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U.S. oil prices Friday afternoon finished firmly higher, after briefly paring gains intraday, as prices bounced around ahead of meeting of major oil producers in Algiers over the weekend. November West Texas crude , on its first full day as a front-month contract, closed the session up 46 cents, or 0.7%, higher at $70.78 a barrel. The settlement marked the highest close for a most-active contract since July 13, according to FactSet data. For the week, the U.S. benchmark contract gained 2.6%, marking its second straight weekly advance. Читать дальше...

The U.S. dollar strengthens in Friday trading but still looks at its worst weekly performance in a month, while the British pound is pushed sharply lower after Prime Minister Theresa May spoke of the possibility of a “no-deal” Brexit.

Toy prices will likely rise as a result of tariffs on Chinese goods.

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Tax cuts from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act were just the “cherry on top” for corporate earnings growth.

Walmart Inc. has sent a letter to U.S. Trade Ambassador Robert Lighthizer warning that proposed tariffs on $200 billion on Chinese goods would hurt consumers and American businesses.

Deputy AG Rosenstein suggested he secretly record Trump, New York Times reports

Home equity is growing quickly — good news for those who have it — while mortgage debt is barely — a sign of not-so-good news for those who want in.

While the Dow Jones Industrial Average spikes to a record this week, with its biggest weekly point gain in 3 1/2 months, Apple Inc.'s stock is the only Dow component that has lost ground. Apple's stock has lost $5.32, or 2.4%, this week, to shave about 36 points off the Dow's price. The dow has run up 577 points this week, the best weekly point performance since it soared 681 points the week ending June 8. The biggest contributors to the Dow's gain this week have been shares of Caterillar Inc. Читать дальше...

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein suggested last year he secretly record President Donald Trump in the White House, the New York Times reported, and also discussed recruiting cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. The Times' report said Rosenstein made these suggestions in the spring of 2017, when Trump's firing of then-FBI Director James Comey put the White House into turmoil.

There are rumors that Coca-Cola may buy Denver’s New Age Beverages.

Bitcoin and major digital currencies surge higher on Friday, putting most digital currencies on course for back-to-back winning weeks.

Gold prices settled firmly lower Friday, but managed to eke out a razor-thin weekly gain, as a burst higher for U.S. stocks and a renewed climb for the U.S. proved too much for bullion to overcome. December gold finished the session off by $10, or 0.8%, at $1,201.30 an ounce, marking its lowest level since last Sept. 14, but it was enough to eke out a gain of less than 0.1%. Friday's fall for gold came as the Dow Jones Industrial Average extended its romp in to record territory after the blue-chip... Читать дальше...

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Duke Energy Corp. warned Friday that flooding at a plant in Wilmington, North Carolina caused by the storm named Florence has caused breaches in the dam holding a cooling lake for a natural gas plant and that coal ash may be flowing into the Cape Fear River. The company has shut down the 625-megawatt natural gas plant as a safety precaution. "The rising river continues to overtop the north end of the cooling lake dam, a surface that is protected by a layer of compacted soil and cement," the company said in a statement. Читать дальше...

Death and taxes — adding insult to injury

U.S. oil prices Friday afternoon trade sharply higher, after briefly paring gains, as prices bounced around ahead of meeting of major oil producers in Algiers over the weekend.

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A top lawyer for President Trump this year sought to help pay legal fees for Paul Manafort and Richard Gates, initially trying to divert money from the White House legal defense fund and later soliciting donors and pledging $25,000 of his own.

The final battle for Sky started at 12 p.m. Friday and will end Saturday, according to the U.K. Takeover Panel.

A new government report shows the outdoor recreation industry accounts for $412 billion in economic activity, about $40 billion more than previously estimated.

Baker Hughes on Friday reported that the number of active U.S. rigs drilling for oil fell by 1 to 866, for the week. Last week, the weekly report showed a gain of 7. The total active U.S. rig count, which includes oil and natural-gas rigs, declined by 2 to 1,053, according to Baker Hughes. November West Texas Intermediate crude was trading $1.04, or 1.5%, higher at $71.26 a barrel.