Oil stocks have continued to show a peculiar disconnect from the commodity they track, with oil equities staging a powerful rally even as oil prices have fallen sharply since the last OPEC meeting. Over the past two months, the energy sector’s leading benchmark, the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA: XLE),...
LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - OPEC+ is likely to keep oil output quotas unchanged for October at a meeting on Monday, five OPEC+ sources said, although some sources would not rule out a small production cut to bolster prices that have slid due to fears of an economic slowdown. The...
Huawei reported a sharp slowdown in growth for the first half of 2020 as the company continued to see the impact of U.S. sanctions and the global coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, the Chinese technology giant is also awaiting a decision,...
Disney CEO Bob Iger on Monday said his company will begin laying off staff starting this week, the first of three rounds of expected cuts following his announcement in February that the company would axe 7,000 jobs. The cuts to Disney’s global workforce are part of a multibillion-dollar cost-cutting initiative...
Mega-cap technology stocks have driven the Nasdaq and S&P 500 higher while, like a shiny veneer, they’ve masked broader stock market weakness. But there’s reason to believe that the covering may soon come off as mega-caps turn into a...
Affirm shares popped 28% on Friday, a day after the buy now, pay later firm reported fiscal fourth-quarter results that topped expectations and gave optimistic guidance for the first quarter. Here’s how the company did: Loss per share: 69 cents vs. 85 cents as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. Revenue: $446 million vs. $406...
The head of Conagra Brands on Thursday revealed a "likely temporary" behavioral shift the company has observed from grocery shoppers in recent months. During Conagra’s fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Sean Connolly noted that some consumers were "hunkering down" and "buying fewer items overall," a move they had done rather than...
Thousands of former Toys R Us employees face an uncertain future after hundreds of stores were closed. But Geoffrey the Giraffe is back to work. The mascot made a surprise appearance last week at one of the largest wholesale events in the toy industry. That was just days after court...
Elon Musk has rejected claims that his Starlink satellite internet project is taking up too much room in space. "Tens of billions" of satellites can be accommodated in orbits close to Earth, he told the Financial Times.
As antibiotic resistance continues to make headlines, researchers are ramping up their search for ways to turn the tide. A recent study focuses on fish slime. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), antibiotic resistance is...
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