Oil ends lower after U.S. crude stockpiles jump, gasoline demand sinks

Oil prices fell on Wednesday after U.S. crude inventories rose last week by the most since 2016, while gasoline demand suffered its biggest weekly drop ever due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Oil posts biggest one-day gains after Trump touts Saudi-Russia oil deal

Crude prices posted their biggest-one day gains on record on Thursday after President Donald Trump said he expects Russia and Saudi Arabia to announce a major oil production cut, and Saudi state media said the kingdom was calling an emergency meeting of producers to deal with the market turmoil.

Wall Street gains on oil surge, but off early highs

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday as hopes for a truce in the price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia and a cut oil output drove gains, helping to offset the shocking jump in Americans filing for jobless claims due to coronavirus-led lockdowns.

As millions lose jobs, Fed policymakers say recession is here

The U.S. recession is here. How long it will last will depend on the course of a viral pandemic that could still kill hundreds of thousands of Americans, and has most of the country under lockdowns aimed at slowing the infection's spread.

Trump touts 'great' Saudi-Russia oil deal to halt price rout, details unclear

U.S President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had brokered a deal with top crude producers Russia and Saudi Arabia to cut output and arrest an oil price rout amid the global coronavirus pandemic, though details of how the cut would work were unclear.

U.S. Air Force recommends paying Boeing up to $924 million: sources

The U.S. Air Force has recommended the release of up to $924 million in payments to Boeing that were held back due to flaws in the KC-46 air refueling tanker, according to a memo seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation.

Coronavirus punishes Warren Buffett's equity holdings

The coronavirus pandemic may have erased around $64 billion of value from Warren Buffett's equity portfolio at Berkshire Hathaway Inc , setting up the conglomerate for one of the largest quarterly losses ever by an American company.

Yield-thirsty investors eye stock dividends as virus fears shrink bond payouts

Battered S&P 500 stocks may get fresh interest from investors turning to dividends in a world of shrinking bond yields.

U.S. financial industry asking SEC to delay broker disclosure rule, citing coronavirus: sources

The financial industry wants the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to hold off on parts of a new rule requiring brokers to disclose potential conflicts of interest, citing disruptions caused by the coronavirus, four people with knowledge of the discussions said.

Dollar gains for second day, shrugs off record U.S. jobless claims

The dollar rose for a second straight day against a basket of currencies on Thursday as investors, worried about the prospect of a global recession, continued to take shelter in the greenback.

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