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Business Highlights: Inflation’s jump, fertilizer crunch

Wall Street built on its recent gains and closed higher Tuesday as talks on ending the war in Ukraine showed ...

Oil Prices Rise on Supply Concerns as Ukraine Crisis Deepens | Investing News

April 18, 2022

TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Monday as concerns grew about tighter global supply, with the deepening crisis in ...

Oil-rich Kuwait faces looming debt crisis | Debt News

by Alex Lowe

April 16, 2022

When Kuwait emerged from a months-long coronavirus lockdown, hundreds of Kuwaitis flocked to reopened stores, the lines clogging malls, snaking ...

Oil Prices Settle up 4% Despite Big U.S. Crude Inventory Build | Investing News

by Judie Simms

April 13, 2022

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices jumped on Wednesday, as a large increase in U.S. crude inventories failed to soothe worries ...

High gas costs from Ukraine threat pose Biden political risk

by Alex Lowe

April 13, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the continuing threat of Russia invading Ukraine, a foreign policy crisis is colliding with one of ...

Live updates: Zelenskyy vows to keep negotiating with Russia

by Alex Lowe

April 13, 2022

The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war:LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he will continue negotiating with ...

Russia Says Rouble Appreciations Poses No Threat to Fiscal Policy | Investing News

by Judie Simms

April 8, 2022

(Reuters) - The recent sharp strengthening of the rouble "does not pose a risk to Russia's fiscal policy," the finance ...

Oil Extends Rally on Russia Sanctions Bets, Stocks Wobble

by Judie Simms

April 5, 2022

Oil prices extended gains Tuesday on the prospect of further sanctions on Russia for alleged "atrocities" in some occupied Ukraine ...

UN climate report: ‘Atlas of human suffering’ worse, bigger

by Alex Lowe

April 4, 2022

By SETH BORENSTEINFebruary 28, 2022 GMThttps://apnews.com/article/climate-science-europe-united-nations-weather-8d5e277660f7125ffdab7a833d9856a3Deadly with extreme weather now, climate change is about to get so much worse. It ...