Energy News
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The former president of a Texas energy company was sentenced today to six years and six months in prison for his role in an illegal kickback scheme and a commodities insider trading scheme involving natural gas futures contracts. According to court documents, Matthew Clark, 56, of Needville, Texas, conspired with others to direct his employer’s trades to ...
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A former IRS employee was charged in Utah federal court for allegedly trying to steal $2.1 million in tax credits owed to Exxon Mobil by diverting the funds using a taxpayer database he had access to. Prosecutors said Wednesday that former IRS account management worker Rodney Quinn Rupe received a U.S. Treasury check for $2,100,377 in January after ...
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A lot has happened to the economy since COVID struck, and reading the economic tea leaves has become more difficult. Many of the gains for many Australians in 2020 and 2021 were artificial and didn’t last. The COVID Supplement temporarily doubled JobSeeker, for example. JobKeeper paid workers what their employers could not. As these measures have been ...
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Further reductions of European Central Bank borrowing costs may risk a stronger impact on the euro exchange rate and inflation, according to Governing Council member Robert Holzmann. “If the original assumption of three rate cuts were to materialize, and the Federal Reserve didn’t respond, it would certainly have an impact on the exchange rate, and with it ...
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Main scenario: consider short positions from corrections below the level of 80.85 with a target of 63.77 – 55.00. Alternative scenario: breakout and consolidation above the level of 80.85 will allow the asset to continue rising to the levels of 87.80 – 94.00. Analysis: supposedly, a downward correction continues developing as second wave of larger degree ...
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The former president of a Texas energy company was sentenced today to six years and six months in prison for his role in an illegal kickback scheme and a commodities insider trading scheme involving natural gas futures contracts. According to court documents, Matthew Clark, 56, of Needville, Texas, conspired with others to direct his employer’s trades to ...
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Friday’s eye-popping jobs number is likely to energize a debate already dividing Federal Reserve officials over whether their policy setting is slowing the economy as much as they ...
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Jeremy Siegel, Wharton professor emeritus of finance, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk the May jobs report, the state of the U.S. economy and more.
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Germany won the European Union's informal approval to pay billions of euros to gas powered plants to be able to stabilise the grid when unsteady renewable energy supplies fall ...
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Further reductions of European Central Bank borrowing costs may risk a stronger impact on the euro exchange rate and inflation, according to Governing Council member Robert ...
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Main scenario: consider short positions from corrections below the level of 80.85 with a target of 63.77 – 55.00. Alternative scenario: breakout and consolidation above the level of 80.85 will allow the asset to continue rising to the levels of 87.80 – 94.00. Analysis: supposedly, a downward correction continues developing as second wave of larger degree ...
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Natural gas broke above the neckline of its inverted head and shoulders pattern to confirm that a reversal from the selloff is in order. Technical indicators also appear to be hinting at a return in upside pressure as well. The 100 SMA crossed above the 200 SMA to indicate that the path of least resistance is to the upside or that the climb is likely to ...
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Singapore-based oil and commodities trading powerhouse Trafigura Group has posted the smallest profit since the 2020 oil crisis as volatility in energy markets hit new lows. Trafigura’s net profit dropped to $1.47 billion in the six months through March, good for a 73% decline from a record $5.5 billion posted a year earlier. The company’s revenue fell 5.4% ...