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Big Oil wants to help Big Tech power artificial intelligence data centers
Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty Images Exxon Mobil and Chevron are jumping into the race to power artificial intelligence data centers, as the two oil majors bet tech companies will ultimately turn to natural gas to meet their tremendous energy needs. Exxon unveiled plans this week to build a natural gas plant to power […]
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BP seeks buyers for U.S. natural gas pipeline system stake, Reuters reports
Signage is displayed on an oil storage tank at the BP-Husky Toledo Refinery in Oregon, Ohio, U.S Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images BP is seeking buyers for a stake in its U.S. natural gas pipeline network, four people with knowledge of the matter said. The British energy company could raise up to $3 […]
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Goldman Sachs has a trading strategy to score a few big wins before year end
Goldman Sachs has its eyes on a particular trading strategy that could be a winner in the final weeks of 2024. The Wall Street investment bank advises buying call options — a contract to purchase stock at a specific strike price at a set expiration time – five days before a company’s analyst day and […]
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Hedge fund bets on a key oil and gas supply chain stock, saying it could rise over 300%
London-based hedge fund Granular Capital has revealed a renewed interest Borr Drilling , saying the offshore drilling company’s shares could increase by up to 300% or 400%. Granular is the largest shareholder of Borr Drilling, which provides offshore drilling vessels for hire to large companies in the oil and gas industry on a fixed-term basis […]
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Top Wall Street analysts are bullish on these dividend stocks
An Exxon Mobil gas station in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 28, 2023. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images With the Federal Reserve now on a rate-cutting campaign, dividend stocks may soon get their moment in the spotlight. Investors looking for lucrative dividend-paying stocks can track the recommendations of top analysts, who consider various aspects […]
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Morningstar names cheap stocks in a sector that ‘deserves a place in everybody’s portfolio’
Top Morningstar strategist David Sekera says there’s one sector that “deserves a place in everybody’s portfolio” right now — the energy sector. Speaking to CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia” last week, the firm’s U.S. markets strategist said the energy sector was trading at a 5% discount and is set to “do well, especially if we get […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Amazon, Apple, Atlassian and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Amazon — The e-commerce giant popped 7% after posting stronger-than-expected earnings and robust cloud and advertising growth. Revenues for its Amazon Web Services grew 19% on a year-over-year basis. Apple — Shares dropped 1.6% even after the technology giant surpassed top-and-bottom line estimates for the recent […]
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Chevron beats earnings expectations, returns more than $7 billion to shareholders
Chevron beat third-quarter earnings and revenue expectations, returning a record amount of cash to shareholders. The company’s shares were up 2.6% in the premarket following the report’s release. The oil major’s quarterly profit, however, declined substantially compared with the year-ago period due to lower margins on refined product sales, lower prices and the absence of […]
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Nasdaq 100 futures rise as investors parse latest tech earnings, await jobs data: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Nasdaq 100 futures advanced Thursday night as traders analyzed major earnings reports in the runup to the all-important jobs report. Futures tied to the tech-focused index added 0.4%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures climbed 141 points, or 0.3%. S&P 500 futures ticked up […]
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Wealth manager for the super-rich names 3 stocks to buy before the year-end
Equity markets rallied this year, as investors remained bullish on Big Tech but also scooped up shares in under-the-radar companies. Ongoing political tensions and macroeconomic uncertainty have nevertheless raised questions over which sectors — and stocks — will outperform during the rest of the year . CNBC Pro touched base with Kevin Teng, CEO of […]
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