Metals and agricultural futures prices slip
Metals prices ended slightly lower Friday, as did agricultural futures. Full story
Oil ends week down 2 pct on tepid demand outlook
The price of oil fell 2 percent this week, as oil traders worried about global demand and shared the stock market's concerns about possible changes to the Federal Reserve economic stimulus program. Full story
Oil leasing dispute heads to federal court
A dispute over greenhouse gases from oil and gas drilling will head to federal court in Montana as attorneys for the government and the industry face off against environmentalists who say too little is being done to reduce emissions that contribute to climate change. Full story
Oil falls below $94 on weak outlook for demand
The price of oil was knocked below $94 a barrel Friday by a combination of ample supplies and lukewarm demand. Full story
US lauds India for reducing Iranian oil imports
A senior American official on Friday praised India for reducing oil imports from Iran and said the U.S. government will decide soon on New Delhi's request to renew a waiver from sanctions on Tehran. Full story
Academics back BP's fight to cap oil spill payouts
LONDON (Reuters) - A group of accountancy professors is backing BP's <BP.L> fight to cap the U.S. oil spill compensation payouts it has to fund as the cash outflow threatens to add billions of dollars to its bill for the disaster. Full story
Sponsored Links
Articles
Video
Crude Oil Inventories Down 624,000 Barrels
CNBC's Bertha Coombs reports the latest numbers on energy supplies from the EIA Inventory Report.
April 26: Nightly News Friday broadcast
White House: Furlough solution a “Band-Aid” on economy’s wounds; Will newly found 9/11 debris be tested for human remains?; Carjacking victim’s daring escape from bombing suspects; Questions remain over Syria's chemical weapons; Fargo braces for record flooding; The oil at the heart of the Keystone
The oil at the heart of the Keystone pipeline controversy
The Keystone pipeline, a project to transport heavy crude from Canada to the Gulf Coast, is expected to provide hundreds of temporary construction jobs in the U.S., but critics say the oil it carries comes at a terrible cost. NBC’s Anne Thompson reports.
Toxic BP oil clean-up chemical sickening those exposed
Mark Hertsgaard, contributor to The Daily Beast, talks with Rachel Maddow about the devastating health effects of Corexit, the oil dispersant used by BP in the Gulf to clean up oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill on the workers and residents of the area.
'What if we never run out of oil?," The Atlantic asks in new issue
The Atlantic's James Bennet joins Morning Joe to discuss how new technologies may help prove that fossil fuel may not be finite.
advertisement | ad info
Related Photos
File photo of solar dishes behind the entrance sign of the King Abdulaziz city of Sciences and Technology, Al-Oyeynah Research Station
Solar dishes are seen behind the entrance sign of the King Abdulaziz city of Sciences and Technology, Al-Oyeynah Research Station, in this May 21, 2012 file photo. A slide in solar power costs and a surge in oil prices over the last few years has made solar power a win-win strategy for Saudi Arabia:
A driver fills up with fuel at a Shell petrol station in London
A driver fills up with fuel at a Shell petrol station in London May 15, 2013. Oil companies will face the full force of the law if they manipulated prices, Britain's energy minister said on Wednesday as the European Commission's demanded more firms provide information as part of its probe into oil p
Fuel pumps are seen at a Shell petrol station in London
Fuel pumps are seen at a Shell petrol station in London May 15, 2013. Oil companies will face the full force of the law if they manipulated prices, Britain's energy minister said on Wednesday as the European Commission's demanded more firms provide information as part of its probe into oil pricing.
A BP logo is seen at a petrol station in London
A BP logo is seen at a petrol station in London May 15, 2013. Oil companies will face the full force of the law if they manipulated prices, Britain's energy minister said on Wednesday as the European Commission's demanded more firms provide information as part of its probe into oil pricing. REUTERS/
