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Storage tankers across the globe may be brimming with oil that no one is buying because of the global economic downturn, but the traditional laws of supply and demand don't always apply to oil prices. Drivers have faced rising prices at the gas pump in recent months, as investors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oil Is Plentiful, Demand Weak. Why Are Gas Prices Going Up? | 5/29/2009 | See Source »

As the sun rises over the Singapore Strait another long day for Arnold Lee begins. On a launch chugging out of Singapore harbor, the shipping agent's job that morning is to smooth the immigration process for three anxious-looking seamen, from Greece, Ukraine and Romania, who are joining the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Plunge in Trade Is a Boon for Singapore Ship Suppliers | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

All at Sea I am struggling to understand how a bunch of ragtag youths in small fishing boats can hijack oil tankers and huge cargo vessels [No Surrender to Thugs, April 27]. The crews of these vessels must be properly equipped and allowed to take the appropriate measures to see...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Workers | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

On Easter Sunday, Navy snipers shot three of Phillips' captors dead and freed him. Obama passed his first test with flying colors. Yet there was also evidence of indecision. Phillips had made an attempt to escape two days earlier and was hauled back to the lifeboat. Were our forces inattentive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Surrender to Somali Pirate Thugs | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

Hyundai's U.S. car arm is a tiny piece of a Goliath of a company based in South Korea. The firm owns mines, petroleum assets, machinery manufacturing operations, and electronics factories. It also builds commercial tankers that are as long as several football fields. Hyundai Motors has simply out-marketed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hyundai: America's Most Successful Car Company | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

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