U.S. President Barack Obama, in his weekly radio address Saturday, promised to unveil new job-creation ideas next week but emphasized that he also remains focused on policies that should help prop up the economy in the long run. »

Iraq may approve by the end of December deals with international oil companies for the development of two of the country's prized oil fields, a senior Iraqi official said Saturday. »

Saudi oil minister Ali Al Naimi said Saturday global oil inventories were coming down and crude oil prices "perfect" at present levels. "The market is stable right now, volatility is at minimum, »

Cameroon's crude oil production in 2009 totaled 22.37 million barrels, down from 25.95 million barrels produced in the previous year, a report issued Friday by the state-run National Hydrocarbons Corporation, or SNH said. »

Algerian Oil Minister Chakib Khelil said Saturday he doesn't expect the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to raise crude oil output any time soon and stressed »

Kuwait wants OPEC members to boost compliance with quota production from about 60% now to at least 65-70%, the country's oil minister said Satuday. »

Current high futures prices in the cocoa and sugar markets at the ICE futures exchange in New York lack fundamental support to remain this high, a veteran industry analyst said Friday. »

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday unveiled its first draft of a retooled Federal Crop Insurance Program designed to push private insurers to spread »

Analysts said EU soybean processors may need to buy 2 million to 3 million tonnes of soybeans on the world market before the »

Stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data on Friday jarred--but likely didn't destroy--gold's allure as a risk play. Gold has been behaving peculiarly of late. While it has »

Most members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said Friday that the cartel is likely to keep production quota unchanged when »

Algerian Oil Minister Chakib Khelil said Friday "there is too much oil" in the market and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries should »

The dollar scored one of its best days of the year Friday, soaring across the board as an encouraging U.S. jobs report prompted some expectations that »

Managed money reduced its long crude-oil position on the ICE Futures Europe Exchange in the wee ended Dec. 1, according to data released Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. »

DuPont Co. (DD) pushed back its timelines for the North American release of its Optimum GAT corn and soybean seeds, which have a special herbicide tolerance and »

Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade ended lower Friday, succumbing to bearish outside market influences. CBOT January soybeans ended 4 cents »

Chicago Board of Trade rice futures settled slightly higher Friday and hit a fresh contract high, despite bearish signals from the U.S. dollar and other »