Oil stays below $50 a barrel mark

Oil prices have slipped back from record levels, narrowly avoiding a breach of the $50 a barrel mark. Fresh violence in Iraq triggered yet another oil price surge on Friday, before dealers

Oil nears key $50-a-barrel mark

Fresh violence in Iraq has seen oil prices surge to new records, nearing $50 a barrel. New York light crude reached $49.27 a barrel for the first time in European trading, following