Marjorie Olster

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IMF approves $6.7 billion loan for Pakistan

Marjorie Olster · September 4, 2013 5:39 pm

World Bank President Jim Kim speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the World Bank in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. He says his staff is doing a rush assessment of the impact of the Syrian conflict on Lebanon to prepare the ground for a new wave of international aid. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP Interview: World Bank head looks at Lebanon aid

Marjorie Olster · September 4, 2013 12:17 am

This Aug. 28, 2013, photo, shows a general view of Iran's parliament in Tehran. The U.S. has concluded that nearly half of Iran's monthly earnings from crude oil exports are accumulating in accounts overseas because of sanctions that restrict Tehran's access to the money. The estimates, provided to The Associated Press by a senior U.S. official and never released before, are the latest indication that new sanctions imposed in February are deepening Iran's economic distress and making it increasingly difficult to access billions of dollars in vital oil revenues. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Energy and Environment

APNewsBreak: US: Iran can’t access much oil income

Marjorie Olster · August 30, 2013 7:44 am

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2013, file photo, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks during the debate on the proposed Cabinet at the parliament, in Tehran, Iran. New signs are emerging that international sanctions are taking a deepening toll on Iran's economy _ putting tens of billions of dollars in oil money out of the government's reach. Yet there is no indication the distress is achieving the West's ultimate goal of forcing the Islamic Republic to halt its nuclear program. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Sanctions biting but Iran not budging

Marjorie Olster · August 23, 2013 7:44 pm

US says Japan has long way to go to open markets

Marjorie Olster · August 9, 2013 7:11 pm

FILE - This Feb. 9, 2004 file photo shows a man cycling past chicken feet on sale in a market in Tongxian, a suburb of Beijing. The World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled in favor of the U.S. on Friday in a long-standing trade dispute over allegations China unfairly imposed anti-dumping tariffs that restricted American poultry exports. The chicken dispute is part of a larger strain in trade relations between the world's two largest economies. The U.S. appeal to the WTO dates to 2011, after China said that America had engaged in dumping and had imposed tariffs on imports of so-called "broiler products," which include most chicken products, with the exception of live chickens. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)

WTO backs US in chicken trade dispute with China

Marjorie Olster · August 2, 2013 8:03 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2012, file photo, products labeled with Non Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) are sold at the Lassens Natural Foods & Vitamins store in Los Feliz district of Los Angeles. One of the biggest stumbling blocks to securing a massive free trade agreement between the United States and Europe is a sharp disagreement on genetically modified foods. Much of the corn, soybean, sugar beets and cotton cultivated in the United States today contains plants whose DNA was manipulated in labs to resist disease and drought, ward off insects and boost the food supply. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Key points in the genetically modified food debate

Marjorie Olster · August 2, 2013 7:19 am

IMF counting on Europe to help Greece slash debt

Marjorie Olster · August 1, 2013 10:20 pm

Brazil did not support IMF aid payment for Greece

Marjorie Olster · July 31, 2013 6:39 pm

US hopes trade talks will spur changes in Europe

Marjorie Olster · July 30, 2013 7:19 pm

IMF worries Argentine case will hamper debt relief

Marjorie Olster · July 26, 2013 3:33 pm

IMF will not file brief for Argentina in debt case

Marjorie Olster · July 24, 2013 6:46 pm