Sydney Morning HeraldColgate-Palmolive, Johnson&Johnson, and PepsiCo fail to keep palm oil promisesSydney Morning HeraldCompanies behind everyday products such as toothpaste, packaged bread and chocolate are failing to eliminate the use of palm oil lin …

MarketWatchUS stocks end higher as oil risesMarketWatchU.S. stocks closed higher on Wednesday, building on the previous session's big rally, partly thanks to a jump in the energy sector following higher oil prices. A somber take on the U.S economy in t …

Wall Street JournalOil Bust Forces West Texas to AdjustWall Street JournalAs oil and gas producers slash production around Texas, small-business owners like Clint Fletcher are suffering the consequences. Mr. Fletcher, who owns stakes in nearly two-dozen bu …

China Slowdown Stokes Fears of Peak Oil DemandWall Street JournalA bedrock belief among oil forecasters has been that China's voracious appetite for fossil fuels would stoke global energy demand for decades to come. That assumption now appears increasi …

CNNMoneySaudi Arabia: We're not crashing oil prices to hurt IranCNNMoneySaudi Arabia insists the crash in oil prices is being fueled by oversupply, not a secret plot to hurt its archenemy Iran. "People should go back to Adam Smith and basic econom …

MarketWatchWhy crude oil and stocks keep plunging togetherMarketWatchOil futures CLG6, -2.96% CLH6, -2.30% surged overnight, lifting global equities and sending U.S. stock-index futures sharply higher. As those oil gains started to fade, stocks also lost a …

Washington PostWhy cheap oil is not an economic blessingWashington PostThese include labor supply, technological and productivity gains, capital inputs, and the commodities on which economies run, one of which — an important one — is oil. The theory sugges …

ABC OnlinePeak oil losing credibility as renewables shift acceleratesABC OnlineWith the world awash with too much crude oil at the moment, the fear of an economic catastrophe when fossil fuels start running out is quietly fading in the background. The pred …

Wall Street JournalOPEC Report Suggests Oil-Price Rebound, Supply CutWall Street JournalOPEC ​on ​Wednesday predicted oil prices ​would ​rebound,​ but ​the cartel ​said it expects to reduce its own production in the coming years. The report comes after glo …

Wall Street Journal$50 Oil: So Close, Yet Oh So FarWall Street JournalOil prices pulled back from a one-month high on Wednesday, as yet another rally fizzled on a muddled supply outlook. Having pushed to nearly $50 a barrel in early trading, U.S. oil price …