Libya Says It Isn’t Legally Liable in Shutdown of Its Biggest Oil Field  BloombergLibya declared a state of force majeure at its largest oil field after an armed group forced a production halt, just days after OPEC exempted the country from ... R …

Wall Street JournalGlobal Stocks Fall as US Earnings Disappoint, Oil SlipsWall Street JournalEuropean stocks were lower Wednesday, following Asian equity markets downward after a string of disappointing earnings reports from large U.S. companies, and a dro …

CBC.caOptimism Returning to Canada Oil Heartland Along With $50 CrudeBloombergEven with the setback from the fires, the Prairie region's confidence has remained well above the all-time low of 41.4 in February, when oil prices fell to about $26 a barrel …

The Globe and MailCanadians anxious about low oil prices and weak dollar, pollster saysThe Globe and MailThat “can definitely have a chilling effect in the short term,” he said, adding that stubbornly low oil prices and a weak Canadian dollar “make [Canadi …

Fox BusinessWall Street Opens Lower as Oil Prices Resume SlideFox Business“Weak industrial data in China and Japan is causing even more demand concerns [for oil],” he said. “Oil may also be seeing some pressure from the fact that the Iraqi army has taken b …

CNBCAfter oil drop, buy retailers like Amazon in AugustCNBCIn the past decade, there has been only one other instance when oil prices fell by more than 20 percent over a one-month period. That was in October 2008, when oil lost 33 percent of its value at t …

CBC.caInterest rate cut doubles effect of falling oil price: Don PittisCBC.caIn some ways and in some parts of the country falling oil prices are a big improvement on rate cuts, chief of which is that lower oil does not force people or businesses to borrow …

CBC.caFalling oil hands Stephen Poloz a free interest rate cutCBC.caBut this time, just as Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz offers his latest thoughts on the state of Canadian monetary policy, those three effects are all being caused not by a cut in r …

Gift returns and oil prices in the New Year — five things to watch for in the ...FortuneInvestors will be looking at how the markets end the year: with a bang or a whimper? So far, for the year, the Dow Jones is up 11%; the S&P is up 15%; and Nasdaq is …