ReutersOil tops $50, lifts commodity stocks but Fed, China weighReutersLONDON Brent crude oil topped $50 a barrel for the first time in nearly seven months on Thursday lifting commodity and energy-related shares in Europe and Asia though worries about U.S. …

Business InsiderThere was an unexpected winner from the US oil export banBusiness InsiderCrude Oil Refinery Texas Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesAn oil refinery is shown on March 25, 2015 in Houston, Texas. Texas, which in just the last five years has tripled i …

Wall Street JournalSaudi Arabia, Gulf Neighbors Suffer Ratings Downgrades on Oil SlumpWall Street JournalDUBAI—Saudi Arabia and two of its oil-exporting neighbors in the Persian Gulf had their debt ratings cut by Moody's Investors Service, as the slide …

ReutersStocks, oil surge as yen falls back againReutersOil prices jumped after a late burst of buying driven in part by expectations that record U.S. crude inventories would not swell by as much as they have in recent weeks. Crude supply outages in Canada, …

ReutersGlobal stocks surge as oil climbs; yen slips againReutersOil prices jumped as supply disruptions of 2.5 million barrels per day in Canada and elsewhere offset concerns about growing record high U.S. crude stockpiles. U.S. crude CLc1 settled up 2.8 p …

ReutersGlobal stocks climb along with oil; yen retreats againReutersBut against a basket of currencies, the dollar was little changed, helping to steady oil and other commodities denominated in the greenback. The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was risin …

The Seattle TimesOil is cheap. Why don't we feel better?The Seattle TimesOil prices, which have collapsed since the summer of 2014, have caused Exxon's debt to more than triple over the past few years. But it's not only an oil major that's …

Wall Street JournalTexas, Oklahoma, Wyoming: Oil Woes Start to Hit HardWall Street JournalThe slump in crude prices is starting to show up as missed payments by consumers in the oil patch. In states from Oklahoma and Texas to North Dakota and Wyoming, risi …

Wall Street JournalLaid-Off Oil Workers Struggle to Pay Loans, Credit CardsWall Street JournalThe slump in crude prices is starting to show up as missed payments by consumers in the oil patch. In states from Oklahoma and Texas to North Dakota and Wyoming, …

CNBCExxonMobil loses coveted AAA credit rating from S&P on low oil pricesCNBCStandard and Poor's downgraded ExxonMobil's credit rating from AAA to AA+ on Tuesday because of expectations of continuing low oil prices. S&P told CNBC that it ha …