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OPEC sees oil glut shrinking in 2016 as low prices curb rival output

OPEC said its oil output fell in October and forecast supply from rival producers next year would decline for the first time since 2007...

European shares end higher led by auto, oil stocks

European shares closed higher on Tuesday, led by auto and oil sector stocks and helped by expectations central banks in Europe and the United...

Row over sandy tracks hits Spain-Saudi rail project

It is the biggest contract Spanish firms have ever undertaken abroad, a high-speed railway linking Islam's holiest cities, Makkah and Medina, in Saudi Arabia...

Nigeria's Barkindo emerges as frontrunner for OPEC boss

A Nigerian oil technocrat has emerged as frontrunner to take the top job at OPEC, with members seeing Mohammed Barkindo as what would be...

Nintendo worth more than Sony after Pokemon Go release

Nintendo on Tuesday shot past Sony in market value after the videogame giant's stock more than doubled since the release of the wildly popular...

Asian stocks falter as Fed makes case for possible Dec rate rise

Asian stocks broke a two-day rising streak on Thursday after top U.S. Federal Reserve officials kept the door open to a December interest rate...

Global epic losses and soaring unemployment amid pandemic

With the economy paralyzed by business closures, the unemployment rate likely jumped to high rates. Many people still employed have had their hours reduced....

Asian markets fall on oil price dip

Oil prices struggled at seven-year lows Tuesday, sending Asian energy firms plunging in line with their US and European counterparts after OPEC's decision to...

IMF chief calls for reforms in Gulf amid low oil prices

On a trip through a Gulf squeezed by low oil prices, the head of the International Monetary Fund repeatedly called on countries to cut...

Gulf banks under pressure from low oil prices

Banks in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are being increasingly challenged by a liquidity squeeze resulting from low oil prices, Moody's Investor Services...

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