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The American Petroleum Institute late Wednesday reported that crude supplies fell 6.7 million barrels for the week ended July 1, according to sources who reviewed the report. The closely watched Energy Information Administration report is due Thursday at 11 a.m. Eastern time, with data delayed by a day following Monday's Independence Day holiday. Analysts polled by S&P Global Platts forecast a 2.6 million-barrel decline in crude supplies. Following the API data, August crude was at $47.91 a barrel in electronic trading, up from the $47.

Accenture PLC Chief Executive Pierre Nanterme announced Wednesday that he is being treated for colon cancer. Nanterme said in a letter to shareholders and clients of the Irish consulting firm that he has already undergone surgery and moved on to "the next phase" of his treatment. "I have been advised by my doctors that I will be able to stay actively involved in the day-to-day operations of the company throughout this process," he wrote.

Shares of Western Digital Corp. rallied in Wednesday's extended session after the maker of computer disk drives raised its quarterly earnings outlook. The company raised its fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share estimate to about 72 cents versus 65 cents to 70 cents previously and boosted its revenue outlook to $3.46 billion from a range of $3.35 billion to $3.45 billion. Analysts surveyed by FactSet are projecting earnings of 68 cents a share on revenue of $3.41 billion. Western Digital... Читать дальше...

Post-Brexit jitters leave some high-skilled U.K. workers sniffing out opportunity elsewhere. Their main target? The United States.

Bank of England Gov. Mark Carney is widely praised for stepping into the U.K.’s post-Brexit referendum leadership void. But the dapper Canadian can’t do it all by himself.

U.S. stocks logged a solid gain Wednesday and the S&P 500 closed within a hair's breadth of the psychologically significant 2,100 level as Wall Street attempted to shake off worries tied to the U.K.'s vote late last month to exit the European Union, dubbed Brexit. The S&P 500 index rose 11 points, or 0.5%, to finish at 2,099, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 77 points, or 0.4%, to 17,918, supported by a 1.2% rise in health-care shares. Meanwhile, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite... Читать дальше...

U.S. stocks finish higher as health-care sector leads gains

Analysts worry that Netflix is being hit at home and overseas, with Brexit a new concern.

Analysts worry that Netflix is being hit at home and overseas, with Brexit a new concern.

Analysts worry that Netflix is being hit at home and overseas, with Brexit a new concern.

Thirteen companies transferred from the NYSE to the Nasdaq in the first half of the year.

Thirteen companies transferred from the NYSE to the Nasdaq in the first half of the year.

A Pacific Crest analyst slashed his price target for Tesla’s stock, as evidence of strong demand for the new lower-priced cars means lower profit for the electric car maker.

A Pacific Crest analyst slashed his price target for Tesla’s stock, as evidence of strong demand for the new lower-priced cars means lower profit for the electric car maker.

The U.S. market for packaged desserts is growing.

Bill Gross has a fairly simple explanation for benchmark government-bond yields falling to record lows: weak bank lending.

Bill Gross has a fairly simple explanation for benchmark government-bond yields falling to record lows: weak bank lending.

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett just made their first ever virtual reality video together of them romping around the 2016 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting.

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett just made their first ever virtual reality video together of them romping around the 2016 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting.

Sens. Bob Corker and Joni Ernst took themselves out of consideration to be Donald Trump’s running mate on Wednesday.

Hostess Brands LLC will become a public company after Gores Holdings Inc. completes its acquisition of the company.

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If the U.S. economy takes a turn for the worse, the Federal Reserve won’t have any ammunition left in its arsenal to combat a full blown recession, said Byron Wien, vice chairman of Blackstone Group’s multiasset investment group

Fed officials generally thought in June that they would raise interest rates again but gave no sense of the timing of any action.

BlackBerry Ltd. will discontinue its Classic smartphone, the last of its models that feature the classic keyboard and track pad used on its original models. The announcement comes just a year and a half after the company first unveiled the Classic phone category, which was released in 2014 in an attempt to lure back customers who enjoyed the traditional keyboard. The decision to discontinue the phone comes amid fierce competition in the mobile hardware market from Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc. Читать дальше...