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Oil giants brace for a bruising earnings season — with shareholder returns at risk
The BP refinery in Lingen, Germany (aerial view with a drone). Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images European energy giants face some tough choices this earnings season, with shareholder payouts seen at risk as they look to cut costs amid lower crude prices. Western oil and gas majors have long sought to keep […]
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Chevron CEO says Venezuela is taking positive steps to protect private oil investment
Chevron CEO Mike Wirth said Friday that Venezuela has taken positive steps to protect investment by private oil companies since the Trump administration captured former President Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela on Thursday passed reforms to its hydrocarbon law that ease state control of the oil industry and grants private producers more autonomy. Wirth said Chevron is […]
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Exxon CEO says Venezuela needs to transition to democracy for oil investment to make sense
Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods said Friday that Venezuela needs to transition to democracy in order for investment in the South American nation’s dilapidated oil industry to make sense. President Donald Trump is pressuring oil companies to invest at least $100 billion in Venezuela to rebuild the country’s oil industry after the U.S. captured former […]
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Energy stocks to watch as major winter storm rips through the U.S.
Winter storm Fern is projected to have a wide-ranging impact on energy and power production. Here are a few stocks and energy related industry groups to watch around this and future storms. Natural gas producers The price move in natural gas has been profound. A 70% jump in the commodity in fewer than two weeks is stuff […]
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The ‘sell America’ trade, Trump arrives in Davos, Netflix earnings and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Wednesday. Or maybe not, if you held U.S. assets amid yesterday’s sell-off. S&P 500 futures are little changed this morning. The three major indexes are coming off their worst day in months. Here are five key things investors need to know […]
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There’s a big move higher brewing in the energy sector, according to the charts
Any time the State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) rallies, three questions arise: Is this move more than a short-term bounce? If so, how long can XLE outperform the S & P 500? If relative strength versus the S & P 500 persists, does that imply broader equity market weakness? We’ll address each […]
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Exxon Mobil hit a record after Trump threatened to cut it out of Venezuela — here’s why
Exxon Mobil hit record highs this week after rubbing President Donald Trump the wrong way at a White House meeting on investment in Venezuela. Trump said Sunday he is inclined ” to keep Exxon out ” of Venezuela, after CEO Darren Woods told the president that the South American nation is ” uninvestable .” Exxon’s […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Citigroup, Abercrombie, Vistra, Duolingo and more
Check out some of the companies making the biggest moves in midday trading. Bank stocks — The group fell broadly after President Donald Trump called for credit card rates to be capped at 10% for one year . Capital One slid 6%, Synchrony Financial tumbled 8% and Citigroup dropped 3%. Bank of America , Wells […]
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Powell’s criminal investigation, Google’s AI shopping push, Boeing deliveries and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Monday. I find myself at an impasse trying to decide what to write in this intro. As someone who’s committed to their skincare routine, I should write about this story on the latest men’s beauty trend. But as a Michigan native, […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Capital One, Affirm, Walmart, Akamai, Sun Country & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves before the bell: Bank stocks — The group fell broadly after President Donald Trump called for credit card rates to be capped at 10% for one year . Citigroup dropped 4%, while Capital One slid nearly 10%. Bank of America , Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase were […]
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