Surging oil costs pour fuel on the return-to-office debate

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A person walks past a gas station in New York
A person walks past a gas station, Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in New York.

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Oil's price spike is bad news for power-hungry AI

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An aerial view shows cooling vent fans on the roof next to generators on the lower level of a Digital Realty data center in Ashburn, Virginia.
AI data centers are highly energy-intensive, making them vulnerable to rising power costs.

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Oil passes $100 a barrel as US energy secretary says Iran won't be a 'long-term war'

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Oil wells are used to drill for oil.
Oil prices look like they're edging closer to a key threshold that suggests inflation could start to rise and economic growth could get hit from the war on Iran, market pros say.

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US gas prices climb to the highest point in Trump's second term. He says, 'If they rise, they rise.'

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A woman in a white jacket and black pants replaces the gas pump at the station. She is standing next to a gold Chevy Malibu sedan.
Gas prices have risen sharply since the military conflict between the US and Iran began.

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The oil price spike won't fix Russia's strained finances, an analyst says

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin
Higher oil prices typically boost President Vladimir Putin's budget, which helps finance Russia's war in Ukraine.

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The Middle East crisis isn't just about stranded tankers — oil output could be forced offline next

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Commercial ships anchor off the coast of the United Arab Emirates due to navigation disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, Dubai on March 2, 2026.
Commercial ships are anchoring off the coast of the United Arab Emirates amid navigation disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Ukraine says it flew a drone 930 miles into Russian territory to strike an oil refinery

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FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Gazprom Neft's oil refinery in Omsk, Russia February 10, 2020. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko/File Photo
An undated photo of Gazprom Neft's oil refinery in Omsk, Russia.

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Russia will grow faster than the US and all other advanced economies this year, the IMF says

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Vladimir Putin.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

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How China has helped Russia and Iran evade Western sanctions, according to a think tank

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right).
&quotWhile Russia may pose the most immediate challenge, China is the bigger long-term threat," CIA director William J. Burns wrote in an op-ed for Foreign Affairs.

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US gas prices have tumbled for 2 months to notch their longest streak of declines in over a year

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Gas prices at a Shell station on September 19, 2023 in Burbank, California.

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