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General view of the Towers and oil platforms of the State oil Company of Venezuela, Venezuelan oil Company SA. Jose Bula Urrutia | Future Publishing | Getty Images Oil prices didn’t react sharply on Monday after Hezbollah confirmed that its leader was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut.

The Palisades Nuclear Generating Station in Covert, Mich. John Madill | The Herald-Palladium | AP The Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan has closed a $1.5 billion loan to support the first reactor restart in U.S. history, the Department of Energy announced Monday. Palisades’ owner, Holtec International, hopes to restart the plant in the fourth quarter

Dilara Irem Sancar | Anadolu | Getty Images The OPEC+ alliance is once more cracking down on group compliance with oil output cuts, as it presses ahead with a three-pronged plan of formal and voluntary production trims.  Two OPEC+ delegates, who could only comment anonymously because of the sensitivity of the talks, told CNBC that

Caroline Ellison, the star witness in the prosecution of her former boyfriend, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, was sentenced Tuesday in New York federal court to two years in prison and ordered to forfeit $11 billion for her role in the massive fraud and conspiracy that doomed the cryptocurrency exchange once valued at $32 billion. The prison

In this article @LCO.1 @CL.1 Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT U.S. crude oil fell Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s pivotal decision on interest rates later this afternoon. “In theory a rate cut is supportive for oil prices but we’ve seen prices rallying in recent days, likely pricing this in already, hence the response

The RN-Tuapsinsky refinery operated by Rosneft Oil Co. in Tuapse, Russia. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — As the world’s oil traders and analysts gathered at the annual Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference in Singapore last week, the slump in oil and where it was headed was foremost in everybody’s mind. China, the

Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss (L-R), creators of crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co., on stage at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a cryptocurrency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood in Miami, Florida, on June 4, 2021. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are the biggest individual crypto donors this election

A bitcoin sign is seen in the main hall during the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center July 26, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. Jon Cherry | Getty Images It was a week of extremes for bitcoin enthusiasts. On the plus side, the cryptocurrency rose 12% in the past seven days and the network hash

In this article IXC TAN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris listens to former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speak during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024.  Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images

Grace Cary | Moment | Getty Images Inflation continued to throttle back in August, signaling that the fast-rising prices that plagued the U.S. economy for the better part of the three years during the pandemic era are increasingly shifting into the rearview mirror. Overall inflationary pressures are “dissipating,” said Sarah House, senior economist at Wells

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Wednesday’s key moments. 1. The S & P 500 erased much of its earlier losses Wednesday as September continued to live up to its reputation as a volatile month. The in-line August consumer

In this article ORCL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A view of Oracle’s headquarters in Redwood Shores, California, on Sept. 11, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Oracle chairman and co-founder Larry Ellison had a “bizarre” announcement to make this week. The electricity demand from artificial intelligence is becoming so “crazy” that Oracle is

SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 06: In this photo illustration, the Coinbase logo is displayed on a screen on June 06, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. The Securities And Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase for allegedly violating securities laws by acting as an exchange, a broker and a clearing agency

Crude oil futures were on pace for a deep weekly loss, as the OPEC+ decision to postpone a production hike failed to ease worries that supply would outstrip demand. The Brent global benchmark has fallen 7.2% and is on pace for its worst week since October 2023. The U.S. benchmark is down 5.4% for its

CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds had their worst day in over four months on Tuesday as investors pulled some of their money alongside a broader market selloff. More than $287 million was withdrawn from the 11 U.S.-listed ETFs, the biggest day for outflows since May 1, according to Farside

Oil pumpjacks operate as the Lake Fire burns in Los Padres National Forest with evacuation warnings in the area on July 6, 2024 near Los Olivos, California.  Mario Tama | Getty Images Oil prices extended declines during Asia trading hours, after a report that Libya’s oil production was set to be restored pressured prices overnight.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is pumping the Trump Organization’s new crypto platform, which has just been rebranded from “The DeFiant Ones,” to “World Liberty Financial.” In a post to his 90 million followers on X, the former president shared a video of himself with voiceover: “This afternoon, I’m laying out my plan to ensure

Workers inspect the Repository in ONKALO, a deep geological disposal underground facility, designed to safely store nuclear waste, on May 2, 2023, on the island of Eurajoki, western Finland. Jonathan Nackstrand | Afp | Getty Images Finland is on the cusp of burying spent nuclear fuel in the world’s first geological tomb, where it will

This photo taken from a position in northern Israel shows a Hezbollah UAV intercepted by Israeli air forces over north Israel on August 25, 2024. The Israeli military announced early August 25, 2024 that it was conducting pre-emptive strikes in Lebanon after detecting preparations for “large-scale” attacks by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. Hezbollah said

Crude oil futures gained nearly 3% on Monday amid reports of a production halt in Libya and after Israel and Hezbollah traded a barrage of strikes across the Lebanon border. Libya’s eastern government in Benghazi said Monday that oil production and exports in the North African country would shut down, amid a dispute with the