Oil edges down on demand fears and strong dollar

By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil edged down slightly on Monday, pressured by expectations of weaker global demand and by U.S. dollar strength ahead of possible large increases to interest rates, though supply worries limited the decline. Cen…

Europe races to prepare for energy crunch this winter

By Miranda Murray, Rachel More and Sergio Goncalves BERLIN/LISBON (Reuters) -Germany was pressing on Monday to secure liquefied natural gas contracts with Gulf producers and other European states outlined measures to conserve energy, with Russian flows…