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The London Metal Exchange: Metal cashing
May 10th 2012, 3:06 from Print edition
Who wants to buy the LME?(2)
Delta Air Lines: An airline buys an oil refinery
May 9th 2012, 1:20 from Gulliver
Delta Air Lines is buying an oil refinery near Philadelphia(10)
Gunvor: Riddles, mysteries and enigmas
May 3rd 2012, 3:00 from Print edition
Amid international concern about the integrity of the global oil markets, we report on the Kremlin’s favourite oil trader(0)
Global imbalances: The black hole
Apr 26th 2012, 8:54 from Free exchange
Oil exporters now account for much of the world's imbalances(26)
Free exchange: Petrodollar profusion
Apr 26th 2012, 3:02 from Print edition
Oil exporters are the main drivers of global imbalances(56)
Derivatives regulation: Too few cops on the beat
Apr 20th 2012, 4:35 from Free exchange
American regulators are trying to keep tabs on lots more trading with too little staff(16)
Buttonwood: Feeling peaky
Apr 19th 2012, 3:09 from Print edition
The economic impact of high oil prices(56)
Daily chart: Gold standards
Apr 5th 2012, 6:06 from Graphic detail
What is the value of an Olympic gold medal?(37)
Podium values: All that glisters
Apr 4th 2012, 3:00 from Print edition
How much is an Olympic gold medal worth?(4)
Oil prices: Keeping it to themselves
Mar 29th 2012, 3:03 from Print edition
Gulf states not only pump oil; they burn it, too(52)
Oil and the world economy: The new grease?
Mar 8th 2012, 4:00 from Print edition
How to assess the risks of a 2012 oil shock(68)
The world economy: Another oil shock?
Mar 8th 2012, 4:00 from Print edition
The right and wrong ways to deal with dearer oil(40)
Money talks: March 5th 2012: Justified optimism?
Mar 6th 2012, 1:01 from Schumpeter
As oil prices rise and the Dow reaches 13,000, we look at America's steady recovery and whether Europe has calmed its crisis(4)
Oil: When the supply shocks are demand shocks and the demand shocks are supply shocks
Feb 26th 2012, 9:17 from Free exchange
Questions about the nature of the impact of dear oil on the American economy(22)
Growth and inflation: Whose speed limit?
Feb 23rd 2012, 9:03 from Free exchange
The Fed's reaction to oil prices may be worse for growth than oil prices(15)
High-frequency trading: The fast and the furious
Feb 23rd 2012, 5:07 from Print edition
High-frequency trading seems scary, but what does the evidence show?(26)
Oil markets: High drama
Feb 23rd 2012, 5:07 from Print edition
Iranian threats are only one of many scares facing oil markets(6)
Glencore and Xstrata: Merger of equals
Feb 2nd 2012, 12:23 from Schumpeter
Will their bosses agree on the value of each other’s assets?(7)
Focus: Commodity prices
Jan 24th 2012, 7:03 from Graphic detail (2)
Oil and growth: No oil for old countries
Jan 24th 2012, 12:30 from Free exchange
New oil discoveries inevitably run dry(31)
American energy trends: Less of a menace from oil
Jan 23rd 2012, 10:35 from Free exchange (10)
Oil prices: Not that again
Jan 16th 2012, 1:46 from Free exchange
The economic threat from Iran(20)
Daniel Yergin on the future of energy: A perilous and crucial quest
Jan 5th 2012, 6:02 from Babbage
The author and policy advisor on peak oil, shale gas and how climate change will impact where people get their energy from(2)
Daniel Yergin on the future of energy: A perilous and crucial quest
Jan 5th 2012, 5:27 from Prospero
The author and policy advisor on peak oil, shale gas and how climate change will impact where people get their energy from(19)
Oil prices: Arbitrage in action
Nov 16th 2011, 6:44 from Free exchange
Oil market dynamics may rein in a recovering American economy(9)