Oil prices tally their first weekly loss in 5 weeks

• Oil at 2-week low as Trump’s efforts to lower crude prices imply a boost in output

  Oil futures finished Thursday at their lowest in two weeks after President Donald Trump said he would ask Saudi Arabia and OPEC to lower oil prices, implying that he would pressure major oil ...
  
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  Trump urges oil-exporting nations to slash prices

  The president says he wants Opec and Saudi Arabia to bring down the price of oil which he says is fuelling the Russia-Ukraine war.
  
  BBC News - 1d

• Oil prices score a 4th straight weekly gain on supply fears

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  MarketWatch - Jan. 17
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  Medicare to Negotiate Lower Prices for Weight-Loss Drugs

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• Oil prices rally as fresh U.S. sanctions on Russia threaten global supplies

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  MarketWatch - Jan. 10

• Trump will struggle to drive down oil prices

  Energy production in the US will rise but more of the output will be gassy
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 9

• Oil prices score weekly gains, buoyed by China policy support

  Oil futures posted solid gains in a holiday-shortened week, buoyed by expectations of further stimulus in China, the world’s largest crude importer, to boost its sputtering economy.
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 3

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  The week's bestselling books, Jan. 5

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  Los Angeles Times - Jan. 1

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