Oil rises 4% as OPEC+ works on output cut deal
Oil prices gained nearly 4% on Thursday, but pulled back from an earlier surge as investors waited for details on negotiations between top producers hammering out...
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U.S. railroads push against oil industry demands for storage in rail cars
Railroads are clamping down on rising demand from oil companies to store crude in rail cars due to safety concerns, sources said, even as the number...
Fed studying if new facility for small business loans might be opened to non-bank lenders
The Federal Reserve may expand a program to back Small Business Administration loans to include non-bank lenders as a way to help speed distribution of $350...
$14M Bitcoin Fund Gets Listed on Toronto Stock Exchange
Coindesk via yahoo finance Paddy Baker April 9, 2020 Canadian investment manager 3iQ said The Bitcoin Fund, for which it originally filed a prospectus back in...
How much unemployment will I get? That depends on your state
Unemployment insurance varies dramatically from state to state in many respects, such as the amount and duration of benefits.
Fiat reaches deal with unions on measures for production restart in Italy
Fiat Chrysler reached a deal with unions on Thursday over measures to adopt in its Italian plants once the government eases restrictions on business activity put...
A day in the life of an Amazon courier on the frontlines of the U.S. pandemic
Excelso Sabulao delivers groceries for Amazon.com Inc in California so he can help provide his parents an income. Now, with endless interactions at stores and at...
U.S. jobless claims top 6 million for second straight week
A staggering 16.8 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits in the last three weeks, with weekly new claims topping 6 million for the second straight...
Pelosi pushes need for money for smallest U.S. businesses
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday the country's smallest businesses need to be protected against the ravages of the coronavirus outbreak and pushed for...
Instant View: Even big OPEC+ cuts won't offset oil demand collapse: analysts
OPEC and other major oil producers on Thursday discussed potential big output cuts in the face of a huge fall in demand due to the coronavirus...
OPEC+ works on two-year oil cut deal, implemented gradually: sources
OPEC and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, are discussing plans to cut oil production for at least two years with reductions implemented gradually, two...
Russia, Saudi Arabia overcome differences holding up big oil cut deal: Dmitriev
Russia and Saudi Arabia have overcome differences that had presented potential hurdles to a plan for major oil output cuts aimed at shoring up crude prices...
Russia's Novak calls on all oil producers to join efforts
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday that all the leading global oil producers should join their efforts to tackle falling oil demand.
BAT files patent suits against Philip Morris' IQOS products
British American Tobacco said on Thursday it had sued Philip Morris International Inc in the United States and Germany, alleging that the tobacco heating technology used...
About 30 million people lost these tax breaks when they filed last year
Fewer people itemized deductions when they filed their taxes in 2018, which meant they left a number of write-offs on the table last year. Here are...