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Stock buybacks by private-equity companies and a menu change by Burger King were among topics covered by MarketWatch this week.

Stock buybacks by private-equity companies and a menu change by Burger King were among topics covered by MarketWatch this week.

Stock buybacks by private-equity companies and a menu change by Burger King were among topics covered by MarketWatch this week.

Go long on cash, gold, and volatility and avoid risky assets at all cost until China, commodities, credit and consumer spending improve, a strategist said Friday.

Go long on cash, gold, and volatility and avoid risky assets at all cost until China, commodities, credit and consumer spending improve, a strategist said Friday.

Dow and S&P set sights on February's biggest one-day gains

Oil posts biggest one-day gain in seven years

Zika vaccine is at least a year and a half away: WHO

Though the development is speedy by vaccine development standards, the Zika vaccine is still years away.

SunEdison stock falls to its lowest in 14 years as concerns about the company and its legal woes mount.

SunEdison stock falls to its lowest in 14 years as concerns about the company and its legal woes mount.

SunEdison stock falls to its lowest in 14 years as concerns about the company and its legal woes mount.

Oil futures rallied Friday, buoyed in part by comments from the United Arab Emirates' energy minister who said that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is willing to cooperate on possible production cuts. Prices, however, still posted a loss for the week on the back of the ongoing global crude surplus. March West Texas Intermediate crude jumped $3.23, or 12.3%, to $29.44 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That was the largest one-day percentage gain since January 2009, according to FactSet data. Читать дальше...

Crude oil closes 12% higher Friday

Google’s Matt Brittin faces off against a U.K. member of parliament over his salary.

Google’s Matt Brittin faces off against a U.K. member of parliament over his salary.

‘Tough cookie’ John Bolton is one possibility for the post of secretary of state in a Donald Trump administration, as are another George W. Bush-era diplomat and someone from within Trump’s company, analysts said.

Gold futures settled lower on Friday, pulling back after rallying to a one-year high a day earlier. For the week, however, prices for the metal jumped about 7.1% to score their best percentage gain since the week ended Dec. 12, 2008 as a rout in global equities helped to buoy investment interest in gold. April gold settled at $1,239.40 an ounce, down $8.40, or 0.7%, for the session.

Investors have pulled $41 billion out of equity funds over six weeks amid a global stock-market rout fueled by tumbling oil prices and worries about economic slowdown.

At Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger became a surprise subject of contention.

A Russian billionaire’s investment company, LetterOne, said it invested $200 million in Uber.

A Russian billionaire’s investment company, LetterOne, said it invested $200 million in Uber.

Shares of Vulcan Materials Co. climbed 1.1% in afternoon trade Friday, after the construction materials maker said it was doubling its quarterly dividend. The new dividend of 20 cents a share, up from 10 cents a share, will be payable March 10 to shareholders of record on Feb. 24. At current share prices, the new annual dividend would imply a dividend yield of 0.88%, compared with the aggregate S&P 500 dividend yield of 2.39%, according to FactSet. The stock has lost 8.1% over the past three months, while the S&P 500 has dropped 9.

All 10 S&P 500 sectors are showing deteriorating expectations for the current quarter.

Oil prices continued to climb after data Friday from Baker Hughes showed that the number of active U.S. oil-drilling rigs edged down for an eighth week in a row. They fell by 28 to 439 as of Friday. The total active U.S. rig count, which includes natural-gas rigs, was down 30 at 541. Compared to last year, the total U.S. rig count has fallen by 885, with oil rigs down by 673. March crude was at $29.49 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, up $3.28, or 12.5%. It was trading at $29.25 before the data. Читать дальше...