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- From cnbc.com|27 hr ago|2 comments
A former Societe Generale trader who was fired for unauthorized risky bets has lambasted the French bank for making him a “scapegoat” and failing to take its share of responsibility for missing the trades. Kavish Kataria, who was dismissed from the bank’s Delta One desk last year, said the profits and losses on his trades were reported on a daily basis to ...
- From worldoil.com|37 hr ago
On Wednesday, March 27, 2024, jury deliberations took only two hours after a week-long trial to find that both SLB Monoline™ fracturing fluid delivery technology patents (US Patents 9,932,800 and 10,385,645), as asserted, were valid and that Nitro Fluids LLC had willfully infringed both of the patents to award SLB (Cameron International Corporation, a ...
- From tradeciety.com|Apr 29, 2024|1 comment
The past century has been a wild ride for investors. This article explores ten of the most dramatic plunges the stock market has witnessed, from the tech-fueled Dot-com bubble burst to the global economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each crash offers a unique story, exposing vulnerabilities in the system and highlighting the interconnectedness of ...
- From prnewswire.com|26 hr ago|9 comments
Economic activity in the services sector contracted in April for the first time since December 2022, ending a period of 15 consecutive months of growth, say the nation's purchasing and supply executives in the latest Services ISM® Report On Business®. The Services PMI® registered 49.4 percent; it indicated sector expansion in 45 of the previous 47 months. The report was issued today by Anthony Nieves, CPSM, C.P.M., A.P.P., CFPM, Chair of the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) Services Business Survey Committee: "In April, the Services PMI® registered 49.4 percent, 2 percentage points lower than March's reading of 51.4 percent. The composite index indicated contraction in April after 15 consecutive months of growth since a reading of 49 percent in December 2022, the first contraction since May 2020 (45.4 percent). The Business Activity Index registered 50.9 percent in April, which is 6.5 percentage points lower than the 57.4 percent recorded in March. The New Orders Index ex post: US ISM Services Index Apr: 49.4 (est 52.0; prev 51.4) - Prices Paid: 59.2 (est 55.0; prev 53.4) - Employment: 49.5 (est 49.0; prev 48.5) - New Orders: 52.2 (est 54.5; prev 54.4)
- From forex.com|25 hr ago
Since peaking in mid-April, crude oil prices have slumped nearly 10% in the spaces of just a few weeks. The sharp drop reflects in part the removal of war risk premium that was slowly priced in as the tensions in the Middle East intensified with Iran and Israel attacking each other directly. But as tensions have eased and hopes for a ceasefire between ...
- From cnbc.com|27 hr ago|2 comments
A former Societe Generale trader who was fired for unauthorized risky bets has lambasted the French bank for making him a “scapegoat” and failing to take its share of responsibility for missing the trades. Kavish Kataria, who was dismissed from the bank’s Delta One desk last year, said the profits and losses on his trades were reported on a daily basis to ...
- From oilprice.com|9 hr ago
OPEC convened a workshop today to address oil overproduction issues and devise comprehensive compensation plans to make up for previous overages, according to an official OPEC ...
- From dw.com|9 hr ago
German firefighters battled on Friday to control a fire that broke out at a metal technology factory in the southwest of the capital, Berlin. Dark smoke rose from the complex, ...
- From fxempire.com|21 hr ago
Natural Gas: chart Natural gas rebounds as short sellers rush out of their positions. Several attempts to settle below the $2.00 level yielded no results, and some traders are ready to bet that the market has bottomed out. A move above the 50 MA at $2.20 will push natural gas towards the nearest significant resistance level, which is located in the $2.45 ...
- From forex.com|25 hr ago
Since peaking in mid-April, crude oil prices have slumped nearly 10% in the spaces of just a few weeks. The sharp drop reflects in part the removal of war risk premium that was slowly priced in as the tensions in the Middle East intensified with Iran and Israel attacking each other directly. But as tensions have eased and hopes for a ceasefire between ...
- From cmegroup.com|43 hr ago
CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its April 2024 market statistics set a new average daily volume (ADV) record of 26.5 million contracts for the month, up 33% from April 2023, with double-digit growth across all asset classes. Additionally, interest rate, equity index, foreign exchange and options products set new April ...