oil

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Oil futures ended the session lower with the market keeping alive hopes for a deal to end the Middle East conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz soon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Oil prices fell early Tuesday as Israel and Iran paused fighting.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Oil prices can gyrate sharply, so Fed officials prefer to look at a separate measure of inflation known as the core rate that strips out energy.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, chief executive of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., thinks it will take four months for traffic to get back to 80% of prewar levels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

I selected some Oil of Olay face cream and new toothbrushes.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama