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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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Energy is the foundation of Russia, its economy, its government, and its political system. Even a casual glance at the IMF’s World Economic Outlook statistics for Russia shows the tight correlation since 1992 between GDP growth on the one hand and oil and gas output, exports, and prices on the other (economic series available here ).

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Volkswagen Group returns to profitability with new record for sales revenue and operating result in 2016

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Sales revenue in fiscal year 2016 rose by €4.0 billion) was substantially higher than the prior-year figure (up 14%); the operating return on sales rose to 6.7% (6.0%). The Volkswagen Group expects the global economy to record slightly higher growth in 2017 than in the previous year. billion (US$4.22 billion) to €217.3

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Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivers almost 2M vehicles globally in period to April; 46% to China

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The company handed over 45,800 (49,500; -7.4%) vehicles to customers in Russia during the same period. However, the global market is still a mixed bag and therefore remains challenging. However, the global market is still a mixed bag and therefore remains challenging. Volkswagen Passenger Cars grew deliveries yet again in April.

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Hyundai and Kia make €100M strategic investment in Arrival to co-develop electric commercial vehicles

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Founded in 2015, Arrival has production plants and R&D centers in the US, Germany, Tel Aviv, Russia and the UK. With the rapid global growth in online shopping, the volume of light commercial vehicles in urban areas has increased.

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Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivers more than 3M vehicles in first half year for first time

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Despite a decrease in sales in North America, the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered more than three million vehicles in the first half year for the first time. The situation on global markets will remain challenging in the second half of the year and will keep us very much on our toes.

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Ford launching major new product push in Europe; fuel economy and 1.0L EcoBoost engine; first Ford full hybrid car for Europe

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The Focus Electric will go on sale early next year. The total European car and CV market, including Russia, is expected to grow 20 percent in the next five years to 23 million vehicles. The Fiesta ST is expected to deliver best-in-class fuel efficiency when it goes on sale in 2013. liter EcoBoost engine.

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Is A Second OPEC Cut In The Cards?

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OPEC’s coordinated effort to curtail global supply has so far managed to put a floor under oil prices, which have been sitting modestly above US$50 since the deal was announced at the end of November last year. Global oil supplies plunged nearly 1.5 by Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com. But resurgent U.S.