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Despite lifted sanctions on Venezuelan energy, don't expect a boom in oil exports
by
Lily Jamali
Oct 25, 2023
While demand for crude oil is high, greater investment and management would be needed to boost oil exports from Venezuela.
The Saudis are buying up Russian diesel — and selling more of the stuff they produce themselves
by
Lily Jamali
May 30, 2023
The kingdom's actions are not a violation of sanctions.
Has Europe’s highest court made it harder to sanction the assets of Russian oligarchs?
Mar 10, 2023
Anti-money-laundering campaigners say that a recent decision by the European Court of Justice is a blow against financial transparency.
Yellen: "Progress on inflation is not going to be a straight line"
by
Kai Ryssdal
, Andie Corban
and Sarah Leeson
Mar 2, 2023
The Treasury secretary says "people don't need to lose their jobs" to cool down the labor market.
Is European resolve against Russia’s war beginning to soften?
May 31, 2022
The EU has just unveiled a punitive ban on oil imports from Russia — but the Ukrainian government is unimpressed.
Floating liabilities: Western authorities grapple with the cost of seizing oligarchs’ superyachts
May 19, 2022
Detaining luxury vessels worth hundreds of millions of dollars was the easy bit. Maintenance runs about 10% of the yachts' value.
Global economic growth will be almost cut in half this year — or will it?
Apr 19, 2022
The IMF forecasts a slowdown in growth from 6.1% in 2021 to 3.6% in 2022. But the pandemic and the war could change its outlook.
For public good, not for profit.
Russian sanctions result in a shortage of prized vacuum-tube guitar amps
Apr 13, 2022
Few factories make the tubes, valued for the sound quality they bring to amplifiers. A run on the market is driving up prices.
For Europe, quitting Russian coal will be easier than quitting Russian natural gas
by
Lily Jamali
Apr 5, 2022
Russia supplies more of the EU's oil and gas than it does coal.
The ruble recovers, at least on paper
Apr 5, 2022
At one point, a ruble was worth a fraction of a penny. Demand for energy exports has helped, but Russia's economy is still in recession.