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From the Maldives to Venezuela: how Iran gets oil to an ally
A Venezuela-owned tanker in March sailed to a remote spot in the Indian Ocean and met an Iran-flagged vessel, took on a cargo of...
U.S. weekly jobless claims rise and monthly producer price gains slow
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, but there is no material shift in labor market conditions,...
Putin says West is triggering a global economic crisis
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the West had triggered a global economic crisis and a wave of ruinous inflation by imposing on...
Miners turn to bacteria and other new ways to leach copper from waste rock
Rio Tinto Ltd, Freeport-McMoRan Inc and other global miners, spurred by rising prices and demand, are deploying a raft of new leaching technologies that...
U.S. judge says Musk recklessly tweeted that ‘funding secured’ for taking Tesla private
A U.S. judge has determined that Elon Musk's 2018 tweets that funding had been secured to take electric car maker Tesla private was inaccurate...
Gold bounces as dollar retreats after U.S. inflation data
Gold resumed its climb on Wednesday after a knee-jerk retreat tied to the release of U.S. inflation data, as the dollar slipped with investors...
U.S. household strength may prolong Fed’s inflation fight
The financial strength built up in U.S. households limited the damage from the coronavirus pandemic but may now be aggravating - and prolonging -...
