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For the third week in a row, the US oil rig count rose dramatically (up 15 to 583 - the highest since October 2015). This is the biggest 3-week surge in rig counts since April 2013...but so far no jobs are showing up in the oil patch!

How fast are countries in Europe and the Americas aging? These colorful animations show how the median age is projected to change up until the year 2060.

U.S. investment in Russian venture deals has slowed to a halt. No Russian startups have disclosed venture rounds with U.S. investors so far this year, according to Crunchbase data.

A taxi-hailing app. A transplant device developer. An online mortgage provider. Those businesses may have little in common, but one shared thread is that U.S. startups in these sectors have all secured large funding rounds led by Russia-based investors. They’re…