Five factors influencing oil prices todayChron.com (blog)1) It is Nonfarm Friday, and official US employment data has just come out. It was terrible. Only 142,000 jobs were created, when 203,000 were expected. To add insult to injury, last month's numb …

Wall Street JournalRussia and Saudi Arabia to Continue Pumping OilWall Street JournalRussia and Saudi Arabia—the world's two biggest oil producers—indicated Friday they weren't pulling back from huge crude output levels that have helped send prices …

Wall Street JournalRussian Oil Output Rises to Post-Soviet High in SeptemberWall Street JournalRussia pumped oil in September at levels not seen since the fall of the Soviet Union, adding to the global glut that is keeping crude prices lower. Russia's …

Wall Street JournalRussian Oil Output Rises to Post-Soviet HighWall Street JournalRussia pumped oil in September at levels not seen since the fall of the Soviet Union, adding to the global glut that is keeping crude prices lower. Russia's oil output in …

City A.M.Oil price pushed up by escalating tensions in SyriaCity A.M.That said, oil is set to end the week lower overall, as yesterday the US National Weather Service downgraded the risk of Hurricane Joaquin hitting key East Coast oil supplies in the US. T …

Oil rises on US economic optimism, Syria fearsYahoo Finance UKLONDON (Reuters) - Oil rose on Friday, pushed higher by fears about escalating violence in Syria and on expectations that data would show economic strength in the United States, the world's …

Wall Street JournalUS Oil Prices Pare LossesWall Street JournalLight, sweet oil for April delivery recently pared losses and traded up 9 cents, or 0.2%, at $43.97 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The benchmark U.S. options contract for April e …

Financial TimesCHEAP OIL NOT A BOON FOR ALLWall Street Journal (blog)Still, there are some signs of the economic benefits that lower oil prices can bring. The International Monetary Fund cited the oil-price decline as the main reason for last month's i …