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BP Won’t Cut Jobs Amid $2.5 Billion Cost-Reduction Plan

BP PLC (BP) will not cut jobs in the next three months even as the oil magnate is planning to implement a $2.5 billion cost-reduction plan by 2021 to combat the crude price plunge fueled by the coronavirus pandemic.“This may be the most brutal environment for oil and gas businesses in decades, but I am confident that we will come through it,” BP Chief Executive Officer Bernard Looney, said in a statement. “We also entered this environment in great shape with good operating momentum and financial discipline, strong liquidity and extensive optionality in our portfolio. We remain committed to growing …read more […]

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Morgan Stanley: 2 Stocks to Buy (and 1 to Stay Away From)

The most recent quarter marked the worst first quarter on record for both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones. For investors in search of a bright spot, investing firm Morgan Stanley sees plenty of compelling opportunities being presented as a result of the market’s COVID-19-driven sell-off. Morgan Stanley’s chief U.S. equity strategist Mike Wilson stated, “We like these prices a lot.” He added, “We’ve been scaling back into stocks over the last two, three or four weeks…We think this is probably the best risk-reward we’ve seen for investors in two years.”Heeding Wilson’s advice, we used TipRanks’ database to take …read more […]

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U.S. private payrolls post first decline since 2017

U.S. private payrolls dropped in March for the first time since 2017, likely as businesses shut down in compliance with strict measures by authorities to contain the coronavirus pandemic, supporting economists’ views that the longest employment boom in history ended last month.

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