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Exxon beats fourth-quarter estimates with higher Permian, Guyana output
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Exxon beats fourth-quarter estimates with higher Permian, Guyana output

Exxon Mobil on Friday beat Wall Street’s estimate for fourth-quarter profit as higher oil and gas production offset lower oil prices and weaker refining margins. Fourth quarter profit was $7.39 billion. Profit per share was $1.67, beating analyst estimates of $1.56, according to LSEG data. The No. 1 U.S. oil producer reported total earnings of […]

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Crypto super PAC Fairshake has 6 million on hand to grow industry’s influence in 2026 election
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Crypto super PAC Fairshake has $116 million on hand to grow industry’s influence in 2026 election

Fairshake, the super PAC bankrolled by crypto’s biggest players, announced Thursday it has $116 million in cash on hand, a war chest aimed at the 2026 midterm election cycle. The fundraising total, which includes $11 million in new contributions, cements Fairshake as one of the most influential political forces in the country. “With the midterms […]

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Oil giant Shell raises dividend despite full-year profit miss
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Oil giant Shell raises dividend despite full-year profit miss

A Shell logo is displayed on May 03, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images British oil giant Shell on Thursday reported a significant drop in annual profit, citing higher exploration write-offs, lower trading margins and weaker crude prices over the final three months of the year. Shell posted […]

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Tesla reports 0 million bitcoin profit jump after digital assets rule change
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Tesla reports $600 million bitcoin profit jump after digital assets rule change

Musk had previously said in June he was leaning towards supporting DeSantis for president in 2024. Joe Skipper | Reuters Tesla‘s bitcoin holdings led to a big pop in reported net income for the fourth quarter because of a new rule change in how companies account for digital assets. After showing a carrying value of […]

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Power stocks plunge as energy needs called into question because of new China AI lab
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Power stocks plunge as energy needs called into question because of new China AI lab

The cooling towers of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30, 2024. Danielle DeVries | CNBC Power companies that are most exposed to the tech sector’s data center boom plunged early Monday, as the debut of China’s DeepSeek open-source AI laboratory led investors to question how much energy artificial intelligence […]

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Here’s why Trump’s pursuit of Greenland is really about the control over the Arctic
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Here’s why Trump’s pursuit of Greenland is really about the control over the Arctic

President Donald Trump has reiterated his desire to buy Greenland, and refused to rule out using military or economic coercion to achieve his goal of controlling the autonomous territory of Denmark. . However, the United States isn’t the only country with an eye on the region. In 2018, a Chinese state-owned company bid roughly $550 […]

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Crypto industry gets quick return on Trump investment after pouring millions into campaign
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Crypto industry gets quick return on Trump investment after pouring millions into campaign

FRANCE – 2025/01/20: In this photo illustration, Trump Meme , Trump the Crypto president, is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Romain Doucelin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Romain Doucelin | Getty Images Crypto executives, companies and investors are getting an early return on their investment in Donald Trump. After pouring tens of […]

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Venture Global closes below IPO price in disappointing debut despite Trump’s support of LNG industry
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Venture Global closes below IPO price in disappointing debut despite Trump’s support of LNG industry

Natural gas exporter Venture Global shares fell 4% in its first day of trading, as the company looked to test investor appetite for energy stocks amid the Trump administration efforts to implement a sweeping agenda aimed at boosting oil and gas production. “The Trump administration has made very clear they support growing LNG exports,” Venture […]

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SEC revokes unpopular banking rule that blocked Wall Street banks from adopting crypto
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SEC revokes unpopular banking rule that blocked Wall Street banks from adopting crypto

Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty Images After years of lobbying by the crypto industry, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has rescinded an accounting rule that forced banks to treat bitcoin and other tokens as a liability on their balance sheets. The guidance was a major deterrent to Wall Street banks owning bitcoin — […]

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Trump crypto plans have Wall Street CEOs ready to jump into digital assets
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Trump crypto plans have Wall Street CEOs ready to jump into digital assets

A cartoon image of US President-elect Donald Trump with cryptocurrency tokens, depicted in front of the White House to mark his inauguration, displayed at a Coinhero store in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Paul Yeung | Bloomberg | Getty Images Just days into President Donald Trump’s second administration, Wall Street is singing […]

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