AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Energy market: Medef boss warns of risk of "deindustrialisation of Europe"
Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, President of the Mouvement des Entreprises de France, warned that "the real competition is between the big plates, i.e. the Asian plate, the European plate and the American plate", during a press conference on...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize NGO calls for international tribunal to try Russia
Oleksandra Drik from the Ukrainian NGO Centre for Civil Liberties (CCL), co-winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize with Belarusian human rights defender Ales Beliatski and the Russian civil rights group Memorial, calls for the creation of...
Bloomberg
BC Partners Europe Is Braced for Recession: Chairman
BC Partners Europe Chairman Nikos Stathopoulos says the private equity firm is preparing for a recession in the region, leading to some difficult conversations with the companies it owns. "We are bracing ourselves, especially on the...
Bloomberg
Markets Live: Oil Prices, Europe Inflation, Fed Rates
Mark Cudmore and Anna Edwards break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg Markets Europe."
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Bloomberg
South Africa's Record Power Cuts Set to Ease, Gordhan Says
South African Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan says the nation's electric supplies will continue to improve over the medium term as investments provide more generation. Gordhan also discuses initiatives taken to turn around...
Bloomberg
Europe's Energy Outlook
Soni Kumari, commodity strategist at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., discusses the potential for an energy crisis in Europe next Winter over Russian gas, what could be their options and China's LNG demand. She speaks on...
The Recount
Skyrocketing Food Costs Risk Worsening Global Hunger Crisis
Global hunger is already at a multiyear high — and the growing cost of food could exacerbate it further. A UN index tracking food staples climbed to a fresh decade high in October and shows no signs of falling — piling more inflationary...
PBS
Growing Appetites, Limited Resources
Did you know that, as the world's population increases, its demand for energy increases at an even faster rate? Learners watch a short video about the world's energy crisis before discussing the sustainable alternative energy sources....
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Gas Prices and Irrational Consumer Expectations
Captivating story on the psychology of the gas price increases. A number of consumer psychologists contend that it isn't the gas prices that are upsetting consumers, it is the fact consumers feel they are not getting a good deal. Very...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Rising Gas Prices and the 2006 Vote
Radio report from August, 2005, discusses the potential role of the rising gas prices on the 2006 election. This report also discusses the role of gas prices had on the 1980 election with Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Nice site to...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Venezuela's Chavez Calls for Opec Production Cuts
News report on OPEC conference, possible ramifications of an oil cut, and differences in opinion within OPEC over policy. This audio report is from June, 2006.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Demand Likely to Drive Gas Prices Higher
Interesting interview with an economist and his forecast of gas prices if the U.S. continues its present rate of consumption.