Oil settles down 2% on weaker Chinese demand, uncertainty over Fed rate cut

By Georgina McCartney HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices lost $1 per barrel on Friday and were bound for a weekly loss as investors fretted about weaker Chinese demand and a potential…

Dollar notches weekly gain as traders reassess rate cut expectations

By Chibuike Oguh and Amanda Cooper NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar was set for its biggest weekly gain in over a month on Friday, as markets reassessed expectations of…

Oil falls 2% on weaker Chinese demand, uncertainty over Fed rate cut

By Georgina McCartney HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices fell more than 2% on Friday and were on track for their biggest weekly decline in a month as investors fretted about weaker…

Oil falls $1 on weaker Chinese demand, uncertainty around Dec Fed rate cut

By Georgina McCartney HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices lost $1 per barrel on Friday and were bound for a weekly loss as investors fretted about weaker Chinese demand and a potential…

Oil prices on track for weekly loss as Chinese demand wanes

By Robert Harvey and Enes Tunagur LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices edged lower on Friday, heading for a weekly loss, as investors digested waning Chinese demand and a possible slowing…

Families gather at South African mine shaft where hundreds are feared stuck underground

By Thando Hlophe STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) – Desperate family members of illegal miners believed to number in the hundreds waited outside a disused mine shaft in South Africa on…

Bitcoin rises above $90,000 on Trump euphoria

By Hannah Lang and Laura Matthews (Reuters) – Bitcoin broke through the $90,000 level on Wednesday, to an all-time high in a rally showing no signs of easing on expectations…

Oil prices head for weekly losses on Chinese demand concerns

Investing.com– Oil prices slipped lower Friday,Β heading for a weekly loss, on worries about waning Chinese demand and after data showed a bigger-than-expected build in U.S. inventories.Β  At 08:20 ET (13:20…

Families gather at South African mine shaft where hundreds are feared underground

By Thando Hlophe STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) – Desperate family members of illegal miners believed to number in the hundreds waited outside a disused mine shaft in South Africa on…

Sterling heads for worst weekly performance since January

By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) – The pound headed for its biggest weekly loss since January on Friday, under pressure from weak UK economic data and a surging dollar that…