Financial TimesSouth Korea economy pays price for China slowdown and cheap oilFinancial TimesA slowing China and cheap oil — which has slashed the spending power of South Korea's major emerging markets customers — are taking a toll on an economy seen a …

NewsweekLow Oil Prices Are Making Iraq's Political Crisis WorseNewsweekIraq is exporting around 3.3 million barrels of oil a day from Basrah in the south and around 500,000 barrels from the Kurdish region through Turkey. However, despite the record lev …

The InterceptTop Democrats Ally With Oil and Gas Industry to Fight Colorado Anti-Fracking Ballot MeasuresThe InterceptOil and gas companies are spending heavily to crush three Colorado ballot initiatives that would limit fracking. And some of the state&#39 …

Telegraph.co.ukYukos oil battle flares up 13 years after Putin's Kremlin crushed critic KhodorkovskyTelegraph.co.ukHe was free at last to spend Christmas with his family, but in the media scrum that surrounded Mikhail Khodorkovsky nobody believed this …

Loonie dips as oil retreats, US dollar advancesCBC.caThe Canadian dollar was sharply lower today amid a drop in the price of oil, coupled with a higher U.S. dollar. In mid-morning foreign exchange market trading Thursday, the loonie dropped 0.65 of a U.S. …

NBCNews.comTens of Thousands of Gallons of Crude Oil Spill Into Gulf of MexicoNBCNews.comAlmost 90,000 gallons of crude oil gushed from a Shell oil facility into the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast on Thursday, leaving a 13- by 2-mile sheen of oil o …

Telegraph.co.ukInside the global hunt for Nigeria's missing oil billionsTelegraph.co.ukWith his luxury yacht, Swiss chateau and network of celebrity friends, businessman Kola Aluko is a regular face in the gossip columns of newspapers in his native Nig …

Wall Street JournalIraq's Prime Minister Orders Probe of Oil Bribery AllegationsWall Street JournalBAGHDAD—Iraq's prime minister called Saturday for an investigation into alleged bribery and kickbacks related to state oil deals and alleged rigged c …

Wall Street Journal (subscription)Venezuelan Oil Contractor Pleads Guilty to BriberyWall Street Journal (subscription)HOUSTON—A Venezuelan oil contractor pleaded guilty to bribery in a U.S. court, the latest development in a wide-ranging Justice Department …

CBC.caCanadian dollar closes above 77 cents US as oil surges to $40CBC.caThe Canadian dollar passed the 77 cents US mark on Thursday, its highest level of the year amid a rise in oil prices and Wednesday's interest rate decision. The loonie traded as h …