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Crude oil futures were little changed Tuesday as OPEC stuck to its demand forecasts, counting on steady economic growth this year. Oil prices rallied more than 2% Monday and have now recovered most of the losses from last week. The market had sold-off to four month lows after OPEC+ decided to increase crude production in

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In this article ED EVRG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Evergy Chief Financial Officer Kirk Andrews will replace Consolidated Edison‘s current CFO Robert Hoglund, who plans to retire on July 8, the companies announced Monday. Andrews has been CFO of the Midwest utility company

Saudi Aramco logo and stock graph are seen through a magnifier displayed in this illustration taken September 4, 2022.  Dado Ruvic | Reuters Shares of Saudi Arabia’s Aramco rose on Sunday following a stock sale that’s set to raise the state oil company around $11.2 billion. Shares were trading around 28.25 Saudi riyals ($7.53) on

In this article GM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The All-New, All-Electric Honda Prologue is on display at the 2023 Los Angeles Auto Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center on November 24, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. While missing a host of brands, this year’s edition of the Los Angeles Auto Show debuted

The Aramco logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Saudi Arabia is set to raise more than $11.2 billion from its secondary public share offering in state-controlled oil giant Aramco, after the stock was priced at the lower end of its expected range. The company on Friday said

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In this article XOM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images A former IRS employee was charged in Utah federal court for allegedly trying to steal $2.1 million in tax credits owed to Exxon Mobil by diverting the funds using a taxpayer database he had access to.

Private fishing boats near offshore petroleum drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico.  Ron Buskirk | Getty Images Crude oil futures rose Friday but are on pace for a third straight weekly loss on worries that demand may be softening even as OPEC+ plans to increase production. U.S. crude oil and global benchmark Brent sold

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) delivers remarks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit in National Harbor, Maryland, on May 4, 2023. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images The future of the electric vehicle is a critical issue for the U.S. auto industry and its home base of Detroit, Michigan. It’s also increasingly becoming a political issue, according to

A pump jack drills oil crude from the Yates Oilfield in West Texas’s Permian Basin, near Iraan, Texas, U.S., March 17, 2023.  Bing Guan | Reuters Crude oil futures rose for a second day Thursday as weak jobs data has boosted investor sentiment that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year. Fed futures

An offshore oil platform is seen at sunset near Huntington Beach, California, on Feb. 9, 2024. David Mcnew | Getty Images Oil prices defied the announcement of extended supply cuts from the OPEC+ alliance with brisk declines, with analysts and traders faulting certain trading strategies and the demand picture for the downturn.   “There is

Yasir Al-Rumayyan, chairman of Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco), speaks during a news conference in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019.  Mohammed Al-Nemer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Crude oil futures rebounded slightly Wednesday but hovered near a four-month low as a decision by OPEC+ to increase production later this year continued to

U.S. crude prices fell for the fifth straight day Tuesday, but we remain committed to our lone oil-and-gas stock in Coterra Energy . West Texas Intermediate has been moving lower since its early April peak, with Tuesday bringing the U.S. oil benchmark to its lowest settle since Feb. 5, at $73.25 a barrel. Some of

Platform Ellen and Elly, offshore oil and gas platforms operated by Beta Operating Company LLC, off the coast of Long Beach, California, US, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023.  Tim Rue | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. crude oil fell nearly 2% on Tuesday, extending a recent losing streak to erase most of its gains for

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The OPEC logo on the building of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Thomas Coex | Afp | Getty Images Crude oil futures were little changed on Monday as investors tried to parse the impact OPEC’s weekend decision on production policy will have on the market. OPEC+ agreed to extend 3.6 million barrels per

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A photo illustration of the OPEC logo seen on a cell phone set against a green arrow in Brussels, Belgium on September 10, 2023. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open

OPEC+, a group of 23 oil-producing nations led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, will convene on Sunday to decide on the next phase of production policy. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The influential Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, collectively known as OPEC+, on Sunday agreed to extend their official crude

An oil pumpjack is pictured in the Permian Basin in the Loco Hills regions, New Mexico, on April 6, 2023. Liz Hampton | Reuters U.S. crude oil was little changed Thursday but is on pace for its worst month of the year and a second consecutive monthly loss. U.S. crude oil is down 3.2% in