Oil prices end lower for a second session in a row

Oil prices end lower for a second session in a row

20.04.2017

Their intraday low was $52.10, also the weakest since April 7. The focus on the increases in USA oil output is nice, but if you look at the picture behind a back drop of dwindling product inventories worldwide, you will start to realize that despite USA production increases we are headed for a tighter market.

US aircraft carrier wasn't deployed to North Korea, as Trump claimed

20.04.2017

The announcement that the crew's deployment was being extended means the carrier will return to South Korea just over a month after it was last here to participate in annual, bilateral war games. "The Carl Vinson Strike Group cancelled a previously planned port visit to Australia and is continuing on track for all assigned missions in the Western Pacific", the statement reads.

Yahoo Posts Profit Ahead Of Verizon Takeover

Yahoo Posts Profit Ahead Of Verizon Takeover

20.04.2017

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Ipswich Investment Management Co. In addition, Mavens revenue is $391 million, and represented 40 percent of traffic-driven revenue, in the first quarter of 2017, excluding the impact of the change in revenue presentation .

AkzoNobel Plans to Spin off Specialty Chemicals Unit

AkzoNobel Plans to Spin off Specialty Chemicals Unit

20.04.2017

AkzoNobel announced the plans at a meeting for analysts in London. Quarterly revenue rose 7% to EUR3.67 billion, mainly as a result of higher volumes and acquisitions. Formed in 1994 in a merger between Akzo and Nobel, the Amsterdam group employs 46,000 people in 80 countries. It says it makes a range of products including "chemicals which are essential ingredients in everything from ice cream to asphalt, soup to soap, and plastics to paper".

Shoney's Restaurants, IHG Hotels Hit by Credit Card Breaches

Shoney's Restaurants, IHG Hotels Hit by Credit Card Breaches

20.04.2017

Holiday Inn Express Hotels in Santa Barbara, Lompoc, Atascadero and Solvang were part of a security breach that affected 1,200 InterContinental Hotels Group locations beginning September 29, 2016, the company announced April 14. The company has over 5,000 hotels across 100 counties, with brands such as Holiday Inn , Holiday Inn Resort, Holiday Inn Express , Crowne Plaza , Hotel Indigo , InterContinental, Kimpton, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites.

Bill O'Reilly says historic run at Fox ended over 'unfounded' allegations

20.04.2017

Is it because of his remarks about slaves being "well-fed?" The network's parent company, entertainment giant 21st Century Fox , insisted that Fox News will weather the current storm, noting in a statement the "strength of its talent bench" and expressing "full confidence that the network will continue to be a powerhouse in cable news".

EPA seeks to scuttle cleanup of coal power plant pollution

20.04.2017

Pruitt agreed to visit the Superfund site last month, following requests from Holcomb; U.S. Sen. Residents of the complex and environmental activists protested ahead of his visit. Geertsman explained East Chicago and the state of IN have a poor history with treating the city's drinking water for lead. Crews are replacing underground lead water pipelines.

Turkish President insists constitutional reforms don't make him 'dictator'

20.04.2017

White House press secretary Sean Spicer responded to the result of Turkey's referendum with caution and said he would withhold from commenting until a final report of election observer is complete by next week. "What makes any country a democracy is the security of the ballot boxes", Feyzioglu told Reuters. Relations have further soured since Erdogan accused the German and Dutch governments of acting like Nazis after they banned referendum campaign rallies by Turkish officials.

United CEO says no one will be fired for dragging incident

20.04.2017

Executives with the company said on the call that it was too soon to know if the incident would have an effect on the airline's bottomline. The incident got widespread attention on social media in China, which is a key market for United . I want to support United Airlines in the customer-off situation. Munoz's remarks came as shares of United Continental dropped another 4 percent Tuesday despite the company reporting earnings that exceeded expectations on Monday.

Man dragged from United flight launches legal action

Man dragged from United flight launches legal action

20.04.2017

United's explanation "has been unsatisfactory, and appears to underestimate the public anger about this incident", four senators wrote in letters Tuesday to United CEO Oscar Munoz and Ginger Evans, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Aviation.