan 8, 2015
Energy states have tried to diversify. Wyoming and Alaska remain highly reliant on oil revenue.
Oil prices end the year on a low note
by
David Gura
Dec 31, 2014
During 2014, oil prices dropped by half. Except more of the same in 2015.
For public good, not for profit.
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.
How an oil rush made LA the city it is today
by
Kai Ryssdal
Dec 18, 2014
After first oil well was drilled in 1892, derricks became a symbol of Los Angeles.