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A meeting between oil producer group OPEC and its partners, which was aiming to broker a deal on crude output after the group unexpectedly failed to reach an agreement last week, has been called off. The energy alliance, often referred.

Asia-Pacific stocks were mixed in Friday trade as investors look ahead to a closely-watched U.S. jobs report set to be released later. Mainland Chinese stocks were among the biggest losers regionally as the Shanghai composite fell around 1.6% while the.

Legendary investor Warren Buffett said the economic consequences of the pandemic are falling disproportionately on small businesses and the unpredictability of Covid-19 is far from over. “The economic impact has been this extremely uneven thing where … many hundreds of.

The great lumber bubble of 2021 has popped. After a jaw-dropping rally this spring, lumber prices have come back down to earth as supply increased, speculative trading action cooled and homebuilding demand eased. Lumber futures have tanked 42% in June.

The coronavirus delta variant first discovered in India has now spread around the world, prompting further waves of infections in countries like the U.K. Now, there are increasing signs that mainland Europe is seeing a sharp rise in cases too..

The end of one of the best first halves since 1998 for U.S. stocks is being marked by small moves and slow trading. Despite strong labor and housing data, concern about high valuations and the spread of a more contagious.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that he had received the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, as the Kremlin struggles to convince a skeptical public about the benefits of inoculation. “I thought that I needed to be protected as long as.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 provisionally closed down by 0.8% on Wednesday, with autos shares sinking 1.9% to lead the losses. The benchmark was still up over 13% year-to-date, however. European investors reacted to a host of economic data on Wednesday..

Elon Musk on Tuesday said SpaceX’s satellite internet network Starlink “recently” passed near 70,000 active users and expects fast-paced growth in the year ahead. “We are on our way to having a few hundred thousand users, possibly over 500,000 users.

U.S. consumer confidence jumped to its highest level in nearly 1-1/2 years in June as growing labor market optimism amid a reopening economy offset concerns about higher inflation. The survey from the Conference Board on Tuesday also showed a healthy.

European Central Bank member Jens Weidmann has said the massive coronavirus stimulus program should be scaled back “step-by-step,” but others are worried about a premature lifting of the measures. It is the big question on the ECB’s table: when to.

The S&P 500 notched another record high on Tuesday amid bullish economic data, but overall gains for the stock market were muted as Wall Street continued its recent period of low volatility. The broad market index ticked up about 0.1%.