World stocks boast record-breaking month, led by Europe

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Investors look at screens showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai SYDNEY (Reuters) – World shares paused to assess a record-busting month on Monday as the prospect of a vaccine-driven economic recovery next year and yet more free … Read More

OPEC would miss ‘friend Trump’, wary of strains under Biden, sources say

LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) – Key members of OPEC are wary that strains in the OPEC+ alliance could reemerge with Joe Biden as U.S. President, sources close to the organization said, and would miss President Donald Trump who went from criticizing the … Read More

Iran could flood the market with millions of barrels of oil if Joe Biden becomes president, one of Wall Street’s top analysts says

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The oil market is not considering the threat of a Joe Biden victory in the US election, a renowned oil analyst warned this week. RBC Capital Markets’ Helima Croft told Business Insider that a Biden victory could lead to the renegotiation … Read More

Venezuela’s gasoline goes from world’s cheapest to steepest

PUERTO ORDAZ/MARACAIBO, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuelans reported paying above $2 per liter ($7.57 per gallon) for gasoline last week amid fuel shortages, one of the world’s highest rates and a dramatic reversal for an OPEC nation that long boasted of … Read More

Saudi Arabia gets physical with Russia in underground oil bout

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Behind a Saudi-Russian truce to stabilize oil markets with a record output cut, market players are seeing the two production heavyweights still trading blows in the physical market. It is here, rather than in the world of … Read More

Saudi-Russia oil price war: Will it script the end of Opec?

Saad Abdulla al-Kuwari As is customary, Opec is supposed to reach its 60th year this year, and perhaps it will not celebrate this event as expected, this year. The reason is Saudi Arabia’s decision to reduce and discount the price … Read More

How Russia Enabled Iran to Go Nuclear

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On Sunday, Israel’s Hadashot News Company reported on a new Russian plan to help Iran skirt the looming U.S. sanctions on its oil program. According to the report, which was based off a document compiled by the Israeli Foreign Ministry, … Read More

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