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Crude Oil Prices Rebound on Suez Concerns By Investing.com

Crude Oil Prices Rebound on Suez Concerns By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com — Crude oil prices rose sharply again on Friday as the market moved to price in a steep rise in uncertainty over global supplies due to the ongoing blockage…

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Robinhood app makes Wall Street feel like a game to win – instead of a place where you can lose your life savings in a New York minute

Robinhood app makes Wall Street feel like a game to win – instead of a place where you can lose your life savings in a New York minute

Wall Street has long been likened to a casino. Robinhood, an investment app that just filed plans for an initial public offering, makes the comparison more apt than ever. That’s because the power of the…

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what the ship wedged in the Suez Canal means for global trade

what the ship wedged in the Suez Canal means for global trade

In the early hours of March 23, the container ship Ever Given was blown off course by high winds on its way through the Suez Canal. At 400 metres long, the Ever Given is longer…

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Oil prices rebound on fears Suez Canal blockage may last weeks By Reuters

Oil prices rebound on fears Suez Canal blockage may last weeks By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Container ship runs aground in Suez Canal, blocks traffic 2/2 (Corrects to show WTI price change in paragraph 4 is up 49 cents not down) By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters)…

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Why corporate climate pledges of ‘net-zero’ emissions should trigger a healthy dose of skepticism

Why corporate climate pledges of ‘net-zero’ emissions should trigger a healthy dose of skepticism

Hundreds of companies, including major emitters like United Airlines, BP and Shell, have pledged to reduce their impact on climate change and reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. These plans sound ambitious, but what does…

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US museums hold the remains of thousands of Black people

US museums hold the remains of thousands of Black people

Among the human remains in Harvard University’s museum collections are those of 15 people who were probably enslaved African American people. Earlier this year, the school announced a new committee that will conduct a comprehensive…

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Oil Goes Yo-Yo, Falling 5% on Volatility Spike, Despite Suez Jam By Investing.com

Oil Goes Yo-Yo, Falling 5% on Volatility Spike, Despite Suez Jam By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan  Investing.com — The volatility in oil isn’t going away despite the risk to the global crude trade from the tanker jam on the Suez Canal. Crude prices slumped again Thursday,…

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Why companies’ ‘net-zero’ emissions pledges should trigger a healthy dose of skepticism

Why companies’ ‘net-zero’ emissions pledges should trigger a healthy dose of skepticism

Hundreds of companies, including major emitters like United Airlines, BP and Shell, have pledged to reduce their impact on climate change and reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. These plans sound ambitious, but what does…

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Low tide slows work to clear Suez ship blockage; traffic jam builds By Reuters

Low tide slows work to clear Suez ship blockage; traffic jam builds By Reuters

3/3 © Reuters. Container ship runs aground in Suez Canal, blocks traffic 2/3 SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Low tide overnight has slowed efforts to dislodge a 400-metre long, 224,000-tonne container vessel that has choked traffic in…

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why the old mogul may have one final act in him yet

why the old mogul may have one final act in him yet

To understand why Rupert Murdoch, who is 90 years old on March 11, is still in charge of a global media empire and hungry to keep expanding, it may be instructive to look at the…

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