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Saudi, Russia vow oil coop but not freeze

  Bloomberg The world’s top two crude-oil producers pledged to cooperate to stabilize global markets, while failing to announce any specific measures to bolster prices. “We have a number of tools at our disposal for joint actions,” Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Monday following a meeting with his Saudi counterpart Khalid Al-Falih at the G20 summit in China. Russia ...

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Iran ready to pump more as OPEC faces ‘prisoner’s dilemma’

  Bloomberg As speculation swirls over whether oil producers will reach a deal to coordinate output and aid a recovery in prices, Iran says it’s ready to pump more. The OPEC member can raise production to 4 million barrels a day in two to three months from the current daily level of about 3.8 million, Mohsen Ghamsari, director of international ...

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Israeli trains resume operation after shutdown by government

  Bloomberg A power struggle between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a senior minister in his Likud party shut down the train line linking two of Israel’s biggest cities for a day, snarling commuters in miles-long traffic jams and bringing hundreds of demonstrators into the streets before service was restarted. Thousands of Israelis starting their work weeks and soldiers returning ...

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