Bloomberg Oil retreated from the highest close in 16 months as OPEC pumped a record amount of crude in November, partly led by members exempt from cutting output as part of last week’s deal to curb supply. Futures slid as much as 1.7 percent in New York after advancing 15 percent over the previous four sessions. The Organization of …

  Bloomberg OPEC’s mission to implement last week’s historic deal to curb production for the first time in eight years just got a little bit harder after three of its African members increased output in November. Crude production from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries rose to a record 34.16 million barrels a day in November with gains led by …

  Seoul / AFP South Korea’s most powerful tycoons, including de facto Samsung chief Lee Jae-Yong, stammered and squirmed on Tuesday under a verbal assault from a parliamentary committee probing a corruption scandal that has riveted the nation. Millions watched in astonishment as the televised hearing showed the heads of the country’s eight largest conglomerates being publicly chastised over donations …