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Oil prices rise before OPEC+ meeting

Oil prices rose on Tuesday on expectations that major producers would agree to extend output cuts that have shored up prices, during a video conference likely to be held this week. Benchmark Brent crude LCOc1 rose 2.3%, or 88 cents, to…

Israel unveils 80 billion shekel plan to boost solar energy

Israel’s Energy Ministry unveiled an 80 billion shekel ($22.8 billion) plan to increase the use of solar power over the next decade as the country’s population and energy demand are set to surge. Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz, said that…

Oil drops as U.S.-China tension escalates

Oil futures edged lower on Monday as rising U.S.-China tensions weighed on market sentiment, but reports that OPEC and Russia were close to a deal extending output buoyed prices. Brent futures LCOc1 fell 37 cents, or 1%, to $37.47 a…

German economy likely to shrink 6.6% this year, Ifo says

The German economy is likely to shrink by 6.6% this year as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic before growing by 10.2% in 2021, the Ifo Institute said on Thursday in its latest update. On average, businesses expected operations to…