U.S. stock index futures fell on Friday as trade tensions resurfaced after China rebuked President Donald Trump’s decision to ratify a bill backing protesters in Hong Kong.
(Bloomberg) — BGC Partners Inc. was concerned that a mole within its ranks was leaking information to a rival.So it concocted a plan to spy on two of its brokers by placing pinhole cameras in the ceiling above their trading desks. Then, to confirm the identity of the recipient of the secret data — one of two possible brothers — it had photos taken by “surveillance agents” of a manager outside a pub.The lengths that BGC went to curtail the leaks was laid bare this week in a London court, where the world’s second-biggest interdealer broker is suing the U.K. …read more […]
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Saudi Aramco sold 1,481,613,280 shares worth 47.4 billion Saudi riyals ($12.64 billion) to retail investors, while institutional orders amounted to 118.86 billion riyals in the first 12 days of the book-building period, lead manager Samba Capital said.
World shares slipped on Friday as a leading index strained for a record high, with investor nerves from Asia to Europe gnawing away over how or when the United States and China can agree a truce in their damaging trade war.
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Activists staged protests against online retailer Amazon around France on Friday and tried to blockade a shopping mall in Paris, denouncing the rampant consumerism of the U.S. Black Friday shopping frenzy that has spread to European shores.
(Bloomberg) — For the last year, Saudi Arabia has largely turned a blind eye to cheaters within the OPEC+ alliance, cutting its own output more than agreed to offset over-production from the likes of Iraq and even Russia. Now, Riyadh’s had enough.Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, who took over from Khalid Al-Falih in September, will likely use his first OPEC meeting as Saudi oil minister next week to signal OPEC’s dominant producer is no longer willing to compensate for other members’ non-compliance, according to people familiar with the kingdom’s thinking. OPEC meets in Vienna on Dec. 5, followed by the larger …read more […]
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U.S. consumers splurged more than $2 billion online in the first hours of Thanksgiving shopping on Thursday, while crowds were largely thin at retailers on the eve of Black Friday, reflecting the broader trend away from shopping at brick-and-mortar stores.
Daimler on Friday announced thousands of job cuts across the globe by the end of 2022 after reaching an agreement on its plans with labor unions.
Oil prices will remain subdued in 2020 as growth concerns weigh on demand and fuel a glut of crude, a Reuters poll showed on Friday ahead of production-policy talks among OPEC and its allies next week.
U.S. consumers splurged more than $2 billion online in the first hours of Thanksgiving shopping on Thursday, while crowds were largely thin at retailers on the eve of Black Friday, reflecting the broader trend away from shopping at brick-and-mortar stores. Early discounts offered this month by chains seeking to extend this year’s shorter holiday season saw a dip in the numbers lining up at stores across the country, according to consultants and analysts making spot checks on the ground. “We’ve seen many merchants start their promotions pretty much right after the trick-or-treaters have gone to bed,” said Lauren …read more […]
Oil prices dipped on Friday in muted activity because of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday while OPEC watchers expect an extension to a pact to throttle oil output but no deeper cuts to be agreed by the producer group and its allies next week.
(Bloomberg) — Oil is heading for a fourth weekly gain, the longest winning streak since April, before a key OPEC+ meeting next week that will set the path for future production cuts.Futures were steady near $58 a barrel in New York as the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday reduced trading volumes. Saudi Arabia is likely to signal at the Vienna gathering that it’s no longer willing to compensate for the non-compliance of other members, according to people familiar with the kingdom’s thinking. OPEC and its allies are expected to extend the current supply pact, rather than deepen reductions, according to a Bloomberg …read more […]
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