(Reuters) – Weak refining margins dinged first-quarter results for Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp , though Chevron’s oil production outshone its larger rival, which has struggled to turn operations around after recent missteps.
(Reuters) – The tech-heavy Nasdaq opened 1 percent higher on Friday after stellar results from Amazon, Microsoft and Intel, while a 3 percent drop in Exxon weighed on the Dow and S&P.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Companies from Brazilian state oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA to commodities giant Louis Dreyfus Company and German car giant Volkswagen AG could face hefty bills after Brazil’s Supreme Court this month allowed local governments to charge property taxes to operators of public concessions.
(Reuters) – U.S. oil refiner Phillips 66 posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday, helped by a 28 percent rise in net income from its chemicals unit.
(Reuters) – Twenty-First Century Fox Inc said on Friday, Jeffrey Ubben has stepped down from the company’s board at a time when the media company is in the process of completing a deal with Walt Disney Co .
(Reuters) – Nasdaq futures surged on Friday after stellar results from Amazon, Microsoft and Intel, and other equity index futures pared losses after data showed the economy slowed in the first quarter, but not as much as feared.
HOUSTON (Reuters) – U.S. oil producer Chevron Corp posted a better-than-expected first-quarter profit on Friday thanks to rising crude prices and production.
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WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. economy slowed in the first quarter as consumer spending grew at its weakest pace in nearly five years, but the setback is likely temporary against the backdrop of a tightening labor market and large fiscal stimulus.
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HOUSTON (Reuters) – U.S. oil producer Chevron Corp said on Friday its first-quarter profit jumped 36 percent thanks to rising crude prices and production.
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s 20 percent hike in the cost of Prime membership should deliver more than $1 billion in extra revenue this year and cover any “rational” hike in United States Postal Service delivery fees, Wall Street analysts said on Friday.
(Reuters) – Colgate-Palmolive Co’s said on Friday first-quarter sales were below its expectations as demand in emerging markets including Latin America was muted, sending its shares down nearly 4 percent in premarket trading.
(Reuters) – Canada’s oil producer and refiner Imperial Oil Ltd reported a 55 percent rise in quarterly profit, as strength in its refining and chemicals businesses offset discounted Canadian crude prices.
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