Oil prices spiked to their highest levels since 2008 on Tuesday after the U.S. announced it would ban imports of Russian oil. “Today I’m announcing the United States is targeting the main artery of Ru...
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Apple’s Next Event Arrives With the Stock Market in a Fragile Place
Text size Apple’s ‘Peek Performance’ event Tuesday will be closely watched by investors. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images Apple ’s product launches are always closely watched affa...
Occidental Petroleum Stock Spikes. 3 Reasons for the Jump.
Text size Shares of Occidental Petroleum are up nearly 90% over the past 12 months. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Occidental Petroleum stock was rising sharply Monday. There are three reasons for the mov...
Occidental Petroleum Stock Spikes. Here Are the Reasons Why.
Text size Spencer Platt/Getty Images Occidental Petroleum stock was rising sharply Monday. There are three reasons why. First, oil prices were surging Monday on supply fears as the U.S. and its allies...
Oasis Petroleum and Whiting Are Close to Merging: Report
Text size David McNew/Getty Images Oasis Petroleum and Whiting Petroleum could announce an all-stock merger early this week, The Wall Street Journal reported. A combination of the rival North Dakota s...
‘I think we’re going to see some spectacular returns,’ says ARK’s Cathie Wood
“Given our expectations for growth in these new technologies, I think we’re going to see some spectacular returns.” That was the chief executive officer of ARK Invest, Cathie Wood, who gave an optimis...
Oasis, Whiting Near All-Stock Merger
Oasis Petroleum Inc. and Whiting Petroleum Corp. are close to a deal to merge, according to people familiar with the matter. The all-stock tie-up between the rival North Dakota shale drillers could be...
Chewy Co-Founder Ryan Cohen Takes Large Stake in Bed Bath & Beyond, Pushes for Changes
Ryan Cohen, the billionaire co-founder of online pet-products retailer Chewy Inc., CHWY 2.91% has a big stake in Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY -3.40% and is pushing the housewares retailer to stream...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Has $5 Billion Stake in Occidental Petroleum
Text size Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway owns a 9.8% stake in Occidental Petroleum worth $5.1 billion after furious buying activity in s...
Grab Stock Rebounds From Slump After Losses Widened
Text size A Grab Food delivery rider. Lauryn Ishak/Bloomberg Shares of Grab Holdings rebounded Friday following a slump after the Singapore-based ride-sharing and food delivery company reported a wide...
At Ford, the Chip Shortage Isn’t Getting Any Better. There Are More Output Cuts.
Text size The Ford company logo is displayed on a sign outside of the Chicago Assembly Plant on February 03, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson/Getty Images The semiconductor shortage that is cons...
Broadcom Earnings Are Good News for Nvidia Stock. Here’s Why.
Broadcom chip G0d4ather/Dreamstime.com Text size Broadcom stock is jumping after the company reported stronger-than-expected earnings—and that could be good news for shares of Nvidia and other chip co...
Buy Foot Locker Stock. It’s Gotten Hit Hard Enough.
Foot Locker shares have declined but that may be good news for bargain hunters. James Bugg/Bloomberg Text size Here’s a Hail Mary play: Buy Foot Locker after the stock’s recent post-earnings swoon. Fo...
Cloud Stocks Have Become a Haven in Tech. 4 Stocks to Buy.
As the world emerges from the pandemic, tech companies have been put in a tough spot. They’re under pressure to sustain pandemic-era boosts, and many of them have struggled to meet the challenge, incl...
‘We need to increase oil & gas output immediately,’ Elon Musk says as Ukraine crisis jolts U.S. crude to 2008 high
Elon Musk voiced an unusual stance for an electric-vehicle executive on Friday. Tesla Inc.’s TSLA, -0.12% chief executive said the U.S. needs to immediately increase production of oil and gas in a twe...
Chelsea Clinton Buys Large Block of Clover Health Stock
Text size Chelsea Clinton, a director at Clover Health, bought $252,530 of the embattled shares. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Clover Health Investments stock has tumbled this year. Director Chelse...
Intel Is Still Struggling. Here’s Another Way to Play Chips.
Text size Intel stock was downgraded by Morgan Stanley. Courtesy Intel Corporation Shares of Intel and GlobalFoundries went in opposite directions Thursday after analysts at Morgan Stanley downgraded ...
Carl Icahn Slashes Stake in Occidental Petroleum
Text size These disclosures are from 13Ds filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 13Ds are filed within 10 days of an entity’s attaining more than 5% in any class of a company’s securities....
Opinion: Businesses subject job candidates to so many indignities — and then they wonder why they can’t find people?
Business leaders in organizations large and small are facing a common challenge: they can’t find enough workers to fill all their open positions. According to September Labor Department statistics, it...
Opinion: I’m raising cash and getting defensive as the stock market works through its excesses
This war is shameful and crazy. All wars are. And there’s no telling what President Putin is going to do next. What I do know is that the globalized world economy is not going back to what it was. The...