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Commuters in New York face a day of chaos as the strike
shutting to Long Island Railroad goes into a third day.
Plus, the U.S.
And China agree to launch boards of trade and investment.
And while fuel is expensive now, brace yourself because global oil inventories are falling at a record pace.
The highest that oil prices have ever reached, at least for the Brent benchmark, was $148 a barrel.
This was in 2008. There are some expectations
out there that illustrative hormones remains closed for another few months.
This level will be tested.
It's Monday, May 18th.
I'm Daniel Bach for The Wall Street Journal, filling in for Luke Vargas.
And here is the AM edition of What's News,