Venezuela is in early-stage talks with the European Union on a $1.5 billion plan to capture its methane emissions and export them to the bloc as natural gas with the help of Eni SpA and Repsol SA.
US bank stocks were on a tear this week after a deluge of better-than-feared earnings reports lured investors back to the downtrodden shares.
The greenback is set for its biggest weekly gain in nearly five months as bullish traders offered respite for a currency that has been battered so far in July.
Heat-related illnesses have spiked as the US bakes in a record-hot summer, forcing some hospitals to call in more staff to treat a surge in patients.
It made sense at the time. Jerome Powell was waging war on inflation. The bond market was flashing dire warnings. Practically everyone saw a recession coming.
President Joe Biden announced he would make CIA Director Bill Burns a member of his Cabinet, crediting the spy agency’s work surrounding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and amid rising tensions with China.
Spotify Technology SA is planning a $1-a-month increase in the price of its premium subscription, the ad-free version of its music and podcast streaming service.
As buzz builds into the premieres of Barbie and Oppenheimer, some on Wall Street are doubting whether the films will be enough to power further gains in movie-theater stocks as a strike by Hollywood writers and actors clouds the outlook for the industry.
Trafigura Group hired Alexandre de Latour, who previously worked at rival commodity merchant Mercuria Energy Group Ltd., to focus on US power deals.
Technology stocks continued a selloff on Friday as investors looked to earnings in the week ahead after a disappointing batch of results earlier this week.
