Oil giveaway spells doom, brings out market bears
The crash in U.S. crude prices has turned a reliable commodity less than worthless and given fresh urgency to bearish voices, who say it sounds alarm...
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Chipotle to pay $25 million related to food borne illness outbreaks: Justice Department
Chipotle Mexican Grill has agreed to pay $25 million and enter a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve charges related to food borne illness outbreaks that sickened...
Brent oil futures plunge as growing glut feeds market panic
Brent oil futures prices plunged again on Tuesday as oil market panic extended into a second day with no end in sight to a swelling global...
Don't miss this stimulus check deadline if you're a Social Security beneficiary with kids
If you're receiving Social Security or Railroad Retirement benefits and don't typically file tax returns, you have just until tomorrow to log onto a government website...
CPC oil producers eye boost to flows via Russia from May
Kazakh oil producers, which export crude via the Caspian pipeline consortium (CPC), are seeking to divert flows to Russia's Transneft from May in an attempt to...
Brent oil drops 25%, near two-decade lows on scant demand, storage
Brent crude futures plunged 25% on Tuesday to the lowest in nearly two decades, a day after panicked traders sent U.S. oil below minus $40 per...
Are Marketers Still Needed During Covid-19?
NCFA Guest post April 21, 2020 As much of the world continues to abide by stay-at-home orders put in place by each government, it is having...
In Versailles, king of online retail Amazon fights unions backlash
Amazon made its case on Tuesday in a French court of appeal to keep deliveries on track in the country, rejecting unions' allegations that it was...
US Oil Fund, popular ETF trading under ticker 'USO,' plunges 38%, halted for trading at one point
Trading in the United States Oil Fund, a popular exchange-traded security known for its 'USO' ticker which is supposed to track the price of oil, was...
Telecom Italia and Open Fiber crank up war of words over single network
A war of words between Telecom Italia (TIM) and Open Fiber over the creation of a single broadband network escalated on Tuesday as the phone incumbent...
Germany's BaFin fines BlackRock for late filing of voting rights
The German financial markets watchdog BaFin said on Tuesday it had fined BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd 744,000 euros ($809,000) for failure to file voting rights...
U.S. existing home sales dive; prices still strong
U.S. home sales dropped by the most in nearly 4-1/2 years in March as extraordinary measures to control the spread of the novel coronavirus brought buyer...
Dash for emergency cash provokes fund industry backlash
As companies pull the emergency cash cord to help them through the coronavirus crisis, shareholders have been split by an easing of the rules to make...
Why Brent oil won't follow U.S. WTI futures below zero
Brent oil futures are set for extreme volatility when the front-month June contract expires next week, but they will avoid the historic plunge below zero that...
U.S. existing home sales tumble in March
U.S. home sales dropped by the most in nearly 4-1/2 years in March as extraordinary measures to control the spread of the novel coronavirus brought buyer...