Published: 4/14/2023 3:12 PM ETCrude oil futures settled modestly higher on Friday, lifted by the International Energy Agency’s forecast that global crude demand will grow to a record 101.9 million barrels […]
Author: Consultant
China expands wartime military draft to include veterans and college students
Beijing this week announced revisions to its conscription policy and said that should China enter a state of war, veterans and educated college students can expect to be on top of the […]
18 oil and gas stocks with healthy dividends and attractive valuations
What are we looking for?My team member, Allan Meyer, recently attended the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) conference hosted in Toronto by Bank of Montreal. He came back impressed. […]
Just about everywhere in Canada, unemployment rates are falling fast
Canada is experiencing a labour boom – and it extends to just about every corner of the country. In March, eight provinces had unemployment rates below 6 per cent, which […]
Citigroup shares rise after first-quarter revenue tops expectations
Personal banking revenue rose 18% year over year, reflecting higher interest rates. Fixed income markets revenue climbed 4% year over year, though that was offset by declines in investment banking […]
JPMorgan Chase posts record revenue on higher interest rates; shares jump 7%
Here’s how the bank did: Adjusted earnings of $4.32 per share vs. $3.41 estimate Revenue of $39.34 billion vs. $36.19 billion estimate The bank also boosted a key piece of […]
U.S. jobless claims rise but remain at historically low levels
U.S. applications for jobless benefits rose to their highest level in more than a year, but remain at relatively low levels despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to cool the […]
What Dominion’s lawsuit could mean for Fox and its cable TV networks
Dominion Voting System’s defamation lawsuit against Fox Corp. and its cable TV networks will go to trial on Monday. Industry analysts and experts watching the case say the biggest consequence […]
Amazon jumps into the generative A.I. race with new cloud service and its own large language models
Amazon Web Services is launching the Bedrock service for generative artificial intelligence in limited preview. Through Bedrock, clients can use language models from Amazon and startups AI21 and Anthropic, as […]