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April 7, 2020

First, there was the Diamond Princess, stranded off the coast of Japan as the coronavirus infected hundreds of passengers. Then the Westerdam, circling in the sea for days with nowhere to dock. Then the Grand Princess, the Costa Luminosa and […]

April 7, 2020

A few years ago, the kind of double-digit drop in oil and gas prices the world is experiencing now because of the coronavirus pandemic might have increased the use of fossil fuels and hurt renewable energy sources like wind and […]

April 2, 2020

Energy stocks propelled the broader stock market higher Thursday, driven by a surge in crude prices on hopes that Saudi Arabia and Russia could step back from their price war. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 300 points, a day […]

April 1, 2020

Gold futures were attempting to regain some traction higher on Wednesday to start the new month and quarter, amid expectations of increasingly poor economic data due to the COVID-19 pandemic which has helped to partly support gold buying or at […]

March 31, 2020

Huawei Technologies rotating Chairman Eric Xu said that 2020 will be the most difficult and challenging year for the company despite reporting a 19.1% increase in revenues and a 5.6% in net profit in 2019. In a virtual press conference […]

March 30, 2020

Sheltering in place, shutting down large parts of the economy and skyrocketing job losses due to coronavirus are bad for America’s health, the economy and for corporate profits. So be prepared for unsettling news when companies start reporting how much […]

March 30, 2020

Strategists at JPMorgan Chase & Co. have concluded that most risk assets — a universe that typically includes stocks and credit — have seen their low points for the recession that’s gripped economies around the world. Conditions that JPMorgan had […]

March 25, 2020

U.S. Treasury yields edged up in choppy trading on early Wednesday as investors struggled to balance news of a $2 trillion fiscal stimulus package agreement against broader worries about the ongoing infection rate and death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

March 25, 2020

Americans stocking up on essentials as they hunker down during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak have sent sales at Target way up so far in March, even as the crisis creates various new challenges for the discount retailer. Target, considered an […]

March 24, 2020

Gold prices were on track to surge by the most in more than a decade as the precious metal extended its rally to start the week, following the closure of gold mining operations and moves by the Federal Reserve to […]