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Oil futures climbed for a fifth session in a row on Friday, with prices for the front-month U.S. contract ending 16.5% higher for the week. “For several weeks, fears about a weakening global economy had been weighing on oil prices,” said Colin Cieszynski, chief market strategist at SIA Wealth Management. “This week, however, sentiment changed […]
Package-delivery giant FedEx Corp.’s FDX, -1.50% large ground-shipping business intends to cut its holiday-period volume outlook amid waning demand, according to a report from Reuters. The change to the forecast reflects “the latest information from customers about how they anticipate current conditions are likely to decrease their volumes this holiday season,” Paul Melander, a FedEx […]
New York City subways have been suspended in much of Midtown and Lower Manhattan on Friday, after police said that someone had sprayed an unknown substance during a dispute that was causing passengers to become sick, CBS News reported. The incident took place shortly after 10 a.m. ET on a platform at the Union Square […]
Private equity firm EIG said Friday its MidOcean Energy portfolio company agreed to pay $2.15 billion to Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd. TKGSY, 9531, -1.50% for interests in four Australian liquid natural gas (LNG) projects. The deal includes ownership stakes in Gorgon LNG, Ichthys LNG, Pluto LNG and Queensland Curtis LNG. EIG said the deal marks […]
Tilray Brands Inc. TLRY, +30.87% said Friday its first-quarter loss narrowed to $65.8 million, or 13 cents a share, from a loss of $34.6 million, or 9 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenue at the cannabis company fell 9% to $153.2 million. Analysts expected Tilray to lose 7 cents a share on revenue […]
As more infectious variants of the virus that causes COVID emerge, it’s vital that a World Trade Organization decision to implement a waiver on vaccines, diagnostics and therapies be enforced to help poorer countries fight the illness, a Congressional group has told President Joe Biden. In a letter, the group led by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, […]
Apollo Global Management Inc. APO, -1.20% and Sixth Street Partners LLC are not moving ahead with talks to help finance Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc. TWTR, -3.72%, Reuters reported. Musk replied, “correct” on Twitter when answering queries about whether the two lenders are absent from the $7.1 billion in third-party equity financing […]
DraftKings DKNG, -3.95% is close to signing an exclusive partnership with sports network ESPN, according to a report from The Action Network, sending shares 7.9% higher after hours. The terms of the deal between the sports-betting platform and sport-media giant are not yet clear. But The Action Network said that ESPN was seeking $3 billion […]
The judge in a legal battle between Twitter Inc. TWTR, -3.72% and Tesla Inc. TSLA, -1.11% Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday delayed their trial, previously set for Oct. 17, to give the sides time to close the $44 billion acquisition at the heart of the beef. Trial was set to begin Oct. 17 in […]
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska is expected to retire in order to become president of the University of Florida, according to multiple published reports on Thursday. The university said in a news release on Thursday that its Presidential Search Committee has “unanimously recommended United States Senator Dr. Ben Sasse as the sole finalist for […]